by European Public Health Alliance | Mar 14, 2018 | Opinion
The EU has passed the next milestone in the process of adopting its budget for the post 2020 period following the completion of a complex public consultation on the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). Given the cross-cutting nature of health, in its response EPHA...
by European Public Health Alliance | Mar 1, 2018 | Opinion
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, ratified by all European Union (EU) countries and used by the European Commission to guide its actions,[1] provides that “In all actions concerning children … the best interests of the child shall be a primary...
by European Public Health Alliance | Feb 8, 2018 | Opinion
2017 brought some significant developments in food, drink and agriculture policy at the European level, and 2018 promises to be just as eventful. Below EPHA identifies five policy areas where further policy developments are anticipated: 1. CAP on the back foot The...
by European Public Health Alliance | Feb 8, 2018 | Opinion
As the Eurobubble gears up for an epic fight over the next EU budget, let’s look at what EU spending does, or doesn’t do, for our health…and what it should deliver in future. First, a reality check. The EU budget sounds like a vast amount of money, but compared...
by European Public Health Alliance | Feb 8, 2018 | Opinion
The high-level Multi-Stakeholder Platform on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a new forum bringing together NGOs – including EPHA -, trade unions, representatives of regional and local government and the corporate sector, set up to support and advise...
by European Public Health Alliance | Jan 23, 2018 | Opinion
Here are the top 5 EU medicines policy issues which will dominate the agenda in 2018. DOWNLOAD THIS ARTICLE 1. Harmonising Health Technology Assessment in Europe: a political minefield2. Intellectual property incentives: the hottest topic in pharma 3. Is the...
