We live in an age of permacrisis. Here in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) European region, we have faced an unprecedented number of emergencies in recent years, including disease ou...
Mira from Kyrgyzstan has been living with diabetes for nearly 40 years.
Health systems across the European Region are in crisis, facing existential challenges from multiple directions. This includes severe and persistent healthcare workforce shortages, which,...
How do we ensure, amid a relentless war, that we can deliver the right health services in the right place, at the right time?
In the eight months of war in Ukraine, the World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed almost 600 attacks on health care facilities – with hospitals and other critical infrastructure da...
In the current global situation, characterised by political and economic uncertainty, high energy costs, labour shortages and the rising cost of living, many government finance ministers ...
Moving into the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, as Europe’s winter gives way to spring, it may be tempting for exhausted governments and societies alike to wish the pandemic over.
