• A background for national quality policies in health systems / by Charles D. Shaw and Isuf Kalo 

      World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe; Kalo, Isuf; Shaw, Charles D (‏2002‎, EUR/02/5037153)‏
      The improvement of quality is, for most countries, central to the reform of health systems and service delivery. All countries face challenges to ensure access, equity, safety and participation of patients, and to develop skills, technology and evidence-based medicine within available resources. The first part of this document outlines some of the values, forms and concepts which affect national approaches, together with the international influences of the Council of Europe, European Union and the WHO Regional Office. The second part offers a ...
    • Bacteria can make us ill. Antibiotics then (‏usually)‏ help 

      World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe (‏2020‎, WHO/EURO:2020-1635-41386-56396)‏
      Antimicrobial resistance (‏AMR)‏ has implications for many other health issues, from cancer to the health workforce to laboratory quality. The fight to keep antibiotics working cannot be won by the health sector alone – it will require collaboration from many sectors and sections of government, and from health workers and patients.
    • Baltic Sea Network on Occupational Health and Safety : report on the 4th annual meeting, Sagadi, Estonia, 1-3 October 1998 

      World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe; Baltic Sea Network on Occupational Health and Safety. Annual Meeting (‏4th: 1998)‏ agadi, Estonia (‏1999‎, EUR/ICP/EHBI 02 01 03)‏
      The fourth annual meeting of the Baltic Sea Network in Occupational Health and Safety was organized by the World Health Organization, European Centre for Environment and Health, Bilthoven Division, jointly with the Ministry of Social Affairs, Estonia and the Estonian Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Tallinn, in collaboration with the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health and the subregional network of occupational health institutions from countries around the Baltic Sea. The Meeting dealt with three main issues: a review of the ...
    • Baltic Sea Network on Occupational Health and Safety : report on the fifth annual meeting, Berlin, Germany 18-19 November 1999 

      World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe; Baltic Sea Network on Occupational Health and Safety. Annual Meeting (‏5th: 1999: Berlin, Germany)‏ (‏2000‎, EUR/00/5020523)‏
      The fifth annual meeting of the Baltic Sea Network in Occupational Health and Safety was organized by the WHO European Centre for Environment and Health, Bilthoven Division, jointly with the German Ministry of Labour and the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health in Berlin, in collaboration with the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland. The meeting aimed at monitoring the present stage of development of the Network and at drawing up a plan for the further development of the organization and substantive activities ...
    • Baltic workshop on building capacity in parenting programmes to prevent violence: Vilnius, Lithuania, 8–9 January 2019 

      World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe (‏2019‎, WHO/EURO:2019-3779-43538-61154)‏
      The WHO Regional Office for Europe and the Government of Lithuania jointly organized the Baltic workshop to build capacity in parenting programmes to prevent violence against children. The aim of the meeting was to discuss the implementation of one of the INSPIRE: seven strategies for ending violence against children on Parent and caregiver support by building institutional capacity and promoting the exchange of expertise in parenting programmes. Specific objectives included deliberate the burden of child maltreatment, risk factors such as household ...
    • The Banja Luka Pledge 

      World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe (‏2011‎, WHO/EURO:2011-8457-48229-71628)‏
    • Barents breastfeeding promotion project : progress report January-December 1997 

      World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe (‏1998‎, EUR/ICP/LVNG 01 02 01(‏A)‏)‏
      The Barents Breastfeeding Promotion Project is part of the Barents Euro-Arctic Region Initiative, by which it is funded. It comprises a series of activities designed to promote breastfeeding and encourage the spread of the WHO/UNICEF Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative in the Barents Region of the Russian Federation and in Karelia. This report describes the activities carried out by WHO in 1996-1997 under the project, and outlines plans for the future
    • Barents Breastfeeding Promotion Project in the north-west area of the Russian Federation : progress report 1994-1996 

      World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe (‏1996‎, EUR/ICP/LVNG 01 02 01)‏
      The Barents Breastfeeding Promotion Project is part of the Barents Euro-Arctic Region Initiative, by whom it is funded. It comprises a series of activities designed to promote breastfeeding and introduce the WHO/UNICEF Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative in the Barents Region of the Russian Federation. This report describes the activities carried out by WHO to date under the project, and outlines plans for the future
    • Barriers and facilitating factors in access to health services in the Republic of Moldova 

      World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe (‏2012‎, WHO/EURO:2012-8514-48286-71700)‏
    • Barriers and facilitators to hepatitis C: treatment for people who inject drugs: a qualitative study 

      World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe (‏2012‎, WHO/EURO:2012-6326-46092-66672)‏
      Hepatitis C virus (‏HCV)‏ infection is a significant global public health problem. The burden of HCV infection is concentrated among people who inject drugs (‏PWID)‏, with an estimated 5 million PWID living with chronic HCV in the European Region. This qualitative study aims to assess the barriers and facilitators to HCV treatment access and completion for PWID in drug and alcohol (‏D&A)‏ settings. The barriers and facilitators to HCV treatment are examined by describing pathways to hepatitis C treatment, including referral, as well as factors mediating ...
    • Baseline Healthy Cities Indicators: questionnaire 

