🍎 The new WHO/Europe policy brief for #Ukraine outlines the significant impact of universal free school meals:
✨ Improved child health & education
👩‍🌾 55k jobs created
💵 $9 return per $1 spent
💚 Reduced NCDs
Learn more: bit.ly/3U3G0xt

Free school meals not only nourish children during hardship, but also boost economies in the long run. Countries like the US, UK & Finland used them for wartime & post-war recovery.

Let's invest in Ukraine's future: bit.ly/3U3G0xt

Making the WHO European Region the healthiest online environment for children: position statement.
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 Launch event was held on  11 March 2024, Copenhagen during the Building a Public Health Innovation Ecosystem conference.

Truly sobering.

The “silent epidemic” of #obesity has escalated alarmingly in the WHO/Europe Region and globally.

Obesity has detrimental impacts on health across the spectrum.

Addressing this crisis is a top priority for us at @WHO.

#WorldObesityDay

This #WorldObesityDay , let's raise awareness of the risks of childhood #obesity .

This condition can increase the probability of health problems later in life, such as:
⚠Cardiovascular diseases
⚠Type 2 diabetes
⚠Chronic respiratory diseases
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❗ #Obesity is projected to surpass smoking as the main #cancer risk factor in several countries of the WHO European Region.
But there are ways to prevent this harm👇
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#WorldObesityDay

Welcome to WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean RD Dr HananBalkhyحنان بلخي and @WHO HQ's Jérôme Salomon, Mike Ryan & Bente Mikkelsen - at UN City Copenhagen for the Global High-Level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases in Humanitarian Settings.

We're working to achieve #HealthForAll in truly challenging contexts.

Deadline for abstract submission is now extended for the WHO/Europe HEPA Europe conference. Event of the year where we bring European Physical Activity researchers and practitioners together to create impact.

🌟 Join us for the NCD Hard Talk webinar on February 21st! 🌍

📢 Rewriting the script for #NCDs : Can implementation research change the game for policy and practice?

📅 Date: February 21st, 2024 🕐 Time: 13:00-14:30 CET

🔗 Register here shorturl.at/fhxN0

Deeply saddened by the passing of former DG SANTE Deputy Director General John Ryan.

He was central to our #COVID19 response, to many of the #HealthUnion initiatives and to the development and implementation of #EUCancerPlan .

His memory and his contribution will be cherished.

Glad to host RD Hans kluge WHO/Europe & ECO team in Brussels for a productive reg. SOM with 🇪🇺@EUCommission.
Engaging exchange with Stella Kyriakides & Com.services on shared health priorities reaffirmed strength of our partnership &renewed commitments to scale it up

Today marks the first 🇪🇺-WHO/Europe strategic dialogue in 13 years.

The world has changed since then, but our commitment to working together towards better health for all remains the same.

Let us continue our strong partnership for the benefit of our citizens.

#HealthUnion

👏to 3 WHO/Europe Member States - Denmark, Lithuania, Poland - on being awarded WHO's first-ever certificates validating progress in eliminating industrially produced trans fatty-acids!

We're ready to support other countries to eliminate #transfats too!

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Join my team in Copenhagen 🇩🇰

We’re seeking a Regional Adviser to join our Public Health Policy through the Life Course unit.

Are you a public health expert, passionate about shaping health policies and an exceptional team leader?
 
Apply by 13 Feb: careers.who.int/careersection/…

🆕 We’re banning disposable vapes in the UK to protect children’s health.

This is part of new measures to clamp down on underage vaping and create a #SmokefreeGeneration by making it illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone born on or after 1 January 2009.

Details 🔻

Creating a resilient region, operating in permacrisis through:
➡️ resilient governance, strengthening trust
➡️ resilient health systems, based on PHC & using AI
➡️ resilient people, for which peace is an absolute prerequisite

I shared the key messages of #RC73Astana at #EB154

🚬 Non-communicable diseases are an important issue in the 🇪🇺, so we must include #NCD prevention when discussing the future of the #HealthUnion .

Ann Marie Borg Gauden Galea (data) Kremlin Wickramasinghe Caroline Costongs call for action in our 🆕 #Eurohealth #EU2024BE 🇧🇪 🇪🇺.

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This new article aims to highlight the progress of legal initiatives aimed at prevention of NCDs risk factors under the European Commission’s Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan. We also explore how EU can use its policy levers to tackle #NCDs . An oppertunity to accelerate our efforts!

The way we produce and consume #food exceeds the limit for 🌍 stability.
But this can change.

Find out more in the WHO/Europe Diet Impact Assessment (DIA) tool that calculates the impact of our diets on health and the #environment . ⬇️
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#BeatNCDs