by European Public Health Alliance | Mar 10, 2017 | Opinion
In the 60 years of the evolution of the European Union, what’s been achieved for our health is astonishing. Remember leaded petrol? The stench of smoke filled pubs? Mad cow disease? Thalidomide? Cars without seatbelts? Flammable kids’ clothes or toys that became...
by EPHA | Mar 6, 2017 | Opinion, Statements
Disclaimer: this briefing is based on a public hearing of the European Parliament Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) Committee held on 28th February 2017 on ‘The consequences of Brexit” On 17th January 2017 the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (UK) set...
by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 13, 2016 | Statements
By Martyna Giedrojć, Policy Officer for Health Systems European health systems are challenged with increasing costs of healthcare, a rise in chronic diseases associated with multi-morbidity, an ageing population and life expectancy that now exceeds 80 years in most EU...
by European Public Health Alliance | Nov 3, 2016 | Opinion
By Zoltan Massay-Kosubek, Policy Co-ordinator for Healthy Trade and Health Equity and Catherine Hartmann, Secretary General of the European COPD Coalition The Hungarian version of the article is available below/A cikk magyar nyelvű változata lent olvasható Budapest,...
by EPHA | Oct 25, 2016 | News Release, Statements
The European Union should urgently come forward with a new target and measures to cut serious road injuries, according to public health and medical experts from across Europe in a letter sent today to the president of the European Commission Jean Claude Juncker. The...
