Join us in Brussels or online for a hybrid event on Monday 26 May 2025:

How can Europe sustain affordable access to health care? Re-thinking health financing policy in an age of uncertainty

Information & registration: bit.ly/26hebx

#EU4HEALTH 🇪🇺 #WHOBarcelona

Are you at #HSR2024 in Nagasaki, Japan?

Join #WHOBarcelona to find out about new WHO/Europe digital platform #UHCwatch - tracking progress on affordable access to health care in 45 countries in Europe & central Asia

1610 on Wednesday 20 November in Room 109

The 12th #WHOBarcelona Course on Health Financing for Universal Health Coverage starts on Monday 30 September 2024

A unique opportunity to work with 66 policymakers and experts from 25 countries in Europe and central Asia

Look out for Young Gasteiner Lynn Al Tayara with #UHCwatch goodies at this year's European Health Forum Gastein @gasteinforum.bsky.social in beautiful Bad HofGastein, 24-27 September

#EHFG2024
#WHOBarcelona

Universal health coverage is a prerequisite for efficiency in health systems, says 🇪🇸 state secretary for health @javierpadillab.bsky.social at an event organised by the Spanish health ministry, the EU, WHO/Europe & OBS Health

Health minister @monicagarciag.bsky.social talks about the value of extending health coverage to EVERYONE in 🇪🇸 (including migrants) at an event with the EU, WHO/Europe & OBS Health

This is something 🇪🇸 already does better than most countries in Europe, as we note in iris.who.int/handle/10665... p 47

#WHOBarcelona & the WHO Country Office in North Macedonia are convening around 30 policymakers from 🇦🇱 🇦🇱 🇧🇦 🇽🇰 🇲🇪 🇲🇰 🇷🇸 to share experience & identify strategies to make health care more affordable for people in the Western Balkans

10-11 September, Skopje

Thanks to 🇪🇺 DG NEAR for financial support

Does it matter how you measure financial protection?

TLDR: yes

This article compares SDG indicator 3.8.2 to the measure used by #WHOBarcelona @WHO_Europe

It finds the European measure to be more sensitive to equity and to changes in coverage policy

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...