EU’s founding father Jean Monnet is widely quoted for saying that “Europe will be forged in crisis and will be the sum of the solutions adopted for those crises”. The regulation of medicines across the Union seems to have followed this logic. Developed in 1965,...
The proposal for a regulation on the European Health Data Space (EHDS) presents a unique opportunity for countries in the European Union to harness the power of health data to improve healthcare outcomes and reduce health disparities. However, whether the EHDS will be...
EPHA’s Health Equity Feed aims to keep you up-to-date with the latest news, events, and research on health equity in Europe and beyond. We bring you insights into the various determinants of health, such as social, economic, and environmental factors, and...
Air pollution is a significant public health issue, a largely-preventable, pandemic-level health event, allowed to continue each and every day in Europe and around the world. Poor air quality is the most significant environmental risk factor that Europeans suffer....
It was a real privilege to be part of the EPHA representation at the WHO/Europe High-Level Forum on Health in the Well-Being Economy in Copenhagen last week. I often find I do not take enough time from day-to-day pressures to look up and see that my work is part of a...
“And then the black young lady here” said the white man who was moderating the Q&A of one of the sessions at the WHO World Health Summit in October 2022, in Berlin. I was shocked. But as I was joining the session online, I couldn’t feel the energy in the room or...
