by European Public Health Alliance | Jan 13, 2020 | Opinion
A new report published today by Transport & Environment (T&E) reveals that the strictest EU diesel car pollution controls are still failing to stop large amounts of health harmful particle pollution. These particle emissions have grave health effects, such as...
by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 20, 2019 | Opinion
Food environments shape what food we buy and eat. Food environments are the physical, economic, political and socio-cultural contexts in which people engage with the food system to make their decisions about acquiring, preparing and consuming food. Food environments...
by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 19, 2019 | Opinion
While certain world leaders deny the climate crisis, the European Commission last week published a comprehensive plan to “reboot” the EU’s economy and society towards a sustainable future – the European Green Deal. The Green Deal rides on the back of ever-more...
by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 18, 2019 | Opinion
By Paola Hernandez Olivan, Health Care Without Harm Europe Most of the food that is eaten in the EU passes from farms downstream to food and beverage manufacturers for subsequent processing or transformation and then on to food and beverage retailers or consumer...
by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 18, 2019 | Opinion
By Elena Salazar, Campaigns Manager at Eating Better Earlier this year, the UK Government commissioned a review to underpin its first National Food Strategy in 75 years. Eating Better, an alliance of over 60 civil society organisations working together to catalyse...
by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 18, 2019 | Opinion
EPHA has launched a new webpage called “Policies for healthy living environments”, what is it about? This initiative, currently being piloted, aims to collect and give visibility to promising public health policies across different health areas, and then maps which...