by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 15, 2022 | Cancer, Health Inequalities
Guest article by Norbert Couespel, Policy and Research Officer at European Cancer Organisation During the European Cancer Summit held on 16 and 17 November 2022, the European Cancer Organisation launched the European Cancer Pulse, a new data visualisation tool...
by European Public Health Alliance | Feb 10, 2022 | Cancer, Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs)
In December 2021, the European Parliament’s Special Committee on Beating Cancer (BECA) adopted its INI report on how to strengthen the EU’s role in fighting cancer. Ahead of the upcoming European Parliament plenary session, where the final report will be voted on, a...
by European Public Health Alliance | Jul 7, 2021 | Cancer
On 17 November 2020, the World Health Organization formally launched the first-ever global effort to accelerate the elimination of cervical cancer, an almost entirely preventable cancer thanks to prophylactic vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) and...
by European Public Health Alliance | Mar 31, 2021 | Cancer, Digital Health | Analysis & Opinion
Guest article: Dr. Wendy Yared, Association of European Cancer LeaguesThe latest estimates on the global burden of cancer from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) are startling: the annual newly diagnosed cancer cases (excluding non-melanoma skin...
by European Public Health Alliance | Mar 31, 2021 | Cancer
Guest Article: Elisa Baldini, Secretary General, International Federation of Anthroposophic Medical Associations (IVAA)Following the publication of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan, Integrative Oncology should be made fully part of its implementation. Integrative Oncology...
by European Public Health Alliance | Mar 31, 2021 | Cancer, Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs)
Guest article: Marleen Kestens and Marilena Vrana, European Heart NetworkThe European Union Beating Cancer Plan is putting – rightly so – an important focus on disease prevention. Prevention is far more cost efficient than treatment and cure (needed in...
