by European Public Health Alliance | Apr 29, 2019 | Opinion
The fourth EU Roma Week took place on 18- 21 March, under the patronage of the European Commission and the European Parliament, and co-organised by MEPs, the UN Human Rights Office in Brussels and civil society organisations including EPHA, the Open Society European...
by European Public Health Alliance | Mar 29, 2019 | Opinion
A WHO symposium on the Future of Digital Health Systems in the European Region gathered a diverse group of high-level stakeholders on 6-8 February 2019 in Copenhagen. EPHA has been highlighting the need to tackle health inequalities in the digital sphere for many...
by European Public Health Alliance | Mar 29, 2019 | Opinion
Guest article Homelessness kills Homeless people are dying. The Dying Homeless Project estimates that on average 11 people die on the street each week in the UK. The average age of death for homeless men is 47 years old and for homeless women, it is even lower at just...
by European Public Health Alliance | Mar 29, 2019 | Opinion
Guest article The European Institute of Women’s Health, (EIWH) promotes health and wellbeing across the life course of women, highlighting inequalities due to sex, age and socio-economic status. The annual celebration of International Women’s Day earlier this month is...
by EPHA | Mar 29, 2019 | Opinion
The upcoming European Parliament elections will perhaps be the most scrutinised ever, as a bellwether for the wellbeing of the European project. With health considered to be one of the issues resonating most with Europeans (in a recent Eurobarometer survey, 70% of...
by European Public Health Alliance | Mar 29, 2019 | Opinion
A new non-legislative resolution on the need for a strengthened post-2020 strategic EU framework for national Roma inclusion strategies (NRIS), which stepped up the fight against anti-gypsyism , was adopted on 12th February by the European Parliament. It reaffirms the...
