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Improving quality of care through water, sanitation and hygiene services: highlights and progress in the pan-European region

Health-care facilities require adequate water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), waste management and environmental cleaning services to deliver high-quality,...

Meeting report on water, sanitation and hygiene in health-care facilities in the WHO European Region: Budapest, Hungary, 2–4 July 2025

Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services, including waste management and environmental cleaning, are fundamental to quality care, infection prevention...

Prevalence of Legionella as a waterborne pathogen and its health impacts in the pan-European region

Legionella infections represent a significant health burden in the pan-European region; in many countries it is considered among the most important waterborne...

Two decades of the implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in the European Union: progress, challenges and the road ahead

This report marks twenty years since the European Union (EU) signed the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) and reflects on the EU’s...



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Governing for climate–health action in the WHO European Region - Pan-European Commission on Climate and Health Information Series

Overview

This document summarizes key considerations for improving the uptake of evidence on climate change and health into policy and practice through strengthening governance to address barriers to action at scale in the WHO European Region.

It is the third of a series of short thematic briefs developed for the Pan-European Commission on Climate and Health (PECCH), which has been convened by the WHO Regional Office for Europe to accelerate decisive climate action that protects and promotes health.

WHO Team
Centre for Environment & Health (BON), Pan-European Commission on Climate and Health, Water & Climate (WAC)