by European Public Health Alliance | Jun 16, 2016 | Opinion
Concerns about how TTIP will affect the consumption of unhealthy products, the healthcare services and affordability of medicines. By Zoltan Massay-Kosubek, Policy Coordinator for Health Trade and Health Equity Public health civil society is concerned about the lack...
by European Public Health Alliance | Jun 16, 2016 | Opinion
The European Pillar of Social Rights, launched by the European Commission in March this year is an effort to achieve a European ’Triple A’ rating in employment and social affairs, in response to the backlash against austerity measures imposed across Europe. The final...
by European Public Health Alliance | Jun 15, 2016 | Opinion
2015 is the first year in which the European Commission has issued Country Reports in this form, but they are not an entirely new component of the European Semester. The Reports provide an overview of the economic situation of each member state, along with its...
by European Public Health Alliance | Jun 15, 2016 | Opinion
2016 eHealth Week took place on 8-10 June in Amsterdam, organised under the Dutch Council Presidency. Under the banner “You, at the heart of transition”, the event displayed a much stronger focus on the needs of patients and vulnerable groups than previous editions....
by European Public Health Alliance | Jun 9, 2016 | Opinion
9 June 2016 Brussels: EPHA has been campaigning to mitigate the negative public health impacts of TTIP, including the impact of reducing tariffs on the growing rates of non-communicable diseases (NCDs); the potential impact on public healthcare services; and the...
by European Public Health Alliance | Jun 2, 2016 | Opinion
BRUSSELS—The signing Civil Society organisations call on Member States to resist pressure from the pharmaceutical industry to eliminate critical elements of proposed European Union (EU) Council Conclusions that would improve the balance between innovation and...
