This contribution provides an initial assessment of the impact of COVID‑19 and theresilience of European health systems to the pandemic, bearing in mind that thepandemic is ongoing and so any definitive assessment would be premature. Since late 2019, the COVID‑19 outbreak has spread to become the most serious pandemic in […]

Das European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG), in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Bundesministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit, Pflege und Konsumentenschutz, freute sich, am 14. Dezember die Gewinner des diesjährigen Austrian Health Leadership Award im Rahmen einer online Preisverleihung bekanntzugeben. In diesem Jahr richtete sich die Ausschreibung des Austrian Health Leadership Awards an non-profit […]

by Bianca Cucos. Each year, the European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG) provides a key platform to discuss health and societal well-being in Europe and beyond, bringing together experts, stakeholders and key decision-makers from the public and private sector, civil society and science and academia. On the occasion of the 24th EHFG, the […]

by Olivia Biermann. Worldwide, 30 countries account for almost 90% of the global tuberculosis burden. Ending tuberculosis (TB) will require early detection of people with TB, and active case-finding is one strategy for doing so. In this new study, researchers at the Department of Global Public Health shed light on […]

1st December 2020, worldwide. World AIDS Day takes place on 1st December each year. It’s an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, to show support for people living with HIV, and to commemorate those who have died from an AIDS-related illness. Founded in 1988, World […]

Bewerbungsschluss: 23. Oktober 2020. 2020 ist ein Jahr, das eine schier endlose Palette an Herausforderungen für unsere Gesellschaft, unsere Wirtschaft, und nicht zuletzt unsere Gesundheit und Gesundheitssysteme bereithielt und -hält. Aus diesem Grund sucht das European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG), gemeinsam mit dem Bundesministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit, Pflege und Konsumentenschutz, jetzt Vordenkerinnen […]

16th of October 2020, all UN member states. After decades of steady decline, world hunger has slowly been on the rise since 2015. An estimated 821 million people in the world suffered from hunger in 2018. If nothing changes, the immense challenge of achieving the Zero Hunger Target by 2030 […]

30th September to 3rd October 2020, online conference. The European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG) is pleased to share the conference programme of the EHFG 2020 and extend a warm invitation to register for this year’s digital conference taking place from 30 September to 2 October 2020. The EHFG 2020 will be held under […]

21st September 2020, worldwide. What is dementia? The word ‘dementia’ describes a set of symptoms that may include memory loss and difficulties with thinking, problem-solving or language. These changes are often small to start with, but for someone with dementia they have become severe enough to affect daily life. A […]

13. bis 14. Oktober 2020, Wien, Österreich. Die Veranstaltung bietet Gesundheitspersonal die optimale Gelegenheit potentielle Arbeitgeber aus der Gesundheitsbranche, Weiterbildungsanbieter und Medizinproduktehersteller näher kennenzulernen und wertvolle Kontakte für die berufliche Laufbahn zu knüpfen. Ausgewählte Vorträge informieren gezielt über Karrieremöglichkeiten im Gesundheitssektor, berufsspezifische Tätigkeitsfelder und Weiterbildungsmöglichkeiten wie zum Beispiel berufsbegleitende Studien. […]