by European Public Health Alliance | Mar 31, 2021 | Opinion
Guest article: Marleen Kestens and Marilena Vrana, European Heart Network The European Union Beating Cancer Plan is putting – rightly so – an important focus on disease prevention. Prevention is far more cost efficient than treatment and cure (needed in...
by European Public Health Alliance | Mar 31, 2021 | Opinion
By Tifenn Piolot-Doco, Policy Assistant, EPHA Set to convene in September 2021, the United Nations Food System Summit (UN FSS) is presented as an opportunity to rethink food systems and launch new actions to transform the way the world produces and consumes food. This...
by European Public Health Alliance | Mar 31, 2021 | Opinion
Guest Article: Helen Oswald, Communication Manager, European Oncology Nursing Society The European Oncology Nursing Society (EONS) and Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan Cancer nursing education and patient and occupational safety go hand in hand and are critical for...
by European Public Health Alliance | Mar 30, 2021 | Opinion
Guest article: Lydie Meheus, Belgian AntiCancer Fund To fight cancer, Europe needs a whole-of-government approach that puts patients’ needs at the centre, driving change for the benefit of citizens and reducing the suffering caused by cancer. The Anticancer Fund...
by European Public Health Alliance | Mar 26, 2021 | Opinion
Access to clean water and sanitation is of utmost importance for tackling public health challenges, but also ensuring individuals’ and communities’ health prevention. Improving water supply contributes to reducing health and social inequalities between and within...
by European Public Health Alliance | Mar 5, 2021 | Opinion
A new article published today by Transport & Environment (T&E) explains that claims that electric cars make air pollution worse are wrong. Toxic emissions from tailpipes of diesel and petrol cars have caused tens of thousands of premature deaths each year. The...
