by European Public Health Alliance | Feb 10, 2022 | Statements
In December 2021, the European Parliament’s Special Committee on Beating Cancer (BECA) adopted its INI report on how to strengthen the EU’s role in fighting cancer. Ahead of the upcoming European Parliament plenary session, where the final report will be voted on, a...
by European Public Health Alliance | Jul 7, 2021 | Statements
On 17 November 2020, the World Health Organization formally launched the first-ever global effort to accelerate the elimination of cervical cancer, an almost entirely preventable cancer thanks to prophylactic vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) and...
by European Public Health Alliance | Mar 31, 2021 | Opinion
Guest article: Dr. Wendy Yared, Association of European Cancer Leagues The latest estimates on the global burden of cancer from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) are startling: the annual newly diagnosed cancer cases (excluding non-melanoma skin...
by European Public Health Alliance | Mar 31, 2021 | Opinion
Guest Article: Elisa Baldini, Secretary General, International Federation of Anthroposophic Medical Associations (IVAA) Following the publication of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan, Integrative Oncology should be made fully part of its implementation. Integrative...
by European Public Health Alliance | Mar 31, 2021 | Opinion
Guest article: Marleen Kestens and Marilena Vrana, European Heart Network The European Union Beating Cancer Plan is putting – rightly so – an important focus on disease prevention. Prevention is far more cost efficient than treatment and cure (needed in...
