Air pollution remains the biggest environmental health risk in Europe and continues to be a major cause of premature death and disease. Yet, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, we saw a temporary increase in air quality as a result of lockdowns enforced to...
Public procurement of sustainable and healthy food represents a strategic vehicle to achieve sustainability policies and targets, such as the Sustainable Development Goals, at national, regional, and local level. Whether it is public health, organic agriculture,...
Achieving deep reductions in farm antibiotics use will require widespread changes in animal husbandry practices towards higher animal welfare, argues a new paper written for EPHA. On 28 January 2022, ambitious rules restricting the use of veterinary antimicrobials...
Digital epidemiology occupies a particularly interesting role in the digital transformation of health and care, which is also impacting key public health functions. It describes a new field which has undergone rapid growth in the past few years, fuelled by the...
The spread of COVID-19 took the world by storm and very few places have been left untouched. With the aim to contain the virus, countries around the world have resorted to school and workplace closure, cancelation of public events and gatherings, mandatory mask...
The COVID-19 pandemic presents an unprecedented challenge to public health. The economic and social disruption caused by the pandemic is devastating with tens of millions of people at risk of falling into extreme poverty, enterprises facing existential threats,...