WHO European Programme Targets Health Across Generations

The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched its new European Programme of Work (EPW2) for 2025–2030, aiming to enhance health and resilience across the WHO European Region. The programme underscores health as a collective responsibility and sets forth five key priority areas to guide WHO's collaboration with Member States.

Key focuses of the programme include maximizing health security, tackling noncommunicable diseases and their drivers, supporting people to live and age in good health, addressing the links between climate and health, and shaping the future of health systems by harnessing innovation and technology.

Two special initiatives complement these priorities: a primary health care initiative that integrates strong, people-centred primary care across all work, and a special initiative on violence against women and girls to ensure prevention, protection, and care for survivors.

The new programme is grounded in collaboration, solidarity, prevention, and resilience. It draws a parallel between health and a family, where the well-being of different generations is interconnected, reminding us that the health of one is bound to the health of all.