by European Public Health Alliance | Feb 8, 2021 | Opinion
For most Europeans, holding a passport or national ID card allowing them to engage in international mobility for work, education, tourism or personal reasons is something taken for granted. However when such documents become linked to other purposes, e.g....
by European Public Health Alliance | Feb 3, 2021 | Opinion
Guest article by: Maja Saitovic, Program Officer, Race, Ethnicity and Health Equity team, Open Society Foundations’ Public Health Program; Marek Szilvasi, PhD., Team Manager, Race, Ethnicity and Health Equity team, Open Society Foundations’ Public Health Program The...
by European Public Health Alliance | Jan 25, 2021 | Opinion
Our outlook for trade policy in 2021 The European Commission has been re-assessing its trade policy in a fast-changing world but in the initial concept little or no attention was paid to public health. EPHA has looked at the most relevant trade developments to see...
by European Public Health Alliance | Jan 18, 2021 | Consultation Responses, Opinion
As part of the European Green Deal, the EU plans to revise air quality standards with a legislative proposal by the end of 2022. In its response to the European Commission’s consultation on the revision of these rules, EPHA calls on the Commission to be bold...
by European Public Health Alliance | Jan 13, 2021 | Opinion
EPHA, together with allies has long called for the trade and sustainable development (TSD) chapters included in EU trade agreements to have more teeth to increase policy coherence – in other words, that these chapters should have binding effects on negotiating...
by European Public Health Alliance | Jan 6, 2021 | Consultation Responses, Opinion
EPHA recently participated in a consultation process conducted by DG Trade, focusing on how the Commission department can improve how it reaches and listens to CSOs in Brussels and across the EU Member States. In answering the questions posed, a number of points...
