Publications
Key publications
Mitigating the impacts of COVID-19 on maternal and child health services: Copenhagen, Denmark, 8 February 2021: meeting report (2021)
This meeting provided an opportunity to share experiences, identify trends and establish the scale of health service disruptions due to COVID-19.
Healthy Nutrition and Physical Activity Guide for Parents and Caregivers of Children Aged 6-10 (in Russian) (2020)
To help parents keep their children healthy and fit, WHO has developed the Child Nutrition and Physical Activity Guide. In addition to parents, the guide may prove to be a useful tool for other adults (such as grandparents or caregivers) working with primary school-aged children.
Country assessments (2020-2021)
Sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health in the context of universal health coverage
Framework on Early Childhood Development in the WHO European Region (2020)
Early childhood is a critical period for every child to receive the nutrition and care that enable optimal development. Investing in ECD is one of the best investments a country can make.
Use of home-based records for children in the countries of the WHO European Region (2020)
The study reports for each of these 37 countries the means of issue, age range of children covered and health topics included, together with comment on scope for parental input.
Meeting report on WHO Member States consultation: framework on Early Childhood Development in the WHO European Region (2020)
This report outlines discussions around the framework and concludes with agreement by Member States on the need for a European framework on ECD and support for the framework drafted by the WHO Secretariat.
A Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study (HBSC) and Schools for Health in Europe network (SHE) collaborative project for data-led health action planning in schools (2020)
Findings and reflections from three European pilot case studies
Technical meeting on Early Childhood Development in the WHO European Region, October 2018 (2019)
he report outlines the recommendations made by the expert group, concluding that the European Region has additional specific needs in areas such as developing an approach to monitoring child development and responding to developmental difficulties.
Situation of child and adolescent health in Europe (2018)
This report helps to review achievements and address gaps in realizing the full potential for the health and well-being of children and adolescents.
Review of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) in Europe (2018)
This report sets out findings of the review of IMCI implementation in 16 countries and territories of the European Region, highlighting strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.
Monitoring Food Marketing to Children in Turkey (2018)
This report shows that food was the most heavily advertised product category on television (TV) in Turkey, accounting for 32.1% of total advertisements, and most food advertisements on TV and online are for energy-dense, HFSS foods, or restaurant advertisements that do not comply with the WHO nutrient profile model (NPM).
European status report on preventing child maltreatment (2018)
This status report documents the progress that has been made by Member States in implementing the WHO European child maltreatment prevention action plan 2015–2020 at its midpoint. The plan has a target of a 20% reduction in child maltreatment and homicides by 2020.
Meeting on child health redesign in the WHO European Region (2018)
Global child mortality fell by half to less than 6 million deaths annually by the end of the Millennium Development Goal period. The transition to the Sustainable Development Goals framework provides an opportunity to reconsider and revise the global child health response to redesign programming on child health.
Children’s rights in hospital - Rapid-assessment checklists (2017)
This publication presents 7 rapid assessment checklists to help hospitals assess 7 child rights standards in hospital, in line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Regional workshop on child and adolescent Tuberculosis in the WHO European Region (2018)
Meeting report. 4–5 December 2017, Copenhagen, Denmark
Reducing childhood obesity in Poland by effective policies (2017)
Obesity is a complex issue, with many social and environmental drivers; therefore, the solutions must be multidimensional, context-specific, pursued through the life-course and sustained. Fortunately, many valuable lessons can be learnt from within and outside Europe about how to approach the epidemic.
Intercountry Workshop on School Health in the Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) (2017)
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 23-25 August 2016
Improving the Quality of Care for Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal, Child and Adolescent Health in the WHO European Region (2017)
This regional framework proposes a quality improvement (QI) system that extends across the Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) continuum and all levels of care and aims to achieve ‘‘effective coverage’’, meaning high and equitable coverage of quality care for all1 in order to reduce and eliminate preventable mortality and morbidity. It delineates activities to take place at regional, country and health facility levels.
Growing up unequal: gender and socioeconomic differences in young people's health and well-being.
This report presents findings from the 2013–2014 HBSC survey on the demographic and social influences on the health of around 220 000 young people (aged 11, 13 and 15 years) in 42 countries and regions in the WHO European Region and North America
Children’s rights in primary health care series (2015)
The Manual contains a short methodological guide and the five tools, which may be used through focus group discussions or as a survey.
Hospital care for children: quality assessment and improvement tool
This tool allows for a systematic, participatory assessment of the quality of care provided to children at hospital level, and for developing a plan of action to improve quality of care. The primary use of the tool falls within the scope of a quality improvement approach at national level. This second edition of the tool has been updated according to the new evidence and recommendations, previous experiences and lessons learned, and current emphasis given to patients’ rights and equity.
Investing in children: the European child and adolescent health strategy 2015–2020
Every child should have every opportunity to live a healthy and meaningful life. To ensure this happens, the Member States in the WHO European Region have adopted a new strategy “Investing in children: child and adolescent health strategy for Europe 2015–2020”.
Assessing the respect of children's rights in hospital in the Republic of Moldova (2014)
Findings and recommendations of the assessment of children’s rights in hospital in the Republic of Moldova
Early child development in the European Region: needs, trends and policy development
An overview based on five country assessments. Early childhood is the period of most extensive (and intensive) parental responsibilities related to all aspects of children’s well-being covered by the Convention: their survival, health, physical safety and emotional security, standards of living and care, opportunities for play and learning, and freedom of expression
European framework for quality standards in school health services and competences for school health professionals
This European framework for quality standards in school health services and competences for school health professionals,
Early years, family and education task group: report
The task group was asked to identify interventions, strategies and approaches that policy-makers and practitioners in the Region can use in the childhood years to improve and equalize health outcomes throughout the life-course.
Improving the lives of children and young people: case studies from Europe. Volume 1. Early years
This diverse collection of case studies is presented in three volumes reflecting a “life-course” approach: Volume 1 addresses the early years, with examples from Greece, the Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Volumes 2 and 3 address childhood and school.
Improving the lives of children and young people: case studies from Europe. Volume 2. Childhood
As part of the European review of social determinants of health and the health divide, experts were commissioned to write case studies addressing childhood and inequality. They identified promising developments with international resonance, described the issues they addressed and how they were led and put into operation, and set out the emerging evidence of their effectiveness. Volume 2 addresses childhood, with examples from Armenia, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Norway and Poland and two European projects.
Improving the lives of children and young people: case studies from Europe. Volume 3. School
As part of the European review of social determinants of health and the health divide, experts were commissioned to write case studies addressing childhood and inequality. They identified promising developments with international resonance, described the issues they addressed and how they were led and put into operation, and set out the emerging evidence of their effectiveness. Volume 3 addresses school, with examples from Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden.
25 April 2012
WHO Headquarters, 2013
WHO Headquarters, 2013
