by Sascha Marschang | May 15, 2017 | Digital Health | Blog
The annual Med-e-Tel conference in Luxembourg, organised by the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth, was an opportunity to learn about new relevant research and projects in the digital health area from around the globe. This year’s edition provided...
by Sascha Marschang | May 8, 2017 | Antimicrobial Resistance | Latest Developments, Antimicrobial Resistance | Strategic Documents
Since the last EU Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) expired at the end of 2016, the EU now has the opportunity to increase efforts further and ensure that the follow-up Action Plan, to be released in June 2017, builds upon existing strategies to more...
by Sascha Marschang | Apr 6, 2017 | Antimicrobial Resistance | Blog
By Sascha Marschang, Director of Operations and Membership ‘Nightmare’ pathogens, able to resist every type of antibiotic on today’s market, are no longer a hypothetical threat. Drug-resistant strains of deadly bacteria are on the rise across the globe. If left...
by Sascha Marschang | Feb 13, 2017 | Antimicrobial Resistance | Blog
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and pharmaceutical pollution in the environment (PIE) are twin problems that are closely connected. The One Health approach to AMR calls for policy coherence and aligned action to stop the spread of drug-resistant bacteria. Unfortunately...
by Sascha Marschang | Jan 20, 2017 | Antimicrobial Resistance | Latest Developments
Representing hundreds of environmental and health organisations in all 28 European Union Member States and further afield, 14 NGOs, including the European Public Health Alliance, are calling for immediate action and answers as to why the Commission have not yet...
