by Bhavani Srinivasan | Apr 27, 2023 | Newsletters
Air pollution is a significant public health issue, a largely-preventable, pandemic-level health event, allowed to continue each and every day in Europe and around the world. Poor air quality is the most significant environmental risk factor that Europeans suffer....
by European Public Health Alliance | Mar 9, 2023 | Newsletters
It was a real privilege to be part of the EPHA representation at the WHO/Europe High-Level Forum on Health in the Well-Being Economy in Copenhagen last week. I often find I do not take enough time from day-to-day pressures to look up and see that my work is part of a... by Bhavani Srinivasan | Dec 15, 2022 | Newsletters
“And then the black young lady here” said the white man who was moderating the Q&A of one of the sessions at the WHO World Health Summit in October 2022, in Berlin. I was shocked. But as I was joining the session online, I couldn’t feel the energy in the room or... by Bhavani Srinivasan | Nov 30, 2022 | Newsletters
For years now, experts have been warning about a pandemic quietly spreading across the globe due to misuse and overuse of antimicrobials. For years, EPHA, the AMR Stakeholder Network, and the MEP Interest Group on AMR have been working to raise awareness on the threat... by Bhavani Srinivasan | Oct 28, 2022 | Newsletters
As the COVID pandemic started, expectations in the “access to medicines” community raised. After all, if a pandemic could not build the case for equitable access to vaccines and medicines, what would? Yet, initial promises, such as Von der Leyen’s commitment to... by Bhavani Srinivasan | Sep 29, 2022 | Newsletters
Times of crisis call for well-considered, but bold responses. It is not an option to retreat and wait out the storm. The storm seems only to be getting bigger. Things previously held impossible are happening one after the other. A global pandemic. War in Europe. An...