by EPHA | Jun 28, 2012 | Opinion
One of the outcomes of the last month’s G8 meeting was the launch of a New Alliance for “improving food and nutrition security” in Africa. Aimed at boosting productivity, domestic and international private sector investments and supporting innovation...
by EPHA | Jun 28, 2012 | Opinion
Adopted under the Danish Presidency on 22 June, the Council Conclusions on ‘’The impact of antimicrobial resistance in the human health sector and in the veterinary sector – a One Health perspective,’’ contain increased EU action to reduce the use of antibiotics and... by EPHA | Jun 21, 2012 | Opinion
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has recently published the Obesity update 2012. The document provides an overview of the latest figures on those classified as overweight or obese, as well as documenting the measures being taken to... by EPHA | Jun 3, 2012 | Opinion
The Health Council of the Netherlands presented last May 29 its advisory report on ‘Undernutrition in the elderly’ in the Netherlands. The report evaluates the scientific basis for the way protein-energy undernutrition in the elderly is dealt with. –...
by EPHA | Mar 27, 2012 | Opinion
On 14-15 March, the Danish Presidency hosted a conference on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in human and veterinary medicine in order to tackle the problem at EU level. The conference was the result of a collaboration between the Danish Ministry of Health and the...
by EPHA | Feb 22, 2012 | Opinion
The newly published report from the WHO Center on Environment and Health (ECEH) assessing environmental health inequalities in Europe, emphasizes that interventions to tackle them need to be based on an assessment of their magnitude and on the identification of...
