by European Public Health Alliance | Mar 18, 2026 | Statements
The EU Healthy Air Coalition (EUHAC) has sent a letter to EU heads of state and government, ahead of a EUCO meeting 19 and 20 March 2026. The coalition urges them to ensure that the next EU budget will help the EU substantially advance towards clean air and the...
by European Public Health Alliance | Mar 11, 2026 | Statements
Public money carries public responsibility – including for public health. In the context of the ongoing revision of the EU Public Procurement Directives, EPHA joins 16 other members of the EU Food Policy Coalition in an open letter to Commissioners Stéphane Séjourné,...
by European Public Health Alliance | Jan 28, 2026 | News Release
Each year, pollution claims and affects hundreds of thousands of lives across Europe. Even as air pollution levels continue to decline, it is still expected to cause around 200,000 premature deaths every year across the EU in the coming decade. Europe’s freshwater...
by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 11, 2025 | Opinion
By Faustine Bas-Defossez, Policy Director, European Environmental Bureau Not only because of polluted air, toxic chemicals, rising temperatures or collapsing ecosystems – but because the very antibodies that protect our democracies are being weakened. Across the...
by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 10, 2025 | Statements
The interinstitutional negotiations on the EU’s climate ambition beyond 2030 took place on 09 December 2025. EPHA joined 19 health sector organisations, representing healthcare and medical professionals, patients and public health experts from across the EU, in urging...