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Meeting report on water, sanitation and hygiene in health-care facilities in the WHO European Region: Budapest, Hungary, 2–4 July 2025

Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services, including waste management and environmental cleaning, are fundamental to quality care, infection prevention...

Prevalence of Legionella as a waterborne pathogen and its health impacts in the pan-European region

Legionella infections represent a significant health burden in the pan-European region; in many countries it is considered among the most important waterborne...

WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI): report on the sixth round of data collection, 2022– 2024

Unhealthy bodyweight in children affects physical and mental health, school performance and quality of life, while also raising the risk of obesity and...

Workshop on wastewater and environmental surveillance for public health in central Asia: meeting report, Astana, 5 June 2025

The Workshop on wastewater and environmental surveillance (WES) for public health in central Asia, held on 5 June 2025 in Astana, convened national and...



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Can people afford to pay for health care? New evidence on financial protection in Spain

Overview

This review is the first comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of financial protection in Spain. It draws on microdata from annual household budget surveys carried out by the National Statistics Institute of Spain from 2006 to 2019 (the latest data available at the time of publication), and data on unmet need for health services. 
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Office for Health Systems Financing (Barcelona) (HSF), Spain