by European Public Health Alliance | Feb 6, 2026 | Opinion
After more than a decade, the European Code Against Cancer has been updated and its timing could not be more consequential. With cancer remaining one of Europe’s leading causes of premature mortality, and with preventable risk factors still deeply embedded in our...
by Brigid Transon | Feb 4, 2026 | Consultation Responses
EPHA has provided detailed feedback to the European Commission’s consultation on the Better Regulation Framework, drawing on its long-standing engagement and its Better Regulations for Better Health Toolkit. EPHA welcomes the Framework’s potential to strengthen...
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 and...
by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 18, 2025 | Opinion
How current EU agri-food debate narrows food security to production and farming, while avoiding questions of value, affordability, and who the system ultimately serves Setting the direction of Europe’s agri-food debate The EU Agri-Food Days (15–17 December), the...
by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 16, 2025 | Newsletters
by Sara Bertucci, Policy Manager and Milka Sokolovic, Director General Civil society in Europe ends the year at a crossroads, and nowhere is this felt more sharply than among health NGOs. As this first year without operating support from EU institutions draws to a...