2018: Health in Europe forecast
Trends in European Health
What health challenges will Europe be facing in 2018 ? A small overview of health threats and trends.
How will traffic accidents, cancer, ischemic heart disease and various communicable diseases contribute to Europe’s disease burden?
What responses are warranted from a political standpoint? The EU has several mandates in place, and hence also moral and politically binding obligations to safeguard the health of its citizens.
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Yesterday was October 10th, a day which was dubbed World Mental Health Day. As a mental healthcare professional I embrace this initiative – a special day to emphasize the importance of mental health and wellbeing -, particularly due to the fact it signifies the launch of various initiatives to promote the international mental health agenda. For instance, the WHO is using World Mental Health Day 
Fear for the Zika virus has moved the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to issue a negative travel advice for certain areas of Miami, Florida; pregnant women are advised to avoid parts of the city, while women who recently visited these areas of Miami are advised to not become pregnant in the coming months. If women who visited the area are already pregnant, they are advised to get tested. This event signifies a unique milestone in the history of the United States and the CDC; never before has a travel warning been issued for a destination within the country itself.
Reorganising the long-term care provision for older people is a pressing topic in Europe; populations are ageing, and with it long-term care demands are increasing. A new study has been published on the quality of long-term care in Belgium and the Netherlands, two countries that recently implemented substantial long-term care reforms in response to the economic crisis and the demographic transition. How have these reforms affected older people in need of care, but also their family members and healthcare professionals? The study focuses on the question how long-term care quality can be ensured in the light of the current demographic changes happening in Europe. Can the reforms in Belgium and the Netherlands serve as a good practice example for other European countries on how to structure and finance the long-term care provision?
Mbomo is a district in the Cuvette-Ouest Region in the western part of the Republic of the Congo. Judging from statistics from the Unicef vaccination programme and local demographic researchers, the Mbomo district had a population of approximately 9,347 inhabitants at the start of 2016. As Mbomo covers quite a vast area, this corresponds to a very low population density. The landscape mainly consists of dense jungle, and spread out in the jungle of the Mbomo district are numerous small primitive villages.
Part of our editorial board will depart to Congo Brazzaville tomorrow for a medical project in the remote area near Odzala-Kokoua National Park. The project is an initiative of 
The European Commission has published 
We have published a new discussion paper debating the European Union’s responsibilities, capacities and willingness in the field of global health. Healthcare governance already is a vastly complex policy domain within the borders of the European Union, partly due to conflicting political agendas and heterogeneity in health systems across the different member states. These issues become even more prominent when the EU mingles in health affairs of a more global nature.