What can be done to reduce health impacts from air pollution?

What can be done to reduce health impacts from air pollution?

Last September 13, and on the margins of the Health & Environment Alliance’s (HEAL) Annual General Assembly (AGA), a workshop was dedicated to the air quality situation in Europe. Indoor and outdoor air quality, air pollution, and children’s health and air quality...

Alcohol advertising to be banned in Russia

The Russian Federation has just passed a bill banning alcohol advertising on a broad range of platforms. The public health community strongly welcomes the move. In an attempt to curb Russia’s chronic alcohol abuse problems (the country has double the WHO...

20th anniversary of the World Breastfeeding Week

The WHO recommends that mothers worldwide should only be using breast milk to feed their babies for the first six months of their lives. It believes this is the best way to achieve optimal growth, development and health for children. This year’s World...

Baby milk products high on the political agenda

Over the past few weeks, the issue of baby milk products has been high on the EU agenda. The World Health Assembly passed a Resolution on Maternal, Infant and young child nutrition and the European Parliament adopted a Report on the European Commission Proposal for a...