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Dear colleagues,
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Spring is here and so is a season full of exciting opportunities for collaboration, knowledge exchange, and action. As the EUPHA Environment and Health Section, we are moving forward with purpose and energy. This second newsletter brings you key updates, research highlights, upcoming events, and, most importantly, several invitations for you to get involved and shape our section’s work in 2026.
Launching Members Webinars — Your Topics Wanted
Starting in April 2026, the EUPHA Environment and Health Section is launching a new series of monthly webinars, and we want you to drive the agenda.
Short, focused, and open to all, these sessions are designed to keep our community connected between major conferences.
Topics we are looking for:
No idea is too big or too small. If it matters to you, it matters to our community.
Propose a webinar topic and book your timing:
Share Your News or Ideas for the ENV Section
We would love to feature your updates, insights, and initiatives in our upcoming newsletter. If you have any news, project highlights, event announcements, or ideas to share with the ENV Section community, please send them to us.
Your contributions help keep our network active, informed, and inspired.
Submit your news:
Join Us at the 6th Visegrad Four Public Health Conference 2026
The 6th Visegrad Four (V4) Public Health Conference (V4 PHC 2026), an EUPHA mid-term conference, will take place on 9–11 September 2026 in the High Tatras, Slovakia.
Under the theme “Healthy Horizons: Exploring Innovations in Public Health”, this conference will bring together researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and students from across the V4 countries and beyond.
Interdisciplinary dialogue, cutting-edge research, and opportunities for new partnerships await.
Conference website:
Submit your abstract and present your work on this European stage.
12th INCHES Conference: Children’s Health and Environment
The 12th International Conference on Children’s Health and the Environment (INCHES), themed “Safe, Sustainable, Strong: Building Healthy Environments for Every Child”, will take place on 6–8 May 2026 at the Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt.
Scientists, paediatricians, policymakers, urban planners, nurses, educators, and public health professionals are invited to contribute. International accreditation points are secured for participants.
Full conference information:
EUPHA Champions Health in Europe’s Climate Resilience Agenda
EUPHA has contributed to the European Commission’s consultation on climate resilience, emphasising that public health must be central to all climate-related policy decisions.
Key recommendations include:
More information:
Pollution and Mental Health: A Hidden Crisis
A new briefing from the European Environment Agency (EEA), “Pollution and Mental Health: Current Scientific Evidence”, highlights growing evidence that environmental pollution is linked to mental health conditions including depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, and behavioural problems in children.
Mental health disorders already represent the sixth largest burden of disease in the EU (2023), and pollution may be a greater contributing factor than previously recognised.
Read the full EEA briefing:
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We look forward to working with you. Together, let us build a healthier, more sustainable, and equitable Europe.
With warm regards,
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