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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...

Two decades of the implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in the European Union: progress, challenges and the road ahead

This report marks twenty years since the European Union (EU) signed the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) and reflects on the EU’s...

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...



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Greece - Physical activity factsheet (2018)

Overview

The country physical activity factsheets summarize specific areas of focus in terms of monitoring and surveillance based on a number of core indicators, as well as policies and action in the area of health-enhancing physical activity (HEPA) promotion for the European Union Member States of the WHO European Region including physical activity levels for adults, adolescents and children.

Each profile also contains information about how physical inactivity is tackled at policy level:

  • Are there national documents and action plans, recommendations, goals and surveillance for physical activity?
  • Who takes leadership?
  • Are there intersectoral networks on health-enhancing physical activity?

 

WHO Team
EUCO Operations in Countries (ACO), Greece, Nutrition, Physical Activity & Obesity (NAO)
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WHO/Europe
Number of pages
3
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