by European Public Health Alliance | Mar 4, 2022 | Statements
On World Obesity Day, 17 leading European health, social and consumer organisations stress the need for effective EU regulation to protect children from the marketing of unhealthy food. DOWNLOAD STATEMENT Brussels, 4th March 2022. On this World Obesity Day, social and...
by European Public Health Alliance | Feb 10, 2022 | Statements
In December 2021, the European Parliament’s Special Committee on Beating Cancer (BECA) adopted its INI report on how to strengthen the EU’s role in fighting cancer. Ahead of the upcoming European Parliament plenary session, where the final report will be voted on, a...
by European Public Health Alliance | Nov 2, 2021 | Reports
Brussels, 02 November 2021: The European Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2021 analyses how 16 countries in the WHO European Region and the institutions of the European Union are affected by tobacco industry, and how far they have progressed in the implementation...
by European Public Health Alliance | Sep 2, 2021 | Consultation Responses
EPHA response to the WHO Draft Global Alcohol Action Plan 2022-2030 Alcohol is not an ordinary commodity; it is a psychoactive substance with dependence-producing properties. The European Region is not spared by alcohol-related harms with alcohol consumption being one...
by European Public Health Alliance | Mar 31, 2021 | Opinion
Guest article: Marleen Kestens and Marilena Vrana, European Heart Network The European Union Beating Cancer Plan is putting – rightly so – an important focus on disease prevention. Prevention is far more cost efficient than treatment and cure (needed in...