by European Public Health Alliance | Jan 31, 2019 | Opinion
DOWNLOAD SUMMARY DOWNLOAD COUNTRY FILES DOWNLOAD FULL STUDY As the World Health Organization announces Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) as one of the top ten global health risks for 2019 and the years to come, time for action is running out. Failing to take immediate,...
by European Public Health Alliance | Jan 31, 2019 | Opinion
At the end of 2018, the European Commission published its Communication on the evaluation of the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies up to 2020, following the public consultation which ended in October 2017. While the priority areas of the Framework:...
by European Public Health Alliance | Jan 31, 2019 | Opinion
2018 was a crucial year for the campaign to improve European air quality, with the devastating health impact of air pollution dominating to a large extent the public debate. As well as the ongoing fitness check of European air quality legislation, new EU-level...
by European Public Health Alliance | Jan 31, 2019 | Opinion
Engulfed in a climate of transition, characterized by some degree of uncertainty, endings and new beginnings, Romania begins its first ever EU Presidency, 2019 sees significant developments that will determine and shape the EU’s future for some time to come: Brexit;...
by EPHA | Dec 17, 2018 | Opinion
The UN Climate Change Conference in Katowice (COP24) saw the release of a new WHO report which found that meeting the goals of the Paris agreement could save almost one million lives a year worldwide by 2050 through air pollution alone. Climate change affects our...
by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 12, 2018 | Opinion
By Marcela Adamová, EPHA Roma Health Fellow NCDs cost us a fortune Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the world’s leading avoidable killers, but the society we live in is not doing enough to prevent and control their occurrence. NCDs cause most of the early deaths...