Health systems
Health systems are responsible for delivering services that improve, maintain or restore the health of individuals and their communities. This includes the care provided by hospitals and family doctors, but also less visible tasks such as the prevention and control of communicable disease, health promotion, health workforce planning and improving the social, economic or environmental conditions in which people live.
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"We risk dying when going to work” – Ukrainian nurse shares her message on Nurses’ Day
“When the explosions first went off on 24 February, I turned up the volume of my children’s TV cartoons, so that they wouldn’t hear the noise. I was very much in doubt whether to stay or leave, but as a medical surgical nurse, I quickly realized that my skills were needed here. So, I stayed.”
News
- Setting up a behavioural insights unit - WHO launches a set of considerations to support countries
- “What stays with me is the feeling of helplessness” – on International Nurses Day, a young nurse recalls her time on a COVID-19 ward at the beginning of the pandemic
- “Diseases know no borders”: the story of a Moldovan family nurse caring for Ukrainian refugees
COVID-19
- See all available resources for Europe
- Policy brief
- Technical guidance and check lists
- Surge planning tools
- Health System Response Monitor
The Oslo Medicines Initiative
Better access to effective, novel, high-priced medicines – a new vision for collaboration between the public and private sectors
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