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Final few weeks to complete our National Survey on consumer and community involvement in quality improvement and health and medical research! If you’re a clinician, researcher or your regular joe/jo, tell us what consumer and community involvement mean to you.

Have you been to one of the recent National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) conferences, or #pca meetings lately? Want to learn more about the "5 X's of Health Center Innovation" that Kyu Rhee, MD, MPP has shared? Do you have feedback on the 5 X's or even examples from your own #communityhealthcenter #primarycareassociation or #hccn work? Check out our new blog on the 5 X's at https://lnkd.in/eT8nG4VT #valuechcs #CHCsInnovate

During 24–26 October, the 73rd Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe is taking place in #Astana, Kazakhstan. This gathering will unite health ministers, high-level delegates, health experts, academics, health professionals, and civil society groups to discuss and address the most pressing issues facing our health systems and set the course for the public health agenda for the years ahead. WHO Collaborating Centres have a role in building resilient health systems and ensuring that the need for fair, equitable and affordable access to health care for all underpins our joint actions. The video below shows how our WHO Collaborating Centre for Quality and Equity in Primary Health Care Systems based at Amsterdam UMC–Universiteit van Amsterdam is working to assist countries in the European region in strengthening their Primary Health Care systems. #PHC4UHC #RC73Astana #PrimaryHealthCare

📢 Event submissions for the 2024 European Public Health Week (EUPHW) are officially OPEN! 🎉 🔍 About the European Public Health Week: The EUPHW is a week dedicated to raising awareness about public health and fostering collaboration within the European public health community. Since its inception in 2019, it has grown in both scope and impact, thanks to the contributions of organisations and individuals like you. This year is no different as we are looking forward to receiving many events - from local, small to, virtual or large events. - Get involved & host an event! 📆 Mark your calendars: The sixth edition of the EUPHW is scheduled to take place from May 13th to 17th, 2024. 🔍 What to expect from EUPHW 2024: Under the overarching theme "Health is a political choice!", the 2024 EUPHW will delve into the critical intersection of politics and health. Together, we'll explore how political decisions shape public health outcomes and discuss strategies for creating sustainable change to ensure better health for all.   The 2024 European Public Health Week daily themes are: • Monday, May 13th: Health is a political choice: Starting the discussion • Tuesday, May 14th: Mental health: People at the centre • Wednesday, May 15th: Planetary health: A glocal approach • Thursday, May 16th: Health through the life course: Breaking down silos • Friday, May 17th: Next generation: Public health of today and tomorrow 🚀 Get involved: Are you passionate about public health? Do you have an event idea or initiatives to share? We want to hear from you! Submit your event proposals here and become part of our EUPHW community! If you need help with your idea or have questions, do not hesitate to get in touch with our team and they will be happy to discuss:  EUPHAcommunications@eupha.org. Let's make a difference together! 💪 #EUPHW2024 #PublicHealth #HealthIsAPoliticalChoice #CommunityEngagement #GetInvolved Submit your event(s) here: https://lnkd.in/daA-c2Xp

Coming now ! Kick-off event of the 2024 European Public Health Week Monday, May 13th, 10:00-11:30 CEST With Marleen PM Bekker Eleanor Brooks The public health community often views politics as a threatening force; however, a shift in perspective reveals a realm brimming with opportunities for voice, representation, agency, and veto. If we accept that health is indeed a political choice, it becomes imperative to deeply understand the nature of political choices—their motives, levers, opportunities, and cycles. Recognizing and embracing this potential is crucial for leveraging political systems effectively. The public health sector needs to organise and establish a robust infrastructure for policy influence, which involves reconciling facts with values and utilising societal resources for power. By balancing power among diverse groups and fostering transdisciplinary collaboration, the public health community can more effectively shape policies that reflect and address the complex realities of health #EU4Health #PublicHealth #EuropeanPriorities #EuropeanElections #HealthIsAPoliticalChoice #UseYourVote4Health #Vote4Health #CSOAlliance #EuropeanHealthUnion #EUPHW https://lnkd.in/extYCFgG

Best week ever! We have teams at the MGMA Leaders Conference, National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) FOM/IT, and at Becker's Healthcare ASC Annual Meeting. If you're attending any of these events, please swing by and 👋. You know we will take every opportunity to chat about #healthcarecompliance. 📸 Evan Fehler Allen Emerson Alysa Edwards #MGMALeaders #healthcaremanagement

When the NIH launched CEAL in 2020, CEAL Regional Teams contributed to the federal response to the pandemic by focusing on COVID-19 awareness, education, and community-engaged research (CEnR). In 2023, the CEAL network expanded to add programs addressing additional areas of health disparity, including: 🤰 maternal health 🌎 climate health 📰 health knowledge 👩⚕️ primary care research Learn more about how CEAL programs promote health equity, improve health outcomes, and strengthen community partnerships through CEnR: https://bit.ly/3RnN6eR

New Project 🚀   15 years ago, the European Centre pioneered by publishing the first report with facts and figures on long-term care that was followed by a second edition in 2012, in collaboration with the WHO Regional Office for Europe and IRCCS INRCA - Istituto Nazionale Ricovero e Cura Anziani. These reports provided a broad picture of the state of play of care needs of the population and of care systems. They served as a basis for informing the development of ageing and care policies in an international comparative perspective at the time. One decade later it is time for another update, considering the changed context conditions and policy developments as well as new data sources. Funded by the Swedish Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, the project will gather knowledge and show trends in demand and supply of long-term care in #Europe over time, including the identification of data and research gaps as well as priorities for policymaking. Learn more about the project 👉 https://lnkd.in/d_mib7pP #EuropeanCentre #Care #Longtermcare #NewProject

#CHPIA2023 update: 📣I’m struck by how personal, warm & friendly the atmosphere has been! We truly can’t underestimate importance of hosting conferences on the continent 🙌🏽 that is being discussed 💪🏽- soultions for the people, by the people. Ubuntu. The essence of public health. #publichealth #socialchange #impact #network #partnershipsforchange #radicalcollaboration

Health is a fundamental human right. Yet half the world’s population lacks access to the health services they need. 🌍🩺 In Uganda and the Philippines, for instance, rheumatic heart disease is still a life-threatening disease where poverty is widespread and access to health services is limited. ❤️🩹🏥 With our partners, such as the World Heart Federation and Heart Healers International, we conduct research to tackle diseases that can be easily addressed. 🤝🔬 What began as a simple collaboration to explore the value of portable ultrasound technology in the field has grown into a broader advocacy program that looks to take those learnings and apply them to Philips Foundation’s guiding mission. 💪🏽 Find out more in Philips’ Human Rights Report 2023 (p. 19) about what we're doing to uphold #HumanRights and drive access to quality healthcare: https://lnkd.in/evNiy4_t #GlobalHealth #HealthForAll