General practice in the time of COVID-19
UEMO Vice President Dr Mary McCarthy explores the burden of COVID-19, resource inequity and vaccine hesitancy on General Practitioners and family doctors.
Prioritise homeless for COVID-19 vaccine says JCVI
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has recommended that homeless people should be prioritised for a COVID-19 vaccine as many have underlying...
EU4Health programme welcomed by European Commission
The European Commission has welcomed the adoption of the EU4Health programme following a vote of approval by the European Parliament.
The adoption marks an important...
Impact of COVID-19 on healthcare staff welfare
Drs Natalie Ashburner and Richard Gilpin of the Doctors’ Association UK discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the welfare of healthcare staff.
Role of crisis management and civil protection in COVID-19 pandemic
EU Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarčič speaks to HEQ about the role of the Commission’s civil protection and crisis handling mechanisms in combating...
Call for evidence to improve health and care for UK women
On International Women’s Day, the UK government is encouraging women to share their experiences of the health and care system in a bid to...
UK mental health support funding boost for children and young people
The UK is boosting mental health support for children and young people with £79m of funding.
The UK government is providing mental health funding to...
UK provides £100m funding to help tackle obesity
People living with obesity are at greater risk of illness and death from COVID-19. To help tackle obesity in the UK, the government is...
Deafness, communication and policy in Europe
Health Europa speaks with the European Union of the Deaf about deafness, communication, education, the impact of COVID-19 and policy in Europe.
COVID-19 vaccine modifications to be fast-tracked to tackle variants
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has confirmed that modifications to the COVID-19 vaccines will be fast-tracked to help tackle new variants.
COVID-19...
Healthcare workers to help tackle COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy
Healthcare workers will help a global taskforce that has been established to combat vaccine hesitancy by tackling misinformation.
The project led by the University of...
World’s first COVID-19 vaccination compensation scheme launched
The World Health Organization and Chubb Limited have agreed on a no-fault compensation scheme for COVID-19 vaccinations for low- and middle-income countries.
The new programme...
Equitable COVID-19 vaccine access for low- and middle-income countries
As COVID-19 vaccination programmes begin to roll out across the globe, the European Union and the World Health Organization are working to ensure equitable...
Transforming healthcare by linking performance measures to quality and high value activity
Connect Health's Danielle Chulan discusses how healthcare services and patient care can be improved if commissioners link performance measures to quality and high value activity.
All vulnerable adults in the UK now vaccinated against COVID-19
More than 15.3 million vulnerable people in the UK – more than a quarter of all adults – have now been inoculated with their...
Governments must act on China’s forced organ harvesting
In November 2020, the China Tribunal presented evidence of forced organ harvesting in the country to the UK Parliament’s newly formed China Research Group...
Clear Your Head: COVID-19 and mental health
The Scottish government’s Clear Your Head campaign aims to provide help and support for people whose mental health has been affected by the COVID-19...
Vital need to put health at forefront of climate change policy
New modelling has revealed how adopting policies that are consistent with achieving the Paris Agreement and prioritise health could save millions of lives each...
Protecting health from radon exposure
A new survey from the World Health Organization has highlighted that countries still need to take action to mitigate the impacts of radon exposure.
In...
UK helping indigenous communities protect ancient traditional medicine
A UK project is helping indigenous communities in Petén, Guatemala, to protect and use their ancient, traditional medicine.
The Green Health project (Darwin initiative) is...