Zdravotnický deník | Population Health

Politicians and companies should start putting more emphasis on prevention and education about active and healthy lifestyles, because the health of the population has a major impact on the competitiveness of companies and the national economy. Viktor Daněk, Deputy Director of EUROPEUM Institute, commented on this issue.

The higher the quality of healthcare, the higher the chance of survival and quality of life. Thus, the longer people can remain active and contribute to the country's economic performance. If we look, for example, at the life expectancy indicator, the Czech Republic has been slowly catching up with neighbouring Germany and the EU average over the long term, but it continues to lag behind. In addition, the poorly managed response to the covid pandemic has temporarily brought a significant drop. Within Central Europe, the Czech Republic is better off than, for example, Poland or Slovakia, but it remains the case that a person born in the West has an average chance of living almost two years older than in the Czech Republic.

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Viktor Daněk
Deputy Director

Before entering the NGO sphere, Viktor Daněk worked for almost ten years as a journalist. During his time with the public service Czech radio, he focused mainly on covering EU affairs. He spent almost five years as a permanent correspondent in Brussels, where he cooperated with other media outlets. Before his career in journalism, he gained experience in the area of marketing and communication in the Česká spořitelna banking group and at the Czech Technical University in Prague. He holds university degrees in Media Studies and International Relations. Viktor Daněk joined the EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy in October 2023. He continues to be active in the media as a freelancer. His main areas of interest are institutional questions of European integration, globalisation and the EU’s climate and migration policy.