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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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Water, sanitation and hygiene in schools - Take-away messages from the second subregional workshop

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On 4–6 April 2022, over 25 health and education experts and decision-makers from countries and areas from south-eastern Europe gathered for the second edition of a series of subregional workshops on WASH in schools in the WHO European Region.

Participating countries comprised Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania and Serbia.

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Albania, Bulgaria, Centre for Environment & Health (BON), Croatia, EUCO Operations in Countries (ACO), Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Water & Climate (WAC)
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World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
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