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...
by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 2, 2019 | Opinion
Daniela E. Miranda & Manuel Garcia-Ramirez Universidad de Sevilla, Center for the Study of Health, Power and Diversity The unfair distribution of the social determinants of health has led Roma communities to live in extreme poverty across Europe. It has been...
by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 2, 2019 | Opinion
An event organised on 15 October by EPHA members the European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless (FEANTSA) explored the potential of using digital solutions in the fight against social and digital exclusion of homeless people. A number of...