The World Health Organization in the European Region

• Main Author: World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe 2016
• Subjects: World Health Organization; Regional Health Planning; Greenland
• Online Access: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/350404

24 p. The WHO Regional Office for Europe works in the European Region, a vast area thatencompasses 53 countries and stretches from Greenland to the Russian Federation and fromthe Mediterranean to the Baltic Sea. Its geographical variation is matched by an incrediblediversity of people, cultures and health situations. This publication is only a sample of the Regional Office’s impact in recent years. The case studies and stories that follow give detailed examples of how the Organization works in partnership with countries on a wide variety of health issues.Much progress has been made to improve health in the European Region, but much work remains to bedone. The Regional Office will continue to play a vital role in supporting countries to achieve ambitioushealth goals such as those outlined in Health 2020.