Planning for 2036 while budgeting for 2027 What Ukraine’s pharmaceutical sector is teaching European health systems about foresight An article by Kateryna Ostrovska (author) and Anna Gallant (co-author) WHO has recorded 3,257 attacks on healthcare in Ukraine since the start of the full-scale invasion, including four direct strikes on pharmaceutical warehouses in recent weeks, with…
Participation at the inaugural ISEO 2026 (International Society of Exercise Oncology) conference in Heidelberg (Germany), 22/23/07-2026: Dr. Stephanie Otto (PhD) and colleagues from Ulm University Hospital, the Comprehensive Cancer Center Ulm (CCCU), the Technical University Munich, and international partners presented three abstracts at the ISEO (International Society of Exercise Oncology) Conference 2026 in Heidelberg, alongside…
Working Together4Health – an obvious goal for stakeholders in the health ecosystem, but sometimes still a strategic challenge. It was therefore also the title of the Danish EU Presidency conference September 16-18 in Aalborg, Denmark. Read more about it here During the conference EHFF and Nordic Wellbeing Academy co-hosted a workshop session with Natasha Azzopardi…
From the editor Building Healthier Lives Together Active and healthy living is not a single choice made at one stage of life, it is a journey that evolves from childhood through older age. At every point along the life course, the opportunities and challenges people face in maintaining their wellbeing are shaped by the environments,…
From the editor Have you ever heard the story of the great philosopher, innovator, and change maker called Ephraim Herbert Freiburg Fuller? It would also have been quite surprising, considering I just made him up – but inspired I got inspired by our acronym. But just like “Once Upon A Time…” triggers the curiosity…
WEAll Health Working Group’s second webinar on June 24th, 2025 It was a detailed and thought provoking discussion that highlighted the interconnectedness of health and planetary health, drawing parallels to systems thinking in healthcare. David Somekh co-chairs the WEAll Health Working Group on behalf of EHFF. Big thanks to our incredible speakers: Many powerful points were addressed…
June 24th 2025 – 16:00 – 17:30 GMT Register here Guest speakers Courtney Howard, an Emergency Physician in Yellowknives Dene Territory in Canada’s subarctic, a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Calgary, and a Community Research Fellow in Planetary Health at the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research. Liz Willetts- Team Leader, Editor, and…
From the editor The health of our planet and the health of its people are inseparably linked – and the healthcare sector itself plays a significant role in the climate challenge. Healthcare contributes an estimated 4% to 6% of total greenhouse gas emissions (1), a footprint comparable to that of entire countries. In fact, if…
The WHO Symposium April 28-30 205 in Copenhagen dived into future models and plans – from EHFF Daniel Steenstra, Lars Münter, and Nina Sønderberg participated. Read more about the event, programme and outcome statement here at the WHO Europe website Read short briefing from Daniel Steenstra about the event below. ” Setting the scene At…
How do we use design thinking to transform systems? A great topic for an engaged conversation in the webinar June 5th, 2025 with Daniel Steenstra, Dina von Heimburg, and Mickael Bech as the three experts that shared views on potentials, challenges, and solutions. The Quick recap… The European Health Futures Forum organized a webinar on…