by European Public Health Alliance | Jun 1, 2016 | Opinion
By Zoltán Massay-Kosubek, @EU_ZMK, Policy Coordinator for Healthy Trade and Health Equity, EPHA EPHA believes that greater transparency is vital to ensure proper democratic and public debate about the impact of trade policy on population health, following Greenpeace...
by European Public Health Alliance | Jun 1, 2016 | Opinion
The London School of Economics and Political Science study Free trade agreements (FTAs) have the declared aim of seeking to increase global trade and promote economic growth. Historically, economic growth has led to improved population health. Yet this link is now...
by European Public Health Alliance | May 30, 2016 | Opinion
Looking for technical guidance by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the European Commission feels that now is the right time to act and develop guidelines on prudent use of antimicrobials in human medicine, similar to those that already...
by EPHA | May 20, 2016 | Opinion, Statements
The food system is vital for the well-being of present and future generations. On 30-31 May the EU Presidency of the Netherlands hosted an Informal Agriculture Council on the future of the food system ’Food for the future – The future of food’. EPHA’s input to...
by European Public Health Alliance | May 4, 2016 | Opinion
Under pressure from health-harmful lobbies, how EU decisions are made is changing fundamentally. Lobbyists are finding new ways to ensure that these cases are never closed in favour of health protection. Not just Volkswagen who decided to cheat rather than comply with...
by European Public Health Alliance | May 3, 2016 | Opinion
The Dutch Presidency makes moves to shake the medicines accessibility and affordability landscape, questioning the suitability of patents, market exclusivities and monopolies, and announcing draft Council Conclusions on medicines. By Yannis Natsis, @ynatsis Policy...
