by EPHA | Dec 7, 2016 | Opinion, Statements
The EU recently concluded a new free trade deal with Canada – the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, or CETA for short. The deal has considerable side effects for people and public policy making. It has the potential to undermine public health by opening the...
by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 6, 2016 | Statements
Self-regulation is a commonly promoted governance tool in public health policy-making, including in the domain of alcohol and food. This paper addresses the evidence on the effectiveness of self-regulation for attaining health objectives, its potential wider effects...
by EPHA | Dec 1, 2016 | Statements
EPHA has responded to the European Commission consultation on its Roadmap for a Communication on a One-Health Action Plan to support Member States in the fight against Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), released in October 2016. In its response, EPHA calls on the...
by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 1, 2016 | News Release, Statements
Brussels, 1 December 2016. A coalition of over 40 European and national health organisations and NGOs had previously joined forces in a campaign to protect children from commercial communications for alcohol and unhealthy food, calling on Members of the European...
by European Public Health Alliance | Nov 29, 2016 | Statements
25 Roma and Pro-Roma European and National level organisations join forces to ask for urgent policy actions to tackle Roma public health crisis Europe is facing a Roma public health emergency: We, the undersigned organisations are extremely concerned about the...
by EPHA | Nov 23, 2016 | News Release, Statements
Civil society criticises “Business As Usual” as Commission publishes its plans for implementing the Sustainable Development Goals SDG Watch Europe, a civil society alliance of more than 90 EU NGOs established to ensure the full implementation of the Sustainable...
