May was the final month of the IDEAHL project aimed at developing new models of and approaches to digital health literacy. A two-year project, IDEAHL focused on digital health literacy and how to empower citizens in their understanding and use of and access to both digital health literacy and e-Health. The EIWH was the Irish…
Press Release: New technologies, new disparities
Press release New technologies, new disparities: the intersection of digital health literacy and women’s health Tuesday, 21 May saw a hybrid event take place in Dublin, Ireland and online that focused on women’s health and digital health literacy. As part of the IDEAHL project, the EIWH wanted to highlight the issues that exists relating to…
EIWH Press Release: IDEAHL Project
EIWH Press Release 15 May 2024 Today saw the EIWH present the findings of their work in the IDEAHL project to the Young Women’s Health Group. Established in 2023, the Young Women’s Health Group was created to hear the voices of young women, as women of all ages deserve a health sector that supports them pro-actively across…
EIWH and WHO Civil Society Commission
The European Institute of Women’s Health (EIWH) is delighted to announce our acceptance to participate with the WHO Civil Society Commission. The WHO Civil Society Commission mission is to strengthen dialogue, foster collaboration and provide recommendations to support WHO on its engagement with civil society at global, regional and national levels to achieve health for…
Headway: New Roadmap in Mental Health
Meryam Schouler-Ocak, Member, Board of Directors of the European Institute of Women’s Health spoke at the “Headway – A New Roadmap in Mental Health” event at the European Parliament,Brussels. The initiative was launched by Think Tank European House Ambrosetti, a non governmental organisation, in partnership with Angelini Pharma. Prof Schouler-Ocak’s presentation titled, ‘Gender and Mental…
Save the Date! A Comprehensive Approach to Maternal Health.
Save the Date! The European Institute of Women’s Health invite you to our upcoming webinar ‘A Comprehensive Approach to Maternal Health’. This exciting 1-hour event will launch our latest publication ‘Maternal Health in the European Union’, an in-depth report looking at all areas of maternal health from pregnancy to childbirth and postpartum. Maternal…
EIWH at the European Public Health Conference
Peggy Maguire, Director General of the European Institute of Women’s Health is co-chairing a workshop in collaboration with Bernadette Kumar, EUPHA MIG and Women in Global Health titled ‘Female Leadership in Times of Crisis: Fostering a Sustainable Future for Humanity’. This event will take place on Friday the 10th of November in Liffey Meeting…
EIWH at the 23rd WPA World Conference of Psychiatry
Peggy Maguire, Director General of the EIWH spoke on ‘Violence against women and girls – how can they be engaged and supported?’ at the 23rd WPA World Conference of Psychiatry on 30th of September in Vienna. You can view the presentation here. This session was chaired by and Meryam Schouler-Ocak, Board Member of the EIWH. Prof…
European healthcare professionals urge vaccination for COVID-19 and seasonal influenza
The Coalition for Vaccination released a statement calling for European countries to make influenza and COVID-19 vaccination easily available to high risk groups such as those with comorbidities, pregnant women, immunocompromised populations and the elderly. The Coalition also advises that healthcare workers should have up-to-date vaccinations and receive any necessary booster doses due to the…
Urology Awareness Month, UK: Discussion and news
Urology Awareness Month: Latest discussion and news See their Programe for their month of activities on different aspects and impacts of urological conditions that can impact on each and every family member at their different ages and stages of development and life cycle!