by European Public Health Alliance | Feb 10, 2021 | Statements
EPHA has joined a number of organisations led by EPHA member the Anticancer Fund calling for the repurposing of various drugs already widely used for non-cancer diseases which have shown promise for the treatment of cancer, allowing new cancer treatments to be...
by European Public Health Alliance | Feb 3, 2021 | Statements
3 February 2021, Brussels. Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan is a major step in EU public health policy. EPHA is encouraged by the Beating Cancer Plan’s comprehensive, multi-pillared approach to tackling cancer, a leading cause of death, human suffering and an increasing...
by European Public Health Alliance | Jan 28, 2021 | Statements
This policy paper, supported by EPHA, puts forward a proposal to mainstream agroecology into the policies governing EU food systems. It uses the FAO ‘10 Elements of Agroecology’ and ‘13 Agroecological Principles’ as a framework to envision how agroecology should be...
by European Public Health Alliance | Jan 19, 2021 | News Release, Statements
19 January 2021 Globally, 80m adolescents are living with obesity, and without substantial intervention, the figure is due to rise to 150m by 2030. But what interventions work? The STOP Project, funded in 2018 by the European Union to identify new interventions to...
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...
