European Public Health Alliance

Working towards better health for all

First EU one million signature petitions released for signatures

The European Commission registered the first EU ’petitions’ (European Citizen’s initiative) for Europe’s Day - including the EPHA supported petition on the Right to Water. The right to ’petition’ (European (...)

EFSA chairs resigns under pressure from the European Parliament on conflicts of interest

The Chair of the European Food and Safety Agency, Diána Bánáti, resigned on the 9 May 2012, upon request from the European food Satefy Agency (EFSA) and under pressure from the European Parliament not to discharge the EFSA 2010 accounts. This comes (...)

Commission unveils Action Plan for Health Workforce

As part of the European Commission Communication ’’Towards a job-rich recovery’’ of 18 April 2012, a Staff Working Document on an Action Plan for the EU Health Workforce has been released. It aims to assist Member States to (...)

Sign up to support more action on COPD!

As a follow up to its launch in the European Parliament, the European COPD Coalition has launched a call for support to its call for action. People living in Europe, stakeholders can sign up to the Call and show that they believe the issue requires (...)

Press Release: Spain on brink of failing its most vulnerable via new health law

A law bringing to an end decades-long free and universal health care does not benefit anybody. *** Media release (...)...
Updated on 15/05/2012
about Communicable Diseases , Health Rights and Patients , Economic crisis , Health Inequalities , health system , migration , Fundamental Rights

Promoting health gains through Structural Fund spending

The project ’Impact of Structural Funds on Health Gains’ demonstrates how Structural Funds represent a (...)...
Updated on 14/05/2012
about Civil Society , Economic crisis , equity , Health Inequalities , vulnerable groups , Innovation , Health in all policies , Roma , social determinants of health , Structural Funds

How can health actors better use Structural Funds? Three training workshops

Three workshops are organised in Hungary, to support health actors to achieve greater impact when using EU (...)...
Updated on 14/05/2012
about Civil Society , Health Inequalities , EU budget , participation , capacity building , Structural Funds

Event at the European Parliament: Improving patient outcomes through intensive care medicine - 15 May 2012

On 15 May 2012, EPHA member the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine is organising, in collaboration with (...)...
Updated on 14/05/2012
about Health Rights and Patients , Health professionals , Healthcare services , health literacy , public health , accidents and injuries , health promotion , technology , medical devices , health threats , antibiotic , health system , Health-promoting environment , clinical trials , Intensive Care Medicine

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- UCL Institute of Health Equity Consultation on Tackling Public Health Priorities Through the Social Determinants of Health (Closes 25 May 2012)

- Consultation on a Draft template for the written confirmation for active substances imported into the European Union for medicinal products for human use (Closes on 1 June 2012)

- EC Consultation on the EU environment policy priorities for 2020: Towards a 7th EU Environment Action Programme (Closes on 1 June 2012)

- Policy Options for the Blueprint to safeguard Europe’s waters (Closes 7 June 2012)

- Consultation on EU strategy to reduce injuries resulting from road traffic accidents (Closes 22 June 2012)

- Consultation on Measures on animal cloning for food production in the EU (Closes 3 September 2012)

- Public consultation on the modalities of stakeholder consultation in the voluntary Health Technology Assessment network to be established under Directive 2011/24/EU (Closes 1 August 2012)

- Consultation on the 2013 EU Citizenship Report "EU citizens - Your rights, your future" (Closes 9 September 2012)

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