by EPHA | Sep 26, 2012 | News Release
The European Commission aims to draw lessons from the two year implementation of the Smart Regulation Agenda and on how to improve the quality of legislation through a stakeholder consultation which closed on September 21. Building on EPHA’s previous position on...
by EPHA | Sep 25, 2012 | News Release
25 December 2012 – Using the growing body of evidence that GDP alone cannot measure the progress of society, EPHA has developed a series of policy recommendations aimed at improving health impact assessment at an EU level. This year the European Commission will...
by EPHA | Sep 14, 2012 | News Release
The Scottish Member of the European Parliament (MEP), Struan Stevenson (ECR) is convening today (Sept. 12) an event in Strasbourg to discuss the Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) on alcohol approved by the Scottish Parliament in May (1), and its alleged potential impact on...
by EPHA | Sep 10, 2012 | News Release
Following a disingenuous and deceitful press release issued last Sept. 5th by the European Confederation of Tobacco Retailers, a coalition of public health NGOs, of which EPHA is an active member, has sent today a reactive letter to the editor to the main European...
by EPHA | Sep 7, 2012 | News Release
EPHA strongly believes that urban mobility policies have a considerable impact on the population’s health and that the current EU framework represents an opportunity to fight against the burden of chronic non-communicable diseases now and in the future. EPHA...
by EPHA | Sep 6, 2012 | News Release
<img5317|left> EPHA 2012 position on the EU Citizenship Rights contributes to the ongoing European Commission public consultation on EU Citizens’ Rights, “EU Citizens – your rights, your future” by focusing on the implications of...