by European Public Health Alliance | Sep 30, 2020 | Opinion
By Laura Wetzel, Policy Assistant, EPHATo discuss the role of alcohol consumption in cancer prevention, with a special focus on Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan, EPHA members IOGT-NTO, European Alcohol Policy Alliance (Eurocare) and The Association of European Cancer...
by European Public Health Alliance | Sep 30, 2020 | Opinion
It has been more than fifteen months since agreement in principle was reached on the controversial EU-Mercosur trade agreement, and yet ratification hasn’t even begun. So what’s going on? Officially the Association Agreement is being ‘scrubbed’ and translated...
by European Public Health Alliance | Sep 21, 2020 | Opinion, Reports
In Slovakia, as elsewhere in Europe segregated Roma face much greater difficulties accessing and receiving standard healthcare services compared to other citizens. An new briefing by EPHA Roma Health Fellow, Marcela Adamova and Andrej Belak, Institute of Ethnology and...
by European Public Health Alliance | Jul 13, 2020 | Opinion
Following the release of the European Commission’s digital package in February 2020, the digital transformation of health and care received an unanticipated yet powerful push as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. For example, whereas previously, many healthcare...
by European Public Health Alliance | Jul 13, 2020 | Opinion
With increasing concern about rising levels of air pollution, EPHA today rolls out a new campaign to support healthcare professionals to speak out about the public health emergency caused by road transport pollution in Europe. Medics for Clean Air is a new coalition...
by European Public Health Alliance | Jul 13, 2020 | Opinion
Solidarity and strong cooperation between countries and stakeholders have been essential to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on public health systems and economies. The pandemic has created major cross-country challenges for vulnerable groups but also for civil society...
