COVID-19 - EPHA

Transparency is needed to reap the full benefits of the EU’s investment in its Vaccines Strategy, say health NGOs

by European Public Health Alliance | Sep 18, 2020 | COVID-19, Universal Access and Affordable Medicines | Latest Developments

The COVID-19 crisis represents an unprecedented challenge for societies in the European Union as well as at a global level. The European vaccines strategy’s Advance Purchase Agreements (APAs) mechanism has been used by the EU to procure vaccines for COVID-19. We...

A lost opportunity for the health of Europe

by European Public Health Alliance | Jul 22, 2020 | #EU4Health, COVID-19, EU Budget

The new EU4Health programme, announced in May this year as part of the European Commission’s COVID-19 recovery plan, with proposals to invest in prevention, crisis preparedness, the procurement of vital medicines and equipment to improve health systems and Europeans’...

“Weakening enforcement of air pollution laws is not the answer to our current health and economic crisis” say EPHA, BEUC, T&E and EEB

by Rosemary Hindle | Jul 16, 2020 | Clean Air | Latest Developments, COVID-19

EPHA, T&E, BEUC and EEB have called on Thierry Breton, Commissioner for the Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs to ensure that proposed EU vehicle emissions legislation is not postponed, as has apparently been requested by the European Automobile...

Lessening the impact of COVID-19 on vulnerable groups

by Radost Zaharieva | Jul 13, 2020 | COVID-19, Health Inequalities

Solidarity and strong cooperation between countries and stakeholders have been essential to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on public health systems and economies. The pandemic has created major cross-country challenges for vulnerable groups but also for civil society...

Cleaning the air can help to mitigate the effects of the coronavirus crisis in Eastern Europe

by European Public Health Alliance | Jul 13, 2020 | Clean Air | Latest Developments, COVID-19

Zoltán Massay-Kosubek, Policy Manager for Clean Air, European Public Health Alliance András Lukács, President of Clean Air Action Group, Hungary Hungarian civil society has successfully highlighted the link between air pollution and COVID-19, warning that continued...

What lies ahead for health under the German Presidency?

Germany assumed the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from 1 July, but in quite different circumstances from what was originally foreseen, with the response to tackling COVID-19, and its health, economic and social consequences being the defining issue...