European Observatory on Health Systems & Policies

🗺️You can find our latest publications, webinars, other events and updates at: 🌐 Website: eurohealthobservatory.who.int 🔹 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/europe… 📰 Newsletter: tinyurl.com/SubscribeOBS 💭 Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/obshea…

🎗As #CervicalCancerAwarenessMonth closes, we reflect on eliminating a preventable disease that claims 32,000+ lives yearly in Europe. Through #OBSPACE, we're documenting innovative prevention & screening approaches. Read more: tinyurl.com/CCAMOBS1 #EuropeanBeatingCancerPlan

January is #CervicalCancerAwareness Month, and we want to show how innovative, data-driven strategies are advancing prevention & screening in Europe. Drawing on the latest case studies from #OBSPACE, we can see how different countries address this: eurohealthobservatory.who.int/monitors/pace/… #EBCP

This week, the Observatory joined @WHOUkraine and #WHOBarcelona in Brussels to discuss deepened collaboration. Our partnership has delivered critical evidence including the recent report Strengthening Rehabilitation Care: tinyurl.com/OBSOB72

⏰TOMORROW #OBSWebinars: Reducing inequalities in cancer care across the EU 🗓️ 27 Jan ▫️🕒 12 –13:00 CET Register: tinyurl.com/OBS27Jan What can #HealthSystems do across the #CancerCare continuum, & what are the success factors & challenges? #BeatingCancerPlan #EUCancerPlan

Observatory Director Ewout van Ginneken gave an opening keynote at the Vlerick Healthcare Conference 2026, using #SoHEU Country Health Profiles to discuss effectiveness, accessibility & resilience of European #healthsystems, with a focus on Belgium. More: tinyurl.com/SOHEU2025

#CancerCare is improving, but inequalities persist across the care continuum. Join our #OBSWebinars on 🗓️ 27 Jan (12–13:00 CET) to explore the #HealthSystem levers that can reduce disparities, and what it takes to implement them #EUCancerPlan Register: tinyurl.com/OBS27Jan

➡️Via #Eurohealth and #EPHConference: Planetary health as a catalyst for economic transformation 📘 Read it: eurohealthobservatory.who.int/publications/i… 📹 Watch Plenary 1: youtube.com/watch?v=kq-AJL…

.@WHO_EURO's #PECCH consultation heard from the Observatory’s Dimitra Panteli on climate action in #HealthSystems. Key message: #ClimateChange and health are bidirectional & solutions can strengthen prevention & #PrimaryCare More: tinyurl.com/OBSPB68g & tinyurl.com/OBSPB70g

Kicking-off the 2026 #OBSWebinars season: Reducing inequalities in cancer care across the EU 🗓️ 27 Jan|🕒 12–13:00 CET Register: tinyurl.com/OBS27Jan What can #HealthSystems do across the #CancerCare continuum, what are the success factors & challenges? #BeatingCancerPlan

#SoHEU Country Health Profile spotlight 🔦 Luxembourg🇱🇺 We joined partners for a press conference to present the 2025 profile, covering health status, determinants, system organisation, performance and pharmaceutical policies. 🔎 tinyurl.com/SOHEULUX

📘 New in #HealthPolicyJournal: Small countries face specific challenges in #HealthWorkforce sustainability, but their solutions are a resilience testbed for all. Training, mobility & retention policies offer lessons for all systems Full article here 🖇️ tinyurl.com/HPv165

🔔@EHMAinfo has opened the call for abstracts for the European Health Management Conference #EHMC2026. Health management professionals, researchers & policymakers are encouraged to submit their innovative research by ⏰11 January 2026 at 20.00 CET Info: bit.ly/4gXf3Xb

Happy New Year 🎉 and welcome back! We’re excited for what’s ahead: a strong webinar lineup and timely publications on #AI, #financing, Health Systems reviews, and much more! Want updates straight to your inbox? Subscribe here: tinyurl.com/47s93px7

Europe’s #HealthSystems are evolving Discover the latest reforms with the updated Health Reform Tracker (2025 data now live). Compare countries, track progress & explore trends 📺 Watch the demo & explore: obshealthreformtracker.com 🔴 Also on YouTube: youtu.be/BY5mZMnhikQ?si…

In #HealthPolicyJournal: How is #IntegratedCare progressing in Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania? (𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘳𝘦-𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘧) Analysis finds uneven implementation, workforce & payment barriers, but political commitment is an enabler More tinyurl.com/m4djdrnt

🔔@EHMAinfo has opened the call for abstracts for the European Health Management Conference #EHMC2026. Health management professionals, researchers & policymakers are encouraged to submit their innovative research by ⏰11 January 2026 at 20.00 CET Info: bit.ly/4gXf3Xb

How well does the German #healthsystem perform amid current reforms?🏥 As part of @LSEHealthPolicy 's winter events programme & 30th anniversary, join LSE for a compelling lecture on Germany's healthcare system 📅𝟯 𝗙𝗲𝗯, 𝟲:𝟯𝟬 - 𝟴 𝗣𝗠 📍𝗟𝗦𝗘 lse.ac.uk/lse-health/eve…

The Observatory's @joncylus spoke at Thailand’s 3rd National #UHC Conference on how #PASH tests #HealthFinancing sustainability as populations age... & thats not all🧱This week, he also helped build a Thai PASH Curious to check out PASH Simulator 2.0? ➡️ lnkd.in/dYs4QYEN

🆕 New for the 2025 #SoHEU Country Health Profiles: an interactive Data Explorer. Compare countries with the EU average on #HealthOutcomes, risk factors, #HealthSystem performance & #pharmaceuticals, with custom multi-country views and charts. 🔎Explore: tinyurl.com/yv9puk8b