by European Public Health Alliance | Sep 7, 2018 | Opinion
The EU has strong competence over health determinants: social, environmental, commercial factors. The EU proposal to limit CO2 emissions is an excellent example of how the EU added value in policies can improve citizens’ lives, due to its implications on the most...
by European Public Health Alliance | Aug 8, 2018 | Opinion, Statements
Air pollution is one of the main environmental factors influencing our health. While it affects us all, some groups such as children and elderly people are more affected. Although Lithuania enjoys the relatively good quality of air, the levels of Particulate Matter...
by European Public Health Alliance | Jul 17, 2018 | Statements
Air pollution remains the largest environmental health risk in Europe, despite increasing awareness of the health impacts of air pollution over decades and various policy initiatives at international, European, national and regional / city levels. Breathing is the...
by European Public Health Alliance | Apr 30, 2018 | Opinion
Air pollution presents the most severe environmental risk to human health. While the Bulgarian EU Presidency designated air quality improvement one of its top environmental priorities, including it on the agenda of the European Environment Ministers’ informal Council...
by EPHA | Apr 10, 2018 | Statements
“There is already a very good example for a successful conflict of interest policy at the UN level. Vested interests have been blacklisted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, in order to protect public health policy-making from the...
