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Improving quality of care through water, sanitation and hygiene services: highlights and progress in the pan-European region

Health-care facilities require adequate water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), waste management and environmental cleaning services to deliver high-quality,...

Two decades of the implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in the European Union: progress, challenges and the road ahead

This report marks twenty years since the European Union (EU) signed the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) and reflects on the EU’s...

Prevalence of Legionella as a waterborne pathogen and its health impacts in the pan-European region

Legionella infections represent a significant health burden in the pan-European region; in many countries it is considered among the most important waterborne...

Meeting report on water, sanitation and hygiene in health-care facilities in the WHO European Region: Budapest, Hungary, 2–4 July 2025

Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services, including waste management and environmental cleaning, are fundamental to quality care, infection prevention...



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Understanding climate-related threats to health in the WHO European Region - Pan-European Commission on Climate and Health Information Series

Overview

This document summarizes key evidence relevant to the climate change threats to human health in the WHO European Region. It provides key messages about the converging and interconnected climate-induced health risks, the implications of reaching climate tipping points and the health implications of inaction.

It is the first of a series of three short thematic briefs developed for the Pan-European Commission on Climate and Health (PECCH), which has been convened by the WHO Regional Office for Europe to accelerate decisive climate action that protects and promotes health.

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Centre for Environment & Health (BON), Pan-European Commission on Climate and Health, Water & Climate (WAC)