European Public Health Week 2019

Impressions from 2019

During the first ever European Public Health WEEK (13-17 May 2019), we had 145 events and activities in 35 countries. Each day was dedicated to an important public health theme.

Check the highlights of EUPHW 2019 here.

Alternatively, see the summaries of what happened on each day:

• Day 1 (13 May), with the kick-off event in Brussels and physical activity
• Day 2 (14 May), dedicated to healthy environments
• Day 3 (15 May), dedicated to Care 4 care
• Day 4 (16 May), dedicated to Sustainable and healthy diets
• Day 5 (17 May), dedicated to Youth mental health

THANK YOU for raising awareness of public health and celebrating healthy populations!

Get involved in the 2020 Edition here.

The European Public Health WEEK team:

For any questions please contact EUPHAcommunications@eupha.org.

Kick-off meeting hosting partners: 

Steering Committee

• Anna Cichowska Myrup (WHO Regional Office for Europe)
• Débora Miranda (EUPHW Coordination)
• Dineke Zeegers (EUPHA Office)
• Isabel de la Mata (DG SANTE, European Commission)
• Iveta Nagyova (EUPHA Section Council President)
• Maaike Droogers (EUPHA Office)
• Marleen Bekker (EUPHA Section on Public Health Policy and Politics)
• Natasha Azzopardi (EUPHA President)
• Pasquale Cacciatore (EUPHAnxt)
• Thomas Dorner (EUPHA member, Austrian Public Health Association)

Countries organising events (34)

Countries from the WHO European Region: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom.
Non-European countries: Bangladesh, Brazil, South Africa.

To see which organisations are organising events in each country, visit the list of events.

Other active disseminators of the EUPHW

At country level: Société Française de Santé Publique, Institute of Public Health in Ireland, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (Netherlands),  Spanish Association of Public Health and Healthcare

At European level: EuroHealthNet, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, EUROCAM, Health Action International, Mental Health Europe, Smoke Free Partnership, European Cancer Patient Coalition, Alzheimer Europe, European Health Management Association, European Federation of Nurses' Associations, International Federation of Anthroposophic Medical Associations.

For official EUPHW partners please visit the daily theme pages.

An initiative by the European Public Health Association (EUPHA).

Co-organised by the European Commission and co-financed by the EU Health Programme.

Supported by the WHO Regional Office for Europe.