Here, we critically argue how fear-based negotiations, rather than strengthening trust, might have hampered it, potentially discouraging citizens from using healthcare services due to a lack of reassurance in data protection.

EU could slash 48 million tonnes of emissions and save €2.8 billion annually with healthier ready meals. The study unveils a path toward reducing diet-related diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, liver disease, and diabetes by aligning ready-made meals with health & sustainability guidelines

On Wednesday 24 April the Plenary will be voting on “Ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe”.  Faced with a public health emergency from air pollution, this deal brings the EU one step closer to finally tackling it.

This paper was written in collaboration and in consultation with EPHA members, gathering representatives of different professions in the health and care workforce, and public health organisations.

When wrapping up last year in EPHA’s December newsletter, I wrote about how we were at a crossroads when it comes to health equity. At that point, we were looking ahead to a year full of ambitious plans to help make healthcare access and health outcomes more equitable in Europe.

Diabetes can affect anyone, yet social and economic determinants are intrinsically linked to the prevalence of diabetes and play a pivotal role in shaping health outcomes for people living with diabetes.

Food shapes our realities, and so far, our food system is condemning vulnerable populations, not supporting them.The European Commission must support legislation to ensure a healthy environment where we can develop as citizens, despite our socioeconomic status.

Longer lives and higher life expectancy is a testament to modern medicine and the advances we have made in public healthcare. Yet longer lives don’t necessarily equate to healthier ones.

In a context of erosion of democratic processes and challenges to European democracies, civic space consequently finds itself in danger. With the upcoming EU elections, this should be urgently addressed and kept high on the political agenda.

For the first time a risk assessment report on climate change has been published by the European Environment Agency.

We believe the social and health dimensions are of utmost importance and should be given the necessary attention at EU level, and so do the EU citizens according to the most recent European Parliament barometer. Therefore, we call for including these priorities in the Strategic Agenda 2024-2029 and on future decision-makers to provide adequate responses for a truly citizen-centred, solidarity-based social Europe.

The urgent adoption of the agreement is seen as a decisive step toward addressing the critical issue of air pollution in the European Union. This support not only champions public health but also signifies a commitment to providing clean air for millions of citizens across Europe.

The patients, healthcare users, and public health organisations we represent are extremely concerned about the progress of negotiations in the European Parliament on the pharmaceutical package, particularly with regard to the the duration of regulatory data protection periods for pharmaceutical products in Article 81 of the new pharma Directive.

The EU faces a public health emergency from air pollution. We, the undersigned organisations, representing the European health sector, call on the EU to swiftly adopt this deal in Council to tackle this crisis.

EPHA and partner organisations have sent a letter to A joint call urging the next Commission to make the transition to sustainable food systems a high political priority.

This paper is a synthesis and a pitch. It offers a fusion of the author’s three decades of professional learning, offering snippets from her training as an applied geneticist, from her fifteen academic years of research and teaching, and from her decade of converting science into digestible parcels, including for policy makers. 

EPHA considers climate policies a cornerstone of public health policy in Europe, emphasising the need for an immediate fossil fuel phase-out, engagement with civil society and vulnerable groups, and fully leveraging health co-benefits to set a global precedent in addressing climate change.

In 2024, 2 billion people around the world will be voting. The European elections will take place between the 6th and 9th of June 2024, and already promise to be decisive for the future of the EU. The next mandate will have to act on dire challenges and crises, from climate change, pollution, and their health impacts to future pandemics, antimicrobial resistance (AMR), non-communicable diseases (NCDs), but also, to tackling the ticking time bomb that is the health and care workforce crisis. These challenges now seem even more dire with the announced cuts to the EU4Health programme.