NWA contributed with great team of experts led by EuroHealthNet to build a new guidance with policy pathways for five key domains for health:

1. Nurturing planet earth and its ecosystems
2. Promoting social protection and welfare systems based on equity, inclusion and solidarity
3. Promoting equitable universal health coverage
4. Equitable economies that serve human development
5. Promoting equitable digital systems

Quote from Preface by WHO Secretary-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

“We need to reform siloed systems and institutions, foster innovation, and ensure that knowledge and resources are shared equitably. This requires individuals and communities to think in truly integrated and creative ways, embracing local wisdom and lived experiences as essential tools for change. Ignoring this imperative is not an option.

To achieve this, we must prioritize a transformative vision: the creation of “well-being societies” – environments where people can reach their full potential, live healthy and fulfilling lives in harmony with nature, and actively contribute to their communities. These societies must be built on key principles:

• Recognizing that well-being goes beyond the absence of disease, and encompasses physical, mental and social well-being.
• Understanding that well-being depends on a complex interplay of social, economic and environmental conditions.
• Embracing a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach to decision-making that looks beyond narrow economic metrics.”

Quite an intro to a document with policy advice for

The theme of EHFG 2024 was the shifting sands of health – a core challenge for health and wellbeing in Europe is the ever shifting strategic interests of health in both the Member States and in the EU.

The policy forum in Gastein offers a unique opportunity to connect with organisations and policy makers – check out both recordings, presentations, themes, photos and more at ehfg.org

NWA participated in both networking events and facilitated both workshop session environmental determinants for health in EU policy – and also helped crowd source input on ideation for Commission and Parliament on future health policy.