by European Public Health Alliance | Nov 3, 2016 | Opinion
By Sascha Marshang, Policy Manager for Health Systems On 24 October, the European Commission released the long-awaited Evaluation Report of its 2011-2016 Action Plan on AMR. While the evaluation shows clear benefits arising from the Action Plan and added EU...
by European Public Health Alliance | Oct 13, 2016 | Opinion
By Masha Smirnova, Policy Co-ordinator for EU Semester and the Social Pillar, EPHA Next month the European Commission will publish its Annual Growth Survey, setting out the general economic and social priorities for the EU with policy guidance for national governments...
by European Public Health Alliance | Oct 13, 2016 | Opinion
By Zoltàn Massay-Kosubek, Policy Co-ordinator for Healthy Trade and Trade Equity, EPHA EU Trade Ministers agreed on 23rd September to press on with the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) at the Informal Trade Ministerial meeting in Bratislava,...
by European Public Health Alliance | Oct 13, 2016 | Opinion
On 27 September over 40 organisations Europe-wide urged Members of the European Parliament to take ambitious action to end health-harmful marketing to children. Children’s organisations, family associations and pro-health voices are aiming to ensure that young people...
by European Public Health Alliance | Oct 13, 2016 | Opinion
By Sascha Marschang, Policy Manager for Health Systems, EPHA Although consumption of antibiotics appears to be decreasing across Europe overall, public knowledge of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) differs widely between countries. There is still widespread...
by European Public Health Alliance | Oct 13, 2016 | Opinion
By Sascha Marschang, Policy Manager, EPHA Following concerns about the ability of consumers to assess the usefulness of the large number of health apps now available on the market, the European Commission’s DG CONNECT set out to develop guidelines for a “framework of...
