by EPHA | Aug 3, 2015 | Opinion
Taxes are effective tools to curb the global tobacco epidemic. This is the core message of the World Health Organization (WHO) 2015 report on tobacco launched this month. Tobacco-related diseases claim more lives than HIV-AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined. In... by EPHA | Aug 3, 2015 | Opinion
Supplying poor and developing countries with medicines at sustainable, reduced prices is one of the most important tools in the fight against major diseases, especially the “Big Three”, namely HIV, TB and malaria. After more than a decade since the Council Regulation... by EPHA | Aug 3, 2015 | Opinion
The most recent meeting of the MEP Interest Group on Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) took place on 1 July 2015 at the European Parliament. Hosted by MEP Sirpa Pietikaeinen (EPP, Finland), it focused on the gap in availability of CAM products and...
by EPHA | Aug 3, 2015 | Opinion
The adoption of the WHO Global Action Plan on AMR at the 2015 World Health Assembly one week prior to the Uppsala Health Summit, combined with national commitments made at the highest level (including by US President Obama, German Chancellor Merkel and British Prime...
by European Public Health Alliance | Jul 28, 2015 | Opinion
Four MEPs send a letter to European Commission President Juncker and Vice-President Timmermans urging them to make progress on a comprehensive EU alcohol policy and questioning the continuation of the Alcohol and Health Forum without public health groups. On...
by European Public Health Alliance | Jul 1, 2015 | Opinion
On 2 June, nearly all NGOs resigned from the European Alcohol and Health Forum as patience with the lack of effective action ran out. The resignation letter to the European Commission outlined different concerns, including the unwillingness to introduce a new alcohol...
