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This section offers news briefs related to public health in Europe as of August 2023. Topics include the pressures faced by health systems including rising costs related to ageing, data from public health authorities in the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region, and 16th European Public Health Conference on November 8-11, 2023 in Dublin, Ireland.

The article offers public health news briefs in Europe. The 15th European Public Health (EPH) Conference will be held in Berlin, Germany on November 9-12, 2022. Also cited are the public health priorities of the EPH Association (EPHA) to its members for the next five years, and updates to the Europe's Beating Cancer Plan that focuses on cancer screening.

This section offers news briefs on public health in Europe. It cites the success of the European Public Health Week which calls for the need to work together to achieve healthier populations. It mentions the work of the World Health Organization and Europe to protect nature and biodiversity to ensure human health and well-being. It offers information on the 14th European Public Health Conference 2021 to be held on November 10 to 12.

An introduction to articles which addressed the crucial role of public health professionals during the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is presented.

This section offers public health-related news briefs in Europe as of April 1, 2020. Hans Kluge was named Regional Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe. The European Commission has published a public consultation on Europe's Beating Cancer Plan. The WHO Europe special project on the Cultural Contexts of Health and Well-being (CCH) has published a report confirming that the arts can be used as an effective tool for health promotion.

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a set of goals that aspire to 'leave no one behind', adopted by all members of the United Nations and to be achieved by 2030. Now, four years after the SDGs entered into force, we examine the progress towards the health-related SDGs in the European region. In this region, least progress is made towards the targets set for alcohol consumption, smoking prevalence, child overweight, and suicide mortality. For each of these challenges we take stock of current policies, continuing challenges, and ways forward. Written from the perspective of European Public Health Association (EUPHA) we emphasize the potential contribution of civil society organizations in attaining the health-related SDGs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on the insights of European Public Health Association members on the major public health (PH) threats in Europe in the future. Topics mentioned include the number of possible threats identified by the respondents, the threats to PH for youth, and brief information about TO-REACH project.

Over the years, the main European institutions active in health [European Union, and the Regional Office for Europe of the World Health Organization (WHO)] have played active roles in policy for public health in Europe. Yet, more recent developments have called into question the place of public health on the European political agenda. In this article, we reflect on how European health policy is set and what the role of civil society organizations (CSOs) can or should be, by showcasing two European associations as examples of how to influence European health policy development and implementation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An introduction to the journal is presented which discusses topics related to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) set by the United Nations (UN) and featured within the issue, including the SDG framework for action, the health-related SDG in Europe, and the political aspects of the SDG.