EPHA briefing on the Cyprus EU presidency Health priorities

Cyprus took over the rotating Presidency of the Council of Ministers on 1 July 2012. During its Presidency, Cyprus aims to promote the concept of working “Towards a Better Europe” by making the EU more relevant to Europe’s citizens and to the world....

European Parliament Report on combating gender stereotypes

The European Parliament (EP) is currently working on a Draft Report on eliminating gender stereotypes in the EU. As the issue is in line with EPHA’s work on sexual and reproductive health and rights and marketing, we will follow the file’s progression. We...

2013 budget stalemate: Where does health fit in?

The Council and Parliament are set to be at odds over the 2013 budget. The Council position rejected the European Commission’s proposal for a 6.8% increase in commitment appropriations and called to limit the payments increase to 2.79% compared to 2012 and the...