Supplement to the European Health Report 2021: projections for a selection of indicators for health-related Sustainable Development Goals

The European Health Report is produced every three years as a flagship publication by the WHO Regional Office for Europe. The aims of the 2021 edition are to provide insight into Regional progress towards the health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to examine available date on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on population health, thereby focusing on health inequalities and how the pandemic is affecting these. In addition, the report describes how the Regional Office, through implementation of the European Programme of Work 2020–2025, aims to support Member States in tackling the major challenges in the Region and building back better after the pandemic. This Supplement of the European Health Report 2021 complements the Report and assesses whether the WHO European Region is on track to reach the health-related SDGs by presenting projections until 2030 for different scenarios for 12 SDG indicators, followed by information on key interventions necessary to stay on track and further improve, and potential reasons for a deterioration to occur.