by European Public Health Alliance | Mar 14, 2018 | Opinion
Over the past 20 years, while the process of accession to and membership of the European Union may have changed the lives of a small number of Roma living in central or Eastern Europe, there is still seems to be a lack of political will to take action to improve the...
by European Public Health Alliance | Mar 14, 2018 | Opinion
As the EU begins the reflection process on its future budget questions are being raised about the right level of EU action on health in a post-2020 EU. Members of the public health community are currently highlighting the health and economic benefits from cleaning...
by European Public Health Alliance | Mar 14, 2018 | Opinion
On 30 January, EPHA organised an event at the European Parliament, together with Changing Markets Foundation and the European Environmental Bureau, to discuss synergies between the available policy measures for tackling pharmaceuticals in the environment (PiE) and...
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...
