Working towards better health for all in Europe.
Healthy Environments
Transforming the food system and preventing non-communicable diseases (NCDs) for human well-being and planetary health.
Health Inequalities
Stand against discrimination, for inclusion and equal opportunities for all to live, work and age in sustainable, healthy environments.
Healthcare Delivery
We stand for transparency, accountability and the public interest in pharmaceuticals – and better access to better medicines for all.
Health Systems and Economy
Trade for health, not health for trade! A progressive trade policy that works for the public good is possible and achievable.
Global Public Health
AMR is threatening human and animal health as well as the environment. The consequences of inaction are too grave to contemplate.
Digital Transformation
Digital health has the power to revolutionise healthcare and tackle health inequalities – done wrong, it could exacerbate social and gender equity issues.
Latest Updates
On monkeypox vaccines, solidarity, and self-interest
The revision of the EU pharmaceutical legislation: an opportunity to adopt a bold patient-centred set of rules.
Cancer patients can’t wait any longer for action on access to affordable medicines
The ever-increasing prices of cancer medicines across Europe causes severe threats to patient access and health systems.
After the storm: Lessons, teachings and possibilities of the TRIPS waivers proposal
South Africa and India submitted a proposal to waiver certain dispositions of the Trade- Related aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS)
Fairer access to medicines: what needs to change in the revised EU pharma legislation
In the EU there are significant disparities in accessing medicines thus leading to health inequalities across the Union.
Why patients cannot access to medicines they need in Europe
Medicines shortages are not a new phenomenon in the EU but their exponential increase over the past years is striking.
Restoring the balance in EU health policies: lessons learned from the Structured Dialogue on the security of medicines supply
How to make the EU more resilient regarding the supply of pharmaceuticals.
Spotlight on
Crisis in Ukraine
War is the ultimate enemy of people’s health, where in addition to the loss of lives, injuries, and destruction, the entire public health is at stake. EPHA stands in full solidarity with the people of Ukraine and the wider region affected by the conflict.
COVID-19
The need for strong European action to tackle the flaws in our health systems and support our health workforce have been highlighted by different countries’ ability to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak as effectively as others.