EPHA is an international non-profit association registered in Belgium. Our membership is composed of not-for-profit organisations working on all aspects of public health.

EPHA’s mission is to promote and protect the health of all people living in Europe and to advocate for greater participation of citizens in health-related policy making at the European level.

Check EPHA’s business plan 2006 - 2010 and EPHA’s Annual reports . Below you will find the latest articles from the main sections of our website.

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Spotlight on European Alchohol Policy Alliance (Eurocare)

Who are we? Eurocare, the European Alcohol Policy Alliance, is a network of voluntary and non governmental (...)...
18/08/2008

Spotlight on the Association for Natural Medecine in Europe (ANME)

Who are we? ANME (the Association of Natural Medicine in Europe) is a non governmental organisation (NGO) which (...)...
18/08/2008

Newsletter June 2008

Welcome to the June EPHA newsletter. France took over the EU Presidency on 1 July and President Sarkozy’s (...)...
09/07/2008
Europe

Have your say on the development of the DG SANCO 2009 annual work plan

DG Sanco is giving civil society and the general public the opportunity to participate in setting priorities for (...)...
14/08/2008

European Events coming up from September 2008.

This article provides the reader with a list of important EU events and releases coming up from September 2008 (...)...
31/07/2008

Health Priorities of the French Presidency, July 2008

The French Presidency of the EU will run from 1 July 2008 until 31 December 2008. On Health issues, the French (...)...
14/07/2008
Food and Agriculture

Parliament adopts final reports on food additives, flavourings and enzymes

8 July the European Parliament adopted legislative package on four draft regulations. The new procedures are (...)...
18/08/2008

School Fruit Scheme - step forward in the CAP reform, August 2008.

The European Commission, DG Agriculture, proposes a new School Fruit Scheme worth €90 million per year as the (...)...
05/08/2008

EPODE - Together Let’s Prevent Childhood Obesity

On 27 June the EPODE European Coordination Unit organised the first EPODE Mayors’ Club European congress in (...)...
28/07/2008
Publications and Events

XVII International AIDS Conference: 3-8 August 2008, Mexico City

One of the most important events in the HIV/AIDS calender got under way on 3 August and ran until 8 August 2008. (...)...
18/08/2008

European Commission publishes final report of Study Q and Equality of Access to Healthcare Services: HealthQUEST

The European Commission has published the final report of the Study Q and Equality of Access to Healthcare (...)...
18/08/2008

UNAIDS report shows a slowdown in the global HIV epidemic

A new report released by UNAIDS indicates that the HIV epidemic is slowing or stabilising in many regions. Yet (...)...
14/08/2008
Society

Smokefree Partnershipto hold Workshop on Taxation and Illicit Trade of tobacco products

On 3-4 September 2008 the Smokefree Partnership, along with its partners and the Association of European Cancer (...)...
04/08/2008

The European Child Safety Alliance Expesses View on the Toy Safety Directive

The European Child Safety Alliance wrote to MEPs in order to express their views of the Toy Safety Directive in an (...)...
28/07/2008

Global Smokefree Partnership (GSP) Launches Smoke Free Olympics Campaign

GSP is launching a campaign to strengthen global awareness and support for a strong and sustainable Smokefree (...)...
07/07/2008
Wealth and Equity

EU pilot project to remove linguistic barriers for care abroad

A Commission Recommendation on the interoperability of electronic health records aimed at ensuring EU doctors have (...)...
28/07/2008

Joint Committee Meeting European Parliament - National Parliaments on the EU and Development Cooperation

On 26 June 2008, EPHA attended the Joint Committee Meeting between the European Parliament and National Parliaments (...)...
28/07/2008

Intellectual Property and Competition in European and global pharmaceutical markets

This article is a contribution from Health Action International (HAI) Europe, an EPHA member and is written by (...)...
24/07/2008

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- European commission consultation on the review of the 2003/98/EC Directive (Closing date: 15 September 2008)
- European Commission consultation on Public information on paediatric clinical trials entered in the European database (EudraCT) (Closing date: 30 September 2008)
- European Commission consultation on good clinical practice specific to advanced therapy medicinal products (Closing date: 15 October 2008)
- European Commission consultation on the draft Risk Assessment Guidelines for non-food Consumer Products (Closing date: 15 October 2008)
- European Commission consultation on administrative burdens reduction (ongoing)
- European Commission Technical consultation related to the preparation of the Commission Proposal to revise the Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 on the Regulation on the protection of animals during transport (Closing date 07 August 2008)
- European Commission consultation on developing a harmonised methodology for classifying and reporting consumer complaints across the European Union (Closing date 03 October 2008)
- European Commission consultation on public information on clinical trials (Closing date 15 October 2008)
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