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...
by European Public Health Alliance | Jun 29, 2017 | Opinion, Statements
The European Commission’s Communication on a new EU Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance has been released on 29 June. EPHA welcomes the Commission’s effort to go beyond the previous Action Plan (2011-2016) by adopting a clearer “One...
by EPHA | Jun 29, 2017 | Opinion
By Dănut Dumitru, Roma Early Childhood Development Fellow A joint initiative by EPHA, the Public Health Programme and the Early Childhood Development programme of the Open Society Foundations (OSF) aims to bring to the forefront the issue of Early Childhood...
by European Public Health Alliance | Jun 29, 2017 | Opinion
By Sascha Marshang, Director for Operations and Membership and Weronika Gryko, Policy Assistant “Digital technology has become part of the fabric of modern society, and the EU must be at the forefront in creating the right conditions for allowing digital...
