AHEAD Newsletter #5 2022
European Health Management Association (EHMA) Conference 2022: sharing our findings on identifying medical deserts On June 15-17th, AHEAD attended the European Health Management Associaton’s (EHMA) annual conference in Brussels. Titled ‘From people to systems:...
AHEAD Newsletter – April 2022
Watch back: online intermediate event of the EU Health Workforce Projects Cluster Countries can address access to health inequalities in the population by improving health worker retention and task-shifting policies. So, what should these policies look like? On...
Fighting access to health inequalities
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AHEAD Newsletter – February 2022
Save the date: Webinar on fighting access to health inequalities by improving health worker retention and task shifting policies on March 29 On March 29th, 2022 (2:30-4:30 PM Brussels time), the Health Workforce Projects Cluster will organise its second webinar....
AHEAD Newsletter – December 2021
Medical Deserts Network update It is now possible to sign up for the Medical Deserts Network (MDN). Becoming a member of this network - the first of its kind in Europe - means getting access to the prototype version of Medical Deserts Diagnostics Tool, invitations to...
OASES Conference on Dec 10th: making medical deserts bloom
On December 10th, Corinne Hinlopen, global health advocate at Wemos, presented the project Action for Health and Equity Addressing medical Deserts (AHEAD) at an online EU-wide conference, attended by over 60 researchers, health professionals and policy makers,...
Save the date: OASES EU conference on medical deserts on Dec 10
On December 10, the EU consortium project OASES is organising its first EU-wide conference on medical deserts. Speakers will discuss ways to describe medical deserts, as well as experiences with the phenomenon in Moldova and Romania. Are you interested in tackling...
The EU Health Workforce Projects Cluster has been launched
Europe is struggling with its health workforce, with challenges such as health worker shortages and an uneven distribution. Coordinated efforts to strengthen the health workforce in Europe are therefore urgently needed. To support EU Member States in strengthening...
AHEAD Newsletter – October 2021
AHEAD Newsletter – October 2021 Welcome to our first newsletter We are happy to introduce you to the first newsletter edition of the EU project Action for Health and Equity: Addressing medical Deserts (AHEAD)! As a subscriber, you will receive bi-monthly updates...
Medical deserts – A growing problem across Europe
“For many years in many European countries, policymakers simply did not pay enough attention to effectively managing stocks and flows of healthcare workers, and it was even public policy to reduce numbers rather than invest in workforce education, training and...