by European Public Health Alliance | Apr 6, 2016 | Opinion
By Sascha Marschang, Policy Manager for Health Systems, EPHA. Votes on Veterinary Medicinal Products & Medicated Feed On 17 February 2016, the European Parliament’s Environment and Health Committee (ENVI) voted on proposals to limit the routine use of antibiotics...
by European Public Health Alliance | Apr 6, 2016 | Opinion
About one third of hospital patients are prescribed antibiotics and up to 50% of their use is unnecessary or inappropriate. ECDC data clearly reveals the causal association between the indiscriminate use of antibiotics and the spread of drug-resistant infections, also... by European Public Health Alliance | Apr 6, 2016 | Opinion
Could the Commission’s ambition to make the TTIP trade deal between the EU and USA a ‘living agreement’ come with harmful side effects? An analysis of the European Commission’s revised proposals for Regulatory Cooperation and Good Regulatory Practices suggests... by European Public Health Alliance | Mar 27, 2016 | Opinion
By Sascha Marschang, Policy Manager, EPHA The latest terrorist attacks in Europe, combined with big political question marks hanging over the UK, Turkey and elsewhere, are contributing to the general malaise felt by many Europeans – uncertainty and distress as a...
by European Public Health Alliance | Mar 2, 2016 | Opinion
In February, trade negotiators from the EU and the US met in Brussels for the twelfth round of negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) – behind closed doors. Among other things, they discussed an EU proposal on regulatory...
by European Public Health Alliance | Mar 2, 2016 | Opinion
In the wake of the ENVI Committee vote on 17 February, fifty medics, scientists and public health organisations (including the Royal College of Physicians and EPHA) signed a letter initiated by the Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics demanding a ban to the “routine,...
