by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 18, 2020 | Statements
The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the fundamental importance of public health into stark relief, with inadequate action on issues prior to the crisis, such as in the areas of disease prevention, commercial determinants of health, health promotion and tackling...
by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 18, 2020 | Statements
A coalition of 65 associations, including the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA), ask the Portuguese EU Presidency to put public interest at the centre of its agenda. 17 December 2020 Dear Prime Minister Costa, The Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the EU...
by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 17, 2020 | Statements
39 civil society organisations including EPHA are calling on the European Commission and EU national governments to ensure a maximum degree of transparency in the EU’s exchanges, negotiations and deals with pharmaceutical companies over COVID19 vaccines, proposing a...
by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 16, 2020 | Statements
A court in the United Kingdom has made legal history by ruling that air pollution is one of the causes of death of 9 year old Ella Kissi-Debrah, who lived near a busy road in London with her mother. Ella has become the first person in the UK – and potentially...
by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 15, 2020 | News Release, Statements
Health NGOs are key implementing partners to prepare European health systems to face future health threats Brussels, 15th December Primary prevention takes the place it deserves as at least 20 % of the total budget is reserved for health promotion and disease...
by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 14, 2020 | News Release, Statements
The first months and years of life lay the foundations for children’s physical, social and emotional development. Eurochild and the International Step by Step Association, in partnership with the European Public Health Alliance and the Roma Education Fund are...