by Bhavani Srinivasan | Mar 9, 2023 | Opinion
More than five decades ago, the Club of Rome warned the world that its natural systems would not be able to support the rates of economic and population growth forever and that indeed there are ’Limits to Growth’. Today, the planetary boundaries keep being pushed...
by Bhavani Srinivasan | Mar 4, 2023 | Opinion
Obesity is a major public health challenge affecting 800 million people worldwide, with rates rapidly increasing (1). It is expected that one quarter of the global population will be living with obesity by 2035, and childhood obesity rates are set to double (1). In...
by Bhavani Srinivasan | Feb 8, 2023 | Opinion
Disaster preparedness and resilience is an essential public health function to protect people during times of crisis. Disasters strike unexpectedly, overwhelming response capacity and causing significant human morbidity and mortality. Though the timing of disasters is...
by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 15, 2022 | Opinion
Guest article by the European Organisation for Rare Diseases Gender inequalities have increasingly become visible, reported, and acknowledged in Europe over the past decades. However, according to the World Health Organization, gender inequalities alongside...
by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 15, 2022 | Opinion
Guest article by Devi Mey – Chief Executive Officer, and Luciano Potena – President, The European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT) Solid organ transplantation (SOT) is a treatment, not a cure, for people with an end-stage organ disease. On average, in recent...
by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 1, 2022 | Opinion, Reports
More than 32 million adults and 170,000 children live with a form of diabetes in the EU. Although 14 types of diabetes have been identified so far, the most common are Type 1 and Type 2. Most cases of Type 2 Diabetes are preventable. Yet, Type 1 and other forms are...
