19th to 22nd November 2014, Glasgow, Scotland Mind the gap: Reducing inequalities in health and health care The EPH Conference aims to contribute to the improvement of public health in Europe by offering a means for exchanging information and a platform for debate to researchers, policy makers, and practitioners in […]

The report on “Electronic nicotine delivery systems” (ENDS), of which electronic cigarettes are the most common prototype, was on the agenda of the 6th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC), held 13-18 October 2014, in Moscow. E-cigarettes and similar devices are […]

1st to 3rd October 2014, Bad Hofgastein, Austria We would like to share with you the Final Programme of the 17th EHFG conference. We are pleased to welcome among our speakers this year: – George Papandreou, former Prime Minister, Greece – Vytenis Andriukaitis, Commissioner-designate for Health and Food Safety, European Commission – […]

1st to 3rd October 2014, Bad Hofgastein, Austria Electing Health – the Europe we want ONLINE PROGRAMME We look forward to welcoming you to our event in the Gastein Valley in October and to sharing a few days of fruitful exchange and networking. If you haven’t registered yet you can do it […]

19th to 22nd November 2014,  Glasgow, Scotland Mind the gap: Reducing inequalities in health and health care The European Public Health Conference Foundation, the European Public Health Association (EUPHA) and the UK Society for Social Medicine are pleased to invite you to the 7th European Public Health Conference. The EPH Conference aims to […]

1st to 3rd October 2014, Bad Hofgastein, Austria The EP elections, the elections for the President of the European Commission and the new College of Commissioners mark an important year for European politics in general and for health policy in Europe in particular. In order to meet visions of a social […]

Von Günter Diem und Thomas Ernst Dorner Eingegangen: 7. Oktober 2013 / Angenommen: 26. März 2014 © Die Autor(en) 2014. Dieser Artikel ist auf Springerlink.com mit Open Access und hier zum Download verfügbar. Zusammenfassung Die Herausforderungen, die auf das österreichische Gesundheitssystem zukommen, benötigen eine steigende Zahl an Public Health Expertinnen […]

Deadline: 27th June 2014  We are pleased to announce the call for abstracts for Public Health Science: A National Conference Dedicated to New Research in UK Public Health. The core of the event will comprise of oral and poster presentations of selected research. Peer-reviewed abstracts of shortlisted papers will be […]

Das European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG) und das Forum der forschenden pharmazeutischen Industrie in Österreich (FOPI) veranstalteten am 3. Juni 2014 einen Workshop zum Thema “Belastbarkeit und Innovation im Gesundheitssystem Österreich”. vielgesundheit.at erkundigte sich bei Prof. Dr. Helmut Brand, Mag. Ingo Raimon, Dr. Josep Figueras, Dr. Karl Forstner und Dr. […]

The forthcoming European elections will mark an important year for European politics in general and for health policy in particular. The EHFG 2014 will reflect on the opportunities and risks for health in light of the outcome of the European elections and will discuss during the course of two high-level plenary debates how […]