by European Public Health Alliance | Feb 6, 2026 | Opinion
After more than a decade, the European Code Against Cancer has been updated and its timing could not be more consequential. With cancer remaining one of Europe’s leading causes of premature mortality, and with preventable risk factors still deeply embedded in our...
by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 18, 2025 | Opinion
How current EU agri-food debate narrows food security to production and farming, while avoiding questions of value, affordability, and who the system ultimately serves Setting the direction of Europe’s agri-food debate The EU Agri-Food Days (15–17 December), the...
by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 16, 2025 | Opinion
Today’s publication of the European Commission commitments to improving cardiovascular health in Europe, unveiled as “Safe Hearts Plan”, has been much anticipated and marks a significant moment for public health in Europe. It is encouraging to see many of the...
by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 16, 2025 | Opinion
By Vesna Kerstin Petrič, Head of Office for Cooperation with WHO at the Ministry of Health of Slovenia Throughout my career in public health and global affairs, one lesson has been constant: the most effective, resilient and humane health systems are built in...
by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 12, 2025 | Opinion
By Philippe Vandenbroeck, Expert Advisor at EPHA Across Europe, civic space is shrinking. What once anchored democratic life — independent civil society and a media infrastructure of responsibility and trust – is being quietly eroded by underfunding,...
by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 11, 2025 | Opinion
By Faustine Bas-Defossez, Policy Director, European Environmental Bureau Not only because of polluted air, toxic chemicals, rising temperatures or collapsing ecosystems – but because the very antibodies that protect our democracies are being weakened. Across the...
