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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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Systems thinking for noncommunicable disease prevention policy

Overview

This factsheet aims to provide an overview of the Manual by introducing key concepts in systems thinking and examples of its approaches utilized in NCD prevention policy.

Systems thinking for noncommunicable disease prevention policy 

The Manual on systems thinking for NCD prevention policy provides guidance on bringing a systems approach into practice and important insights to support using systems thinking in health issues such as NCD prevention. The Manual has specific examples of systems thinking approaches in practice, and information on important next steps for the use of systems thinking approaches in NCD prevention policy.

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Office for Prevention & Control of NCDs (MOS)