by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 28, 2015 | Opinion
Representatives of the pharmaceutical industry have responded to letters sent by EPHA and partners urging the industry to make their global supply chains transparent and adopt environmentally responsible management practices. Current industry actions are non-binding...
by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 28, 2015 | Reports
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a multifaceted global health threat that requires orchestrated action on many fronts. In Europe, 25,000 people die every year as a result of drug-resistant infection. The estimated global figure of 10 million deaths annually by 2050...
by European Public Health Alliance | Nov 16, 2015 | News Release, Statements
Brussels, 16 November 2016. To coincide with World Antibiotics Awareness week, NGOs are calling for urgent action to tackle the overuse of antibiotics in farming. [1] Forthcoming negotiations between the Council of Ministers, the European Parliament and the European...
by EPHA | Nov 16, 2015 | Reports
As the European Commission undertakes its evaluation of the expiring Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), the joint EPHA – Health Care Without Harm Europe (HCWH) event of 10 December called for a much stronger consideration of the environmental...
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...
