The World Health Organisation (WHO) Europe has published its report on the Commercial Determinants of Non-Communicable Diseases (CDoNCD) in the European Region. The report builds on the Lancet series on the Commercial Determinants of Health, and it explores how...
Guest Article by EU Food Policy Coalition The EU Food Policy Coalition (EU FPC) brings together NGOs from a broad spectrum working on food systems, including grassroots social movements, farmers organisations, organisations of fishers, trade unions, think tanks,...
Guest Article by Beatrice Credi, Head of Brussels Office, European Liver Patients’ Association (ELPA) Linking Liver Health to Public Health Liver health is intrinsically linked to the overall public health landscape. Chronic liver diseases, such as hepatitis, fatty...
Guest Article by Giulia Busolin, Civil Society Outreach Unit, Directorate-General for Communication, European Parliament (EP) The Europeans have voted. It is hard to believe that what we have meticulously prepared for so long is now behind us. The European...
On May 22, the European Commission adopted a Communication on the European Health Union. This document, presented by the Commissioner for Health (DG SANTE), Stella Kyriakides, highlights the significant strides made in EU health policy over the last five years; a...
Guest Article by Stefanie Vandevijvere, Senior Scientists Nutrition and Health, Sciensano, Belgium Flanders has more and more neighbourhoods with an abundance of unhealthy food (food swamps). Elsewhere, adequate access to healthy food is the problem (food deserts)....