      World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe (‏1998‎, WHO/EURO:1998-8429-48201-71579)‏
      During the first phase of the Healthy Cities project, a set of 53 indicators was produced by a working group on Indicators to assist cities in gathering appropriate data to describe health in their cities. These indicators were formally adopted by the cities participating in the Healthy Cities project in 1990. Between 1992 and 1994, data were collected from 47 cities on the 53 indicators. These data were then analysed by a multidisciplinary team of experts. The analysis provided important insights in the way indicators are understood by different ...
    • Basic nursing and midwifery education programmes in Europe : report / by Valerie Fleming and Anna Holmes 

      Holmes, Anna; World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe; Fleming, Valerie (‏2005‎, EUR/04/5049082)‏
    • Basic principles for effective prevention of HIV infection among injecting drug users as a public health priority in countries of central and eastern Europe and central Asia 

      World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe (‏1998)‏
      In WHO's European Region, injecting drug users constitute the largest group of AIDS and HIV cases. Unsafe drug-injecting behaviour is the main route of transmission of HIV. In several countries of central and eastern Europe and central Asia the number of new HIV cases is increasing rapidly, particularly among injecting drug users. This makes prevention of HIV infection among injecting drug users a public health priority. National and local authorities are encountered with a problem of how to respond adequately to the emerging epidemic of HIV ...
    • Bathing water quality: fact sheet 1.4, December 2009 

      World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe (‏2009‎, WHO/EURO:2009-6379-46145-66760)‏
      Safe bathing water is an essential factor in public health. Poor-quality recreational water has been shown to be the cause of outbreaks of waterborne diseases involving many tourists as well as local people. The quality of bathing waters may be affected by inadequate sewage treatment and agricultural pollution, resulting in microbial and chemical contamination and eutrophication. There is considerable epidemiological evidence in the literature to suggest that contact with recreational waters is associated with illness, primarily gastrointestinal ...
    • Bathing water quality: fact sheet No. 1.4, May 2007 

      World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe (‏2007‎, WHO/EURO:2007-6380-46146-66761)‏
      Safe bathing water is an essential factor in public health. Poor quality of recreational waters has been shown to be the cause of outbreaks of waterborne diseases involving many tourists as well as local people. The quality of bathing waters may be affected by inadequate sewage treatment and agricultural pollution, resulting in microbial and chemical contamination and eutrophication. There is considerable epidemiological evidence in the literature to suggest that contact with recreational waters is associated with illness, primarily gastrointestinal ...
    • Before, during and after radiation emergencies / by Leif Bloomqvist and Pat O' Riordan 

      World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe; O`Riordan, Pat; Blomqvist, Leif (‏1997)‏
    • Behavioural and Cultural Insights and the fight against Antimicrobial Resistance 

      World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe (‏2022‎, WHO/EURO:2022-5147-44910-63863)‏
    • Behavioural and cultural insights at the WHO Regional Office for Europe: annual progress report 2022 

      World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe (‏2023‎, WHO/EURO:2023-6987-46753-68110)‏
      This progress report presents the work relatedto behavioural and cultural insights of theWHO Regional Office for Europe in 2022. Setting a course and vision for this area of work, in 2022 the Regional Office's Behavioural and Cultural Insights (‏BCI)‏ Unit worked closely with all Member States of the Region to develop a resolution and 5-year action framework for BCI work for health in the European Region, both of which were unanimously adopted by Member States in September 2022. During the year, the Regional Office also technical programmes also ...
    • Behavioural and cultural insights for mpox control and elimination: policy brief No. 3, 30 November 2022 

      World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe (‏2022‎, WHO/EURO:2022-6784-46550-67554)‏
      The WHO Regional Office for Europe mpox policy brief series summarizes policy recommendations, knowledge and interim technical guidance on key policy areas related to the mpox public health emergency of international concern in the WHO European Region. The first two briefs in the series provide an overarching set of considerations for the mpox response and for planning related to vaccination against mpox. Following a series of consultations with global experts, WHO has begun using a new preferred term “mpox” as a synonym for monkeypox and has ...
    • Behavioural insights on health service needs and access: results of a qualitative study among refugees from Ukraine in Romania, July–September 2022 

      World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe (‏2023‎, WHO/EURO:2023-7292-47058-68796)‏
      The Russian military offensive in Ukraine that began on 24 February 2022 led to the largest population movement in Europe since the Second World War. It is imperative to understand and document access to health services from the refugee perspective in neighbouring countries. The WHO Regional Office for Europe, WHO Country Office in Romania and key partners conducted a qualitative behavioural and cultural insights study in May and June 2022, with follow-up interviews in September 2022, to identify perceived health service needs and gaps and the ...