Publications
Key publications
Regions for Health Network: Catalogue of Regions 2019
This catalogue is a compilation of profiles of the regions participating in the Regions for Health Network (RHN), and of regions that are in the process of joining or have expressed an interest in joining RHN.
How to keep people at the centre of health and sustainable development policies (2019)
25th annual meeting of the Regions for Health Network Aachen (Germany), Maastricht (Netherlands), Liège (Belgium), Hasselt (Belgium) 26–28 June 2019
Creating 21st century primary care in Flanders and beyond (2019)
This report focuses on primary care developments in Flanders, Belgium. Following state reforms in Belgium, the region is now upgrading and integrating its primary care services, aiming to improve their effectiveness and efficiency and the quality of life of both users and providers of those services.
Statement of the WHO European Healthy Cities Network and WHO Regions for Health Network (2019)
High-level Conference on Accelerating Progress on Equity in Health in the WHO European Region 11–13 June 2019, Ljubljana, Slovenia
The Healthacross Initiative: How Lower Austria is boosting cross-border collaboration in health (2018)
This report tells the story of the cross-border collaboration in the field of health between Lower Austria and Czechia, and the beginning of collaboration with Slovakia.
Building a healthier future for all: a role to play for everyone - 24th annual meeting of the Regions for Health Network (2018)
The 24th annual meeting of the WHO Regions for Health Network took place in Region Västra Götaland, Sweden, on 10–12 June 2018. The main theme was to analyze and discuss action in support of the ongoing commitment at all levels to the objectives of Health 2020 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Healthy settings for older people are healthy settings for all: the experience of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy (2018)
This report shows how age-friendly environments have been created at the subnational level, using examples primarily from the Autonomous Region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy but also from other regions belonging to the WHO Regions for Health Network.
Sustainable development in Wales and other regions in Europe – achieving health and equity for present and future generations (2017)
The publication maps the sustainable-development journey in the United Kingdom (Wales) from the heart of its constitution to inclusion in Welsh legislation through the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015.
Keeping our water clean: the case of water contamination in the Veneto Region, Italy (2017)
In 2013, PFAS contamination was found in the drinking-water in parts of the Veneto Region, Italy. This publication describes the experience of the Veneto Region in responding to this public health emergency.
Social return on investment - Accounting for value in the context of implementing Health 2020 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2017)
Social return on investment (SROI) is a concept to account for social value when evaluating investments. It goes beyond traditional economic evaluation tools, by considering value produced for multiple stakeholders in all three dimensions of development: economic, social and environmental.
Regions for Health Network Twenty-third annual meeting report (2017)
Kaunas, Lithuania, 22–23 September 2016
Scaling up projects and initiatives for better health: from concepts to practice (2016)
This book integrates and describes tools from various practical guidelines, and is structured in line with a guide to scaling up developed in New South Wales, Australia.
Advocating intersectoral action for health equity and well-being: the importance of adapting communication to concept and audience (2017)
On 6–7 July 2016, the WHO European Office for Investment for Health and Development, Venice, Italy, of the WHO Regional Office for Europe, within the framework of the WHO Regions for Health Network, hosted a summer school in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Adopting a broader concept of health and well-being in the development of the Trentino health plan (2015–2025): a participatory process (2016)
The Trentino health plan addresses the challenge of the triple burden of disease: communicable, newly emerging and re-emerging, and noncommunicable diseases.
The Veneto model – a regional approach to tackling global and European health challenges (2016)
This publication is based on discussions at a conference on positioning the Veneto Region at the core of global and European health policies, which the Region held in Venice in December 2015.
Regions for Health Network Twenty-second annual meeting report. Milan, Italy, 14–15 October 2015
The main theme was improving health and equity across regions and sectors.
Taking a participatory approach to development and better health. Examples from the Regions for Health Network (2015)
This publication documents the experiences of participatory approaches for development and better health taken by Region Skåne (Sweden) and three other regions, described in case studies.
Information about the different activities, events and publications under RHN, thereby contributing to current efforts to share information about best practices on public health at the regional level
WHO/Europe, 1997 (PDF), 1.90 MB
