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...
by European Public Health Alliance | Apr 20, 2020 | Opinion
A comprehensive set of satellite images revealed how air pollution has fallen dramatically in cities across the world due to Covid-19 lockdown measures. While fully respecting lockdown measures, encouraging cycling and walking supports the public health goal of...
by European Public Health Alliance | Apr 20, 2020 | Opinion
Patients with chronic lung and heart conditions caused or worsened by long-term exposure to air pollution are less able to fight off lung infections and more likely to die. Air pollution can cause hypertension, diabetes and respiratory diseases, conditions that...
by EPHA | Apr 20, 2020 | Opinion
The strong correlation between air pollution and COVID-19 could be explained by the negative impact on the immune system. This was demonstrated for other diseases, and this is likely the case for COVID-19, too. The effect held not just for pollution levels at the time...
