by European Public Health Alliance | Aug 23, 2017 | Opinion
Investment is at the heart of our economy, shaping the world we live today. As this recent study shows, public health interventions offer substantial returns on investment. So, if health has such excellent rates of return, why are investors not queuing-up to finance...
by EPHA | Jul 31, 2017 | Opinion
By Wayne Rebello, Policy Assistant, EPHA The European Commission’s reflection paper on the EU’s social dimension highlights growing social tensions in many EU countries. Austerity measures have contributed to continuing perceptions of the Union as the problem, not the...
by EPHA | Jul 31, 2017 | Opinion
By Emily Pieterse, Policy Assistant, EPHA In the week of the release of the new EU Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance two conferences were organised by the European Parliament, to discuss how the new plan will be followed-up by actions from all committed...
by European Public Health Alliance | Jul 31, 2017 | Opinion
Diet is the foremost risk factor for non-communicable diseases (NCDs): the average European consumes too much sugar, too much saturated fat, and too much salt. The share of Europeans who are overweight or obese has steadily increased between 2010 and 2014 in all EU...
by EPHA | Jul 31, 2017 | Opinion
By Chiara Olivero, Communications Assistant, EPHA Estonia took over the presidency of the Council of the European Union for the first time this month, under the strapline ‘Unity through balance’, and although not one of the Presidency’s four main...
by European Public Health Alliance | Jul 31, 2017 | Opinion
Sir Michael Marmot, a former UK government adviser, has made headlines again by pointing out that UK life expectancy rises have stalled since 2010. He points the finger squarely at austerity measures and ‘miserly’ levels of health and social care spending, increasing...
