by European Public Health Alliance | May 19, 2017 | Opinion
At the end of April, the European Commission finally announced its long-overdue plan to counterbalance the harmful impacts of austerity policies and deep cuts to health services, care and education. The package of documents constituting the Pillar are, at first...
by EPHA | May 15, 2017 | Opinion
At a moment when every penny of public spending is under scrutiny due to continued public sector austerity measures, and public health budgets are being reduced each year, a new UK study shows every euro spent on public health actually saves an average of 14 euros in...
by European Public Health Alliance | May 15, 2017 | Statements
DOWNLOAD LETTER HERE OPEN LETTER To: First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Brussels, 15 May 2017 Subject: Call for EU-wide nutrient profiles for nutrition and health...
by European Public Health Alliance | Apr 27, 2017 | Opinion
Air pollution is one of the major public health challenges of our time. The public health context in terms of protecting EU citizens’ health and reducing the chronic disease burden and its associated costs to healthcare systems is a vital consideration in the debate...
by European Public Health Alliance | Apr 12, 2017 | Statements
DOWNLOAD LETTER DOWNLOAD REFERENCES Brussels, 10 April 2017 Dear members of the Committee on Culture and Education, On 25 May 2016, the European Commission adopted a proposal to revise the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD), which includes provisions...
