Main article: European Union (EU, EU)
Health care in EU countries
- Health care in Hungary
- Health care in Germany
- Health care in Spain
- Health care in Latvia
- Health care in Romania
- Health care in Finland
- Health care in France
- Health care in Croatia
Chronicle
2025: In Europe, 67 children were born to a sperm donor with a rare cancer gene. They subsequently developed leukemia and lymphoma
At the end of May 2025, it became known that at least 67 children were born in Europe from a sperm donor with a rare mutation that can cause malignancies. In some of these children, various types of cancer were subsequently identified, including leukemia and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Read more here.
2023: EU countries destroy unnecessary doses of COVID-19 vaccine for €4 billion
In mid-December 2023, information appeared that the countries of the European Union disposed of at least 215 million doses of vaccines from COVID-19, which were purchased at the height of the pandemic, but turned out to be unclaimed. The cost of destroyed products is estimated at more than €4 billion. Read more here.
2022: WHO declares obesity epidemic in Europe amid COVID-19 pandemic
In early May 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced an obesity epidemic in Europe amid the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). Chronic overweight and obesity are among the leading causes of mortality and disability in the European Union. Read more here.
2020: Duration of guaranteed paid sick leave
2019: Health Care Cost Dynamics
2018: Proportion of women smoking tobacco
Number of hospital beds per 100,000 residents
Transplantology
2023: Number of post-mortem organ donation cases per 1 million people in European countries
Different national (and sometimes regional) systems exist in EU member states to allow people to consent to organ donation after death. Within the framework of the "voluntary consent" system (opt-in, presumption of disagreement), consent must be given explicitly during life. The system of "refusal" (opt-out, presumption of consent) supports the principle of "presumed consent" (silence is tantamount to consent), a citizen is considered consenting to donation if he has not expressed official disagreement during his lifetime or if a specific request for the non-placement of organs for donation is not made before death. There are also mixed systems. Some countries have established donor and/or non-donor registries to which citizens can contribute. In practice, there are differences in functioning as the family of the deceased still plays an important role in decision-making. Regardless of the system, there are general ethical principles, including a ban on financial benefits from bodies and protection of the rights of both donors and recipients, enshrined in international agreements.
In Europe, the main source of organs suitable for use transplantations is donations from donors with a recorded number - death brain the number of such donations significantly exceeds the number of organ revenues from donors who have had a complete cardiac arrest, or from living donors.[1]
According to a 2017 European Commission study on the implementation and impact of the EU action plan for organ donation and transplantation in EU Member States, post-mortem donation serves as a source of receipt of organs for transplantation such as the kidneys, liver, heart, lungs, pancreas and small intestine.[2]
Disease statistics
HIV/AIDS
2024: WHO: 25% of people with HIV in Europe are unaware of their diagnosis
In July 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that more than a quarter of people infected with HIV in the European Region were unaware of their disease. WHO Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge noted that half of those infected will know about their diagnosis too late. Read more here.
2022: Europe's HIV epidemic is the fastest growing in the world
The World Health Organization (WHO) European Region is experiencing the fastest growing HIV epidemic in the world in 2022. At the same time, all the necessary resources and technologies are available here to diagnose, treat and prevent transmission of infection. This is stated in the report of the Director of the WHO Regional Office for Europe Hans Kluge, published on December 1, 2023. Read more here.
2017
Depression
2019: Percentage of the population aged 15 + years in Europe suffering from chronic depression
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Maternity leave
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Notes
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