There are more effects to drinking alcohol than 'just a hangover'; it affects your health, safety, and everyday life. 🏥🚨 Alcohol can cause heart disease, digestive diseases (such as liver cirrhosis), common cancers and can fuel anxiety and depression. 🔎Take a closer look at these tiles to learn about the hidden harms from alcohol that you may not know about. Curious to find out more? Then check out our #RedefineAlcohol campaign here: https://lnkd.in/d8FFmfRb #LessAlcohol #EVIDACTION
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WHO/Europe exists to safeguard, promote and advocate for the health and well-being of nearly one billion people in the European Region, which comprises 53 countries, covering a vast geographical region from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans. WHO/Europe is one of WHO’s six regional offices around the world. Our priorities, articulated in the European Programme of Work, are: to support healthy local living environments; to promote safer, healthier and better lives; to improve patient safety and tackle antimicrobial resistance; to collect data on levels of inequalities in health and well-being; and to build innovation. Learn more about the European Programme of Work at who.int/Europe and follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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“When alcohol is such a normal thing, it’s hard to talk about all the health issues it causes” - Margarida from Portugal, a general practitioner who is determined to change the social norms around alcohol. 💥 She recognises how insufficient her medical education was regarding alcohol-related harms, and says that addressing issues around alcohol requires more than medical interventions. That’s why she started a health literacy project, where she educates people on social media to understand their health and to make informed decisions. 🤳 Watch the video to learn more about Margarida’s efforts towards a societal shift to #RedefineAlcohol. 💛 Link to the video on YouTube: https://bit.ly/48aRC8C If you want to see more stories like Margarida’s, or want to learn more about alcohol, visit our campaign page here: https://bit.ly/3zD2i33 #LessAlcohol #EVIDAction
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How is WHO/Europe responding to and preparing for #emergencies? Find out in our latest Health Emergencies Newsletter, your regular round-up of stories on emergencies and #outbreaks in the WHO #European region. In this issue: • The autumn-winter regional COVID-19 and respiratory viruses campaign kicks off. Find out what it means to protect yourself and others #LikeOnlyYouCan; • One year after the Hamas-led attacks in Israel, who is helping the helpers to recover? • Central Europe has been inundated by floods-how are countries coping? • Learn how new ambulances and modular health clinics for Ukraine are protecting vulnerable patients. Read it here 👇👇 https://bit.ly/3UcqIr2
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“Our health system is facing a big transformation in #DigitalHealth.” WHO/Europe continues to support countries with our annual Impact Training for #BigData in Health Care, with funding support from the European Union🇪🇺. Big Data refers to vast amounts of health-related information, such as patient records, clinical trials, or data from digital health tools. Effective analysis and use of Big Data can benefit health systems in many ways, including: 🧬Personalised patient care 📊Efficient resource allocation 🏥Better public health management 💊Faster drug development We are looking forward to welcoming another cohort of countries for this training in November! Learn more from the participants of our latest edition of the training, which took place in Valencia in collaboration with Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) earlier this year and focused on the Western Balkans. Learn more about the Impact Training for Big Data in Health Care: https://bit.ly/3AeNsjk David Novillo Ortiz, PhD, Ryan Dos Santos, Keyrellous Adib, Vicente Traver Salcedo
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👁️🌍 Last week, we marked World Sight Day on October 10 at the WHO Europe office 🌍👁️ Did you know that over 2 billion people around the world are living with vision impairment? Proper eye care not only protects our sight, but also opens doors to opportunities in education, improves productivity at work, and promotes social inclusion. Good vision is important at home, school and at work. That’s why we set up a booth at the WHO Regional Office for Europe to raise awareness among all staff. Consider doing the same in your offices and workplaces! Let’s continue to spread the message that eye health matters. Whether it’s regular eye exams or raising awareness, each step we take can make a difference. #WorldSightDay #EyeCareForAll #VisionHealth #Inclusion
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Are you a health care worker? You can still get influenza even if you’ve had it before, as the virus changes. Schedule your vaccination soon #LikeOnlyYouCan.
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“I am a health worker, and I am also a sepsis survivor,” says Maria Goreti Silva, a nurse from the Infection Prevention and Control, Antimicrobial Resistant National Programme, Portugal. “After abdominal surgery, I developed a severe postoperative infection, which required me to stay in intensive care for 64 days. At first, I received antibiotics and was initially discharged only to return to the hospital 24 hours later, with little chance of survival due to the severity of the infection.” “Fortunately, I survived. Since then, I have become a staunch advocate for the proper use of antibiotics. It’s especially important that health-care facilities, managers and clinicians implement an antimicrobial stewardship program. I encourage healthcare professionals to comply with antibiotic prescribing guidelines and for people to comply with their doctors' prescriptions, because it is everyone’s duty to preserve antibiotics and prevent antimicrobial resistance (#AMR).” #WHOEuro is sharing #Stories_of_AMR throughout the year, from countries across the European Region to raise awareness about the serious impact of #AMR. Let’s prevent #AMR together. #AMRAwareness; #onehealth; #saveantibiotics; #handlewithcare; #HealthForAll
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For many of us, alcohol is at the centre of many social occasions. It can seem so normal, just part of our way of life. But alcohol is toxic, and causes 7 types of cancer, including breast and colon cancers. 🎗️ Knowing your risk means you can make informed choices about what you consume and how it affects your body. Watch the video on YouTube: https://bit.ly/403J1Cu #LessAlcohol #RedefineAlcohol #EVIDAction
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We can do more to tackle poor #MentalHealth in the #HealthWorkforce WHO/Europe is launching the largest-ever survey of the mental health and well-being of doctors and nurses in the 27 EU countries, plus Iceland and Norway. By getting a more accurate picture of the factors behind poor mental health and well-being, policymakers will be able to identify ways to improve #healthcare settings for both current and future healthcare workers - ensuring these health professions retain their attractiveness over time. To find out more, register to join our online #MHSurveyEU launch on Tuesday 22 October, 10:00 CET: 👉 bit.ly/MHsurveyEU UEMO, Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes (UEMS), Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME), European Federation of Nurses Associations (No A/C), European Commission,
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During this #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth let's shed some light on one of the lesser known risk factors of breast cancer: alcohol. Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer caused by alcohol among women. 🎗️ In the EU, over 30% of alcohol-attributable breast cancer cases occurred in women who drank the equivalent of two glasses of wine a day or less. 🍷 Did you know? 🔎Learn more about the health harms of alcohol through this link: https://bit.ly/3zD2i33 And stay up to date by following our campaign hashtags below! 💪 #RedefineAlcohol #LessAlcohol #EVIDAction