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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...

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...

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...

Healthy habits, healthy schools: good practices for hand hygiene and menstrual health in schools in the pan-European region

Access to safe drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in schools is fundamental to protecting children’s health, dignity and educational opportunities....



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Switzerland - Physical activity factsheet

Overview

The factsheet presents the country's epidemiologic data on physical activity, national policy responses and current monitoring and surveillance systems. The physical activity factsheet provides inspiration to advance the development and implementation of physical activity policies and strategies and successful stories on effective approaches being implemented to increase physical activity for health and wellbeing for all people.

WHO Team
Nutrition, Physical Activity & Obesity (NAO), Office for Prevention & Control of NCDs (MOS), Switzerland
Editors
WHO/Europe
Number of pages
4