About the European Public Health Week

The European Public Health Week (EUPHW) aims to raise awareness about public health and promote collaboration among the public health community in Europe. EUPHW is an annual initiative organised and coordinated by EUPHA. It began in 2019 and keeps growing. Read more about the past editions.

The seventh EUPHW will took place between 12 - 16 May 2025!

What happened during the 2025 European Public Health Week?

The European Public Health Week (EUPHW) 2025 focused on the overarching topic - Innovation for Resilience: Shaping a Sustainable Future.

In 2025 EUPHW provided a platform to explore innovative approaches to bolster resilience in public health systems and promote sustainability in the face of evolving global challenges. Experts, policymakers, students, and public health professionals from across Europe and beyond were invited to converge in engaging discussions, share insights, and collaborate on actionable solutions.

Building on the 17^th European Public Health Conference 2024 in Lisbon, and in line with the EPH 2024 statement, the EUPHW 2025 continude to explore and expand upon the theme of "Innovation for Resilience," engaging members and citizens in European countries.

The European Public Health Week launched on Monday 12 May, with an in-person and virtual event in Brussels.

One of the standout events of the week was a hands-on Hackathon to pilot a Public Health Innovation Lab. Taking place in Brussels during European Public Health Week, this event brought together participants from academia, healthcare, technology, and beyond to test the concept and potential impact of such a Lab. Envisioned as a dynamic space to accelerate real-world solutions through science, policy, and community-driven innovation, the Lab aims to foster bold ideas and cross-sector collaboration to address today’s most pressing public health challenges.

Together, the events of EUPHW 2025 examined how public health systems can adapt and thrive in an increasingly complex and rapidly changing world. By fostering dialogue, collaboration, and innovative thinking, the week aimd to inspire tangible progress in creating resilient, sustainable, and equitable public health systems.

2025 Daily themes

Each day of the 2025 EUPHW started with a daily kick-off webinar, organised by our daily partner organisations.

The 2025 European Public Health Week daily themes are:

• ⁠Mental Health: Health Workforce at the Centre
• ⁠Global Health: Food Systems, Health Security, Climate, and Sustainability
• ⁠Healthy Ageing vs multimorbidities in a digital world
• ⁠Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health
• ⁠Next generation: Public health of today and tomorrow, led by EUPHAnxt and partners 

EUPHW Newsletter

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The European Public Health Week Coordination team

The European Public Health Week Steering Committee

• Tit Albreht (EUPHA President)
• Alastair Leyland (EUPHA Section Council)
• Emilia Aragón de León (WHO Regional Office for Europe)
• Ewout van Ginneken (European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies)
• Matthias Wismar (European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies)
• Isabel de la Mata (European Commission)
• Maria Brandao (European Commission)
• Günter Diem (EUPHA member, Austrian Public Health Association)
• EUPHAnxt

The European Public Health Week (EUPHW) is an initiative by the European Public Health Association (EUPHA) supported by the WHO Regional Office for Europe and co-funded by the European Union.