EU should debate mandatory vaccination, says Von der Leyen.
The European Union will debate soon whether mandatory vaccinations are needed. The rapidly increasing case numbers are putting an increasingly ...
Tag: Public Health
Organising Public Health and delivering healthcare to Europeans is the responsibility of national governments in the European Union. The EU’s role is to complement national policies by helping them achieve shared objectives, generating economies of scale, pooling resources, and helping countries tackle common challenges such as antimicrobial resistance, pandemics, chronic diseases or the impact of increased life expectancies on healthcare systems.
EU countries hold primary responsibility for organising and delivering health services and medical care. EU health policy therefore serves to complement national policies, and to ensure health protection in all EU policies.
European Public Health
EU policies and actions in public health aim to:
- Protect and improve the health of EU citizens
- Support the modernisation of health infrastructure
- Improve the efficiency of Europe’s health systems.
Strategic health issues are discussed by representatives of national authorities and the European Commission in a senior-level working group on public health. EU institutions, countries, regional and local authorities, and other interest groups contribute to the implementation of the EU’s health strategy.
WHO – World Health Organization
Public Health is defined as “the art and science of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts of society” (Acheson, 1988; WHO). Activities to strengthen European health capacities and service aim to provide conditions under which people can maintain to be healthy, improve their health and wellbeing, or prevent the deterioration of their health. Public health focuses on the entire spectrum of health and wellbeing, not only the eradication of particular diseases. Many activities are targeted at populations such as health campaigns. Public health services also include the provision of personal services to individual persons, such as vaccinations, behavioural counselling, or health advice.
Olympics: EU supports Japan to host safe 2021 Games in Tokyo
The European Union backed Japan for hosting the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games, with 100 million vaccine doses to fight pandemic ...
WHO: 115k health and care professionals died from pandemic
WHO estimates that at least 115.000 health and care professionals have lost their lives due to COVID-19 pandemic. The head ...
EU digital Covid Certificate is the EU Summer deal to save holidays 2021
European Parliament and EU Council negotiators reached a provisional deal on EU digital Covid Certificate for an EU digital Covid ...
Vaccinated Europeans now outnumber those infected by COVID
More Europeans have now been vaccinated, than the number infected, and although new cases are falling, “the threat remains present”. ...
Made in China vaccine gets WHO global approval for emergency use
The COVID-19 China vaccine got the WHO green light for global rollout, potentially paving the way for its use in ...
Zero pollution action plan for European air, water and soil
The European Commission adopted the EU Action Plan: “Towards Zero Pollution for Air, Water and Soil” – a key deliverable ...
EU must increase its capacity to produce critical medicines
The European Union must reduce its dependence on producers outside its borders by encouraging the return of production of critical ...
EU supports Nepal to tackle COVID19 pandemic outbreak
Nepal has requested EU assistance to help contain the explosion in COVID-19 cases. In response, the EU has mobilised an ...
Eurobarometer: 69% of Europeans say the situation is currently “bad”
While the coronavirus pandemic has been impacting on European daily lives for more than a year, attitudes towards the EU ...
Health: Keep mothers and newborns together
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) highlighted the risks of separating newborns from mothers with a new research. WHO found ...
Clarity still needed on effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccine passports
Being vaccinated against COVID-19 may not prevent transmission and vaccine passports may not be an “effective strategy” for restarting travel, ...
World Health Day: Stella Kyriakides EU debates Health Union
As we celebrate World Health Day, health inequalities remain a daily reality for so many of our citizens in the ...
Why are Finns the happiest people in the world again?
For the fourth year in a row, Finland ranked happiest country in the world again, in an annual UN report. ...
UNWTO urges Commissioner Schinas to lead the way in Tourism Restart
As the latest data shows an 85% fall in tourist arrivals across Europe at the start of 2021, UNWTO has ...
India donates 200,000 vaccine doses to UN blue helmets peacekeepers
India shipped out 200,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines on Saturday to inoculate UN blue helmets serving in peacekeeping missions. The ...
EU takes UK to court over €100 million Gibraltar state aid
The European Commission has announced €100 million, granted as a tax exemption for passive interest and royalties in Gibraltar, which ...
When will we travel again in Europe?
The Commission adopted a common Digital Green Certificate to travel again covering vaccination, testing and recovery. A technical framework will ...
Watch State of the Union live: Ursula von der Leyen gives 2022 address #SOTEU
President Ursula von der Leyen debates priorities ahead of hard winter at the State of the European Union #SOTEU at...
Read more
POPULAR NEWS
-
Travelling in Europe with COVID19 country colour travel code zones
-
Why don’t Mediterranean boat migrants take the plane? Why don’t refugees fly?
-
EU nasty and vindictive? Nigel Farage criticizes EU vaccines strategy
-
EU Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA)
-
Burkini Debate: To Ban or Not to Ban the Burkini, Burka and Niqab in EUROPE?
