by European Public Health Alliance | Apr 27, 2017 | Opinion
Air pollution is one of the major public health challenges of our time. The public health context in terms of protecting EU citizens’ health and reducing the chronic disease burden and its associated costs to healthcare systems is a vital consideration in the debate...
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 28, 2015 | Uncategorized
On the 16th December, the EU Environment Ministers’ decision on the National Emissions Ceilings Directive failed to protect the health of millions of people across the EU. The state of the negotiations took a turn for the worse at the Council of Environment Ministers...
by EPHA | Dec 14, 2015 | Uncategorized
Ahead of the 16 December Environment Council meeting, 17 health organisations signed a letter containing recommendations to Environment and Health Ministers for ambitious EU action that will benefit people’s health, the environment and the economy. To: Ministers of...
by EPHA | Dec 7, 2015 | News Release, Statements
This October’s vote on the National Emissions Ceilings (NEC) Directive at the European Parliament felt like a tainted victory to many campaigners. Although the vote strengthened existing rules and partly proved the increased commitment of MEPs towards improving...
