🏡 New EuroHealthNet magazine | Our #Environment and our #Health: The power that surrounds us ‘Is our environment the health factor we keep ignoring?’ ✍️ Editorial by @carocostongs.bsky.social Director of @eurohealthnet.bsky.social eurohealthnet-magazine.eu

How do you heat your home? 🏘 Across Ireland, solid fuels have been accessible & affordable, but are also a main cause of harmful #AirQuality. But bans on solid fuels in the 90s have seen benefits reaching up to the present. Watch now: youtu.be/NdDLihDugns #BuildForHealth #EUClimateHealthStrategy

Hosting colleagues from 8 EU public health organisations in Athens for the @eurohealthnet.bsky.social Country Exchange Visit. We’re exploring how health systems can better reach marginalised communities through dialogue & shared learning. #HealthEquity #PublicHealth #ProlepsisInstitute

🏘 The crossover between the built environment, climate, and health is an under-recognised area in policymaking. 🎥 Our #BuildForHealth series demonstrates promising practices for a healthy built environment. Find out more: eurohealthnet.eu/publication/...

🔍 Last week at #EPH2025 our plenary took on the influential roles of commercial & political determinants in #PublicHealth. 📢 The current system allows profit at the cost of our health & wellbeing. We need different sectors to collectively call for a #WellbeingEconomy. @ephconference.bsky.social

🏥 The health sector is responsible for around 4.6% of global emissions. 🔆 How can healthcare facilities improve built environments for healthy & sustainable care? In Vienna, one hospital is making changes to patient & staff wellbeing: youtu.be/kWsVrDUH524 #BuildForHealth #EUClimateHealthStrategy

🎨🌿 The session on social, green, and arts prescriptions for health starts at 17:30 CET at #EHFG2025! Register now to watch live and learn how community interventions strengthen social ties, well-being, and sustainable healthcare: bit.ly/4n1g7v1 #SocialPrescribing @eurohealthnet.bsky.social

🖼️ Today at 1730 CET: #SocialPrescribing session at European Health Forum Gastein @gasteinforum.bsky.social #EHFG2025 What if your next prescription wasn’t a pill, but a painting class, a community garden, or a walking group? Organised by @eurohealthnet.bsky.social www.ehfg.org/conference/p...

‼️ Today's new report makes for grim reading: There has been no progress on social #inequalities in health in the past decade in the EU, according to @eurohealthnet.bsky.social and CHAIN Centre for Health Equity Analytics eurohealthnet.eu/publication/...

🌡 This summer, we saw record-breaking temperatures and extreme weather. Children are extremely vulnerable to #HeatWaves, so school buildings need to be healthy and climate-resilient. 🏫 We visited one school in Spain to learn how they are tackling the heat. #BuildForHealth youtu.be/qdY9_W1741k

This week is #BackToSchool! Addressing climate change calls for climate-resilient buildings, including schools. 🏫In Alcorcón, Spain, teachers & students are working to mitigate impacts from heat waves for a sustainable & supportive school environment. 🎥 Watch and learn: youtu.be/qdY9_W1741k

🎨🌿 Explore how community interventions - arts, green& social - can boost well-being & ease pressure on healthcare systems. At #EHFG2025, the Northern Dimension Partnership in Public Health and Social Well-being & @eurohealthnet.bsky.social will share strategies & success stories. bit.ly/3USOB77

Cardiovascular diseases—e.g. heart disease & stroke—are responsible for 1 in 3 deaths in the EU. We welcome the European Commission's initiative for a strong Cardiovascular Health Plan, and we're ready to contribute to its success. Read our vision➡️ eurohealthnet.eu/publication/... @ec.europa.eu

🏖 With hotter summers, more people visit the coast to cool off. But climate change and pollution create a range of health risks. The #BlueAdaptEU One Health Framework can guide policymakers on protecting human health and ecosystems. 👓 Read now! lnkd.in/eYduira8

"Silenced by snobbery”: from facing eviction to influencing government policy, one person’s fight to expose structural inequality Inspirational story of community action on #HealthInequalities #SocialInequalities #SocialJustice @eurohealthnet.bsky.social eurohealthnet-magazine.eu/silenced-by-...

