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.

About EPHA

Spotlight on NET+ Association

Who are we ? The NET+ Association is a non-profit organization from Zagreb, Croatia. We work to improve quality of (...)...
31/08/2010

Spotlight on European Association of Senior Hospital Physicians

Who are we ? The European Association of Senior Hospital Physicians is a professional association of and for (...)...
31/08/2010

*Updated* : Call for Participants - EPHA 2010-11 Professional Development Programme

EPHA’s popular Professional Development Programme will continue this year, with a new intake of young health (...)...
03/08/2010
Europe

European Economic and Social Committee increases its membership

Following the enlargement of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) Liaison Group to the sector of (...)...
31/08/2010

New ’’EU News’’ website managed by DG Communication

A new ’’EU News’’ website has been created by the European Commission, informing users of (...)...
31/08/2010

ALTER-EU is seeking a Coalition-building and Outreach Coordinator

EPHA partner, the ALTER-EU is hiring a Coalition-building and Outreach Coordinator. You can find more information (...)...
31/08/2010
Food and Agriculture

Member States are free to decide on the cultivation of genetically modified crops

Following political guidelines given by European Commission President Barroso in September 2009 and the subsequent (...)...
31/08/2010

Croatian ’’Healthy Eco Life’’ project promotes healthy life styles to school children

Croation EPHA member NET+ Association started the "Healthy Eco Life” project for innovative promotion of (...)...
31/08/2010

Conference on the future of CAP after 2013

In his closing speech, Commissioner Ciolos stated that Pillar One should contain policy measures with the objective (...)...
31/08/2010
Publications and Events

EPHA-RCP Event : Passive Smoking and Children’s Health - New Evidence and a Call for Action

The European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) and the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) joined forces on Wednesday (...)...
22/07/2010

Upcoming Event : Protecting children and young people from tobacco

The final conference of the project, "Working with Communities to Reduce Health Inequalities : Protecting Children (...)...
16/07/2010

EPHA/ASPHER public health event in Debrecen, Hungary

Following collaborations at the 2009 annual health conference in Lodz, Poland and at the March 2010 conference of (...)...
06/06/2010
Society

Public Consultation on Addictiveness and Attractiveness of Tobacco Additives

A broad consultation process on the addictiveness and attractiveness of tobacco additives was launched a few months (...)...
31/08/2010

Open Health Forum Workshop Report : Health in All Policies – What Role for Stakeholders ?

The Open Health Forum is the European Commission’s flagship event gathering over 500 health stakeholders from (...)...
31/08/2010

Open Health Forum workshop discusses stakeholder involvement in ’Health in All Policies’

An EPHA-organised workshop at the Open Health Forum gathered a wide range of stakeholders, including economic (...)...
22/07/2010
Wealth and Equity

HAI Europe research on financial disclosure and transparency of patient and consumer organisations at European Medicines Agency

EPHA member organisation Health Action International (HAI) Europe has published a research article based on a (...)...
31/08/2010

EPHA response to the Trade Consultation : health cannot be treated like any other business in the EU Trade Policy

Following the ’Europe 2020’ Strategy endorsed by Heads of States in March and June 2010, the European (...)...
29/07/2010

European Ombudsman criticises European Medicines Agency over access to documents

The European Ombudsman, P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, has called on the European Medicines Agency to grant access to (...)...
22/07/2010

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- European Commission launches a stakeholder consultation on the preparedness and response of the European Union to the pandemic influenza virus (Closing date 23 July 2010)
- European Commission’s DG Sanco and the Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks (SCHER) consultation on New Evidence of Health Effects of Fluoridated Drinking Water (ongoing - closing date 15 September 2010)
- European Commission consultation on administrative burdens reduction (ongoing)
- European Medicines Agency consultation on the development of medicinal products for the treatment of alcohol dependance (CHMP/EWP/20097/2008) respond only using this template (Closing 31 July 2009)
- European Medicines Agency consultation on the clinical investigation of medicinal products used in the treatment of hypertension respond only using this template (Closing : 31 July 2009)
- European Commission consultation in view of a possible designation of 2012 as European Year for Active Ageing and Intergenerational Solidarity (Closing : 31 July 2009)
- European Commission consultation on "Driver training and traffic safety education" (Closing : 31 July 2009)
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