by European Public Health Alliance | Jan 28, 2021 | CAP & Health, Farm to Fork, Healthy Environments | Publications
This policy paper, supported by EPHA, puts forward a proposal to mainstream agroecology into the policies governing EU food systems. It uses the FAO ‘10 Elements of Agroecology’ and ‘13 Agroecological Principles’ as a framework to envision how agroecology should be...
by European Public Health Alliance | Mar 10, 2020 | Farm to Fork, Healthy Environments | Latest Developments, Healthy Environments | Publications
In its response to the consultation on the Farm to Fork (F2F) Strategy, EPHA strongly supports a comprehensive transition towards sustainable food systems, with special focus on reshaping food environments and reducing antibiotics use. For EPHA, a central pillar of...
by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 18, 2019 | Climate Emergency & EU Green Deal, Farm to Fork, Healthy Environments | Publications
This paper by EPHA and Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) Europe discusses how the EU ‘Farm to Fork’ strategy can contribute to the roll-out of sustainable public food procurement policies. Public food procurement allows using government buying power...
by European Public Health Alliance | May 28, 2019 | Healthy Environments | Publications, Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs)
A new EU strategic framework for the prevention of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is needed to put the brakes on the chronic diseases epidemic. With epidemic levels of NCDs undermining people’s well-being, healthcare systems, and Europe’s economic and social...
by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 3, 2018 | Healthy Environments | Publications, Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs)
In October 2018 the European Commission put forward for consideration a long-awaited draft Regulation which proposes the introduction of a legal limit on industrially produced trans fats in food. The draft Commission Regulation, which amends Regulation (EC) No...
by European Public Health Alliance | Oct 15, 2018 | CAP & Health, Healthy Environments | Publications
This EPHA policy briefing highlights 11 main ways in which the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) can deliver for better health. DOWNLOAD BRIEFING (ONLINE) DOWNLOAD BRIEFING (PRINT) There is widespread agreement that health should be a pillar of...