The next EU long-term budget (#MFF 2027-2034) offers a historic opportunity to reframe public health and equity not as costs, but as an investment in Europe's future. Check out our recommendations for a bold strategy that integrates health and wellbeing across all EU policies. 👉 lnkd.in/eHq77Jsf

🎉 Congrats to our #Health & #HealthSystems programme leader, Prof. Marc Suhrcke, on his election to the Executive Board of @eurohealthnet.bsky.social 💚We're proud to see his expertise contribute to shaping strategies that improve the #wellbeing for all in Europe. ℹ️ eurohealthnet.eu/about-us/gov...

Are you our new colleague? We’re looking for a Policy Officer to join our Brussels team and support our core policy and advocacy work. Does this sound like you or someone you know? Apply by 18 July. More details: eurohealthnet.eu/vacancies/po... #Vacancy #Policy #EU #Brussels #PublicHealth

❗Join us today at 14:00 CEST online for the EuroHealthNet Annual Seminar 2025: Climate change and health. 📅11 June 2025 🕘14:00–17:30 CEST 💻 Tune in on Webex: kurzlinks.de/61qj #EuroHealthNetSeminar #HealthEquity #ClimateAction #PublicHealth

With GDP failing to reflect social and environmental wellbeing, we need to build a model that prioritises people and the planet 🌍 Read the article written by @antoine-oger.bsky.social with the #GreenEuropeanFoundation for @eurohealthnet.bsky.social#GreenEuropeanFoundation👇

"In a #WellbeingEconomy, economic growth is not a goal in itself but rather a way to increase the wellbeing of people and the planet" - Editorial by @carocostongs.bsky.social, Director of EurohealthNet

It’s out! 🎉Edition #25 of #EuroHealthNet #Magazine is here, and this time, we're asking: what if we measured what really mattered? 🔗 Check out this special edition on a #wellbeingeconomy, available online now: eurohealthnet-magazine.eu #publichealth #HealthEquity #climatechange #Europe #EU

Thank you @eurohealthnet.bsky.social for publishing my piece in your magazine! Below is a summary: Finland’s experience illustrates the dire consequences that the European Commission’s new fiscal framework can have in terms of both economic performance and social and health equity. 1/3

Every day our actions impact the planet: so how can we make sustainable choices available to all? The #PSLifestyle policy briefs are designed with people in mind to help us make better & healthier choices on: 🛒 Food 🏘 Housing 💻 Purchases 🚗 Transport Read more: pslifestyle.eu/policy-briefs

This week's European Public Health Week. What events will you attend? This Thursday at 10, join us for a webinar on the monitoring, design, implementation, and evaluation of local-level action on the root causes of health inequalities. Info and registration➡️ eurohealthnet.eu/publication/... #EUPHW

🌡️2024 was the warmest year on record. To explore how we can take action, join our Annual Seminar 2025: Climate change & health. We'll present the health impacts of climate change, highlight the costs of inaction, and discuss key policies. 📅 11 June 2025 🔗 Register: eurohealthnet.eu//annual-semi...

Introducing: our wonderful colleagues from the Schools4Health consortium. Implementing best practice interventions for #healthynutrition, #physicalactivity, #mentalhealth in schools in Spain, Romania, Latvia, Hungary, Greece, Slovenia. @eurohealthnet.bsky.social @whocc-hl.bsky.social

New European Parliament interest group on health inequalities, prevention & risk factors launched, led by MEPs & supported by @eurohealthnet.bsky.social , #Eurocare & @ eupha.bsky.social. Keeping prevention & health equity at the heart of #EU #policymaking. tinyurl.com/p32ebfvr #PublicHealth

The conversation around industry's influence on our #health is growing. Our latest magazine explores how #industry forces shape our life choices and impact #wellbeing. How can health professionals challenge industry’s influence? Can an #WellbeingEconomy create change? 🔗 eurohealthnet-magazine.eu

The evidence is clear. #UltraProcessedFood is making us sick. Rich in salt, sugar & fats, it leads to obesity & cancer, and the #EU can no longer afford not to address them. Our Policy Précis exposes #UPFs as a threat to #health which must be addressed decisively. ➡️ eurohealthnet.eu/publication/...