by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 11, 2018 | Opinion
Daniela Pereira, Policy Assistant, EPHA An economic crisis usually leads to general poor public health: not only do governments cut their spending in public health, but people also tend to adopt less healthy behaviours such as eating inexpensive, low quality food...
by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 11, 2018 | Opinion
Stephanie Kohl Policy & Advocacy Officer, European Association of Hospital Pharmacists Antimicrobial Resistance threatens to endanger many patients’ lives. The loss of effective antimicrobials is pushing modern medicine back into the pre-antibiotic area. Hospital...
by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 11, 2018 | Opinion
By Claudia Silvia ISPAS, EMSA Medical Science Director Antimicrobial Resistance is one of the most concerning challenges facing today’s healthcare providers. The spread of drug resistance and evolution of multi-drug diseases affects the work of all health...
by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 11, 2018 | Opinion
Blanca Paniello and Vicky Kastner International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is threatening the effectiveness of our medications minute by minute. The European Commission states that approximately 33,000 deaths per year...
by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 11, 2018 | Opinion
The European Joint Action on antimicrobial resistance and health-care associated infections established by the new European One Health Action Plan against AMR aims to foster synergies across AMR- related activities and policy developments among EU Member States. The...
by European Public Health Alliance | Nov 27, 2018 | Opinion
Despite the thousands of words which have been written about Dieselgate, the effect on our health and the magnitude of the health costs of diesel pollution is still under-reported and too few actions have been taken to rectify the damage caused by this serious breach...