A delegation of 18 professionals from the Veneto region In Italy visited Limburg (NL) from the 15th until the 17th of July. There were representatives of different organizations present: Director Health and Social Care Area, Director LEA and Primary Care Sector, Director Veneto University Hospital, Director Padova University Hospital, Directors of various Local Health Units (Hospitals) [...]
During the annual meeting WHO Regions for Health Network (RHN), 11–12 June 2018, Gothenborg (Sweden), the report 'Healthy settings for older people are healthy settings for all: the experience of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy' was presented. This report shows how age-friendly environments have been created at the subnational level, using examples primarily from the Autonomous Region [...]
During World Health Organization's (WHO) High-level regional meeting in Sitges (16-18 April, 2018), the article 'Health Systems respons to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs): the opportunities and challenges for leapfrogging' was presented. With Brigitte van der Zanden, director of the euPrevent | EMR foundation, as one of the voices from the WHO European Region. Read the whole [...]
At the invitation of East-Belgian Minister of Health, Mr Antonios Antoniadis, the euPrevent Foundation held its board meeting in Eupen on 06.03.2018. One of the main agenda items was the (re-)election of the board members. The board of euPrevent now consists of: Mr. dr. med. Karl-Heinz Feldhoff, former head of the district health department Heinsberg [...]