by Sascha Marschang | Jun 29, 2017 | Antimicrobial Resistance | Blog, Antimicrobial Resistance | Latest Developments
The European Commission’s Communication on a new EU Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance has been released on 29 June. EPHA welcomes the Commission’s effort to go beyond the previous Action Plan (2011-2016) by adopting a clearer “One...
by Sascha Marschang | Jun 29, 2017 | Antimicrobial Resistance | Latest Developments
On 19-20 May 2017, the G20 Health Ministers met for the first time, confirming AMR as a major threat to public health and underlining the urgent need for transnational cooperation following the WHO Global Action Plan and the 2016 UN Political Declaration on AMR. The...
by Sascha Marschang | Jun 5, 2017 | Antimicrobial Resistance | Latest Developments
Dear Commissioner Bienkowska, We write with regard to the recently published roadmap on a Strategic Approach to Pharmaceuticals in the Environment and the forthcoming Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Action Plan. We would like to underline the importance of introducing...
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 | 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...
by Giulia Vettore | Nov 18, 2016 | Antimicrobial Resistance | Latest Developments
Brussels, 18/11/2016. Today, on European Antibiotic Awareness Day (EAAD), the European Public Health Alliance and the European Patients Forum jointly call on the European Commission and national governments to step up the fight against drug-resistant infections in the...
