by EPHA | Jan 12, 2017 | Statements
Brussels, 12 January 2016. The European Parliament Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) Committee adopted the amended opinion suggesting giving consent to the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada. In the words of MEP...
by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 19, 2016 | Statements
EPHA responds to the inclusion of public health-related case studies on in the draft final technical report of the Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment on the Impact on Human Health and on TTIP Services Liberalisation on Public Health Services, with the following...
by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 13, 2016 | Statements
By Martyna Giedrojć, Policy Officer for Health Systems European health systems are challenged with increasing costs of healthcare, a rise in chronic diseases associated with multi-morbidity, an ageing population and life expectancy that now exceeds 80 years in most EU...
by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 8, 2016 | Statements
The European COPD Coalition (ECC), the European Respiratory Society (ERS), the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) and the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) welcome the European Commission’s proposal on the 3rd Real driving emissions (RDE) package and call on the...
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...
