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...
by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 11, 2018 | Opinion
By Vladimir Kolev, Policy Assistant, EPHA Undoubtedly, vaccination is one of the biggest achievements in modern medicine, protecting us against infectious diseases, saving many lives and reducing illness. At the same time, it is a way to fight one of the biggest...
by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 11, 2018 | Opinion
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is the EU’s single largest financing mechanism, set to distribute €365 billion over its next seven-year period. As a rule, the CAP does not regulate, but provides incentives to farmers and the wider agri-food sector. The European...
