Selling tobacco, alcohol, and foods high in fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) is big business. Demand is booming, and with it, so are chronic, non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Unhealthy diet is the biggest risk factor for disability adjusted life years lost (DALYs) in the...
Investment is at the heart of our economy, shaping the world we live today. As this recent study shows, public health interventions offer substantial returns on investment. So, if health has such excellent rates of return, why are investors not queuing-up to finance...
By Wayne Rebello, Policy Assistant, EPHA The European Commission’s reflection paper on the EU’s social dimension highlights growing social tensions in many EU countries. Austerity measures have contributed to continuing perceptions of the Union as the problem, not the...
By Emily Pieterse, Policy Assistant, EPHA In the week of the release of the new EU Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance two conferences were organised by the European Parliament, to discuss how the new plan will be followed-up by actions from all committed...
Diet is the foremost risk factor for non-communicable diseases (NCDs): the average European consumes too much sugar, too much saturated fat, and too much salt. The share of Europeans who are overweight or obese has steadily increased between 2010 and 2014 in all EU...
By Chiara Olivero, Communications Assistant, EPHA Estonia took over the presidency of the Council of the European Union for the first time this month, under the strapline ‘Unity through balance’, and although not one of the Presidency’s four main...
