by European Public Health Alliance | May 5, 2020 | Opinion
Air pollution affects everyone, but not the same way. Dirty air has the potential to exacerbate existing health inequalities, especially for socially disadvantaged groups that are disproportionately exposed to air pollution. Resources From EPHA Vulnerable groups...
by European Public Health Alliance | Apr 30, 2020 | Opinion
In two exceptionally lucid reports, EU scientific advisors overturn the ‘business as usual’ approach to European food policy. Published in April by the European Commission’s Scientific Advice Mechanism (SAM), these papers herald a silent revolution...
by European Public Health Alliance | Apr 30, 2020 | Opinion
Guest article by Amanda Banda and Corinne Hinlopen, WEMOS It is striking what a crisis such as the COVID-19 outbreak can bring about. Five years ago, budget cuts severely restricted funding for long-term care, home care and youth care in the Netherlands. Many care...
by European Public Health Alliance | Apr 30, 2020 | Opinion
By Louise Lamatsch, Policy Assistant, EPHA Nurses, midwives and healthcare workers in general play a vital role in providing essential health services. As well as providing essential health care, every minute of every day, they play a crucial role in health...
by European Public Health Alliance | Apr 30, 2020 | Opinion
Guest article by John Middleton, President and Robert Otok, Director, The Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region The current COVID-19 pandemic crisis has brought to bear the urgency of a strong and concerted effort to cultivate training,...
by European Public Health Alliance | Apr 30, 2020 | Opinion
Guest article by Andreas Charalambous, President, European Oncology Nursing Society European Cancer Nursing Day (ECND) is a celebration of cancer nursing across Europe every year on 18 May, led by the European Oncology Nursing Society. ECND2020 will be special because...
