Preventing Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs)
NCDs are the 21st century’s foremost threat to health, well-being and prosperity. What connects most NCDs is that they are highly preventable and are driven by a number of common, modifiable risk factors related to tobacco, alcohol, unhealthy food, limited physical activity and air pollution. The EU has the powers to prevent NCDs by creating health-enabling living environments. But this potential is vastly underused.
EPHA advocates for a strong European NCD prevention and health promotion agenda that answer to people’s aspirations for a healthy continent for current and future generations.
Strategic documents
Joint Statement I Prevention at the heart of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan
Paper I Towards an EU strategic framework for the prevention of NCDs
Recommendations for EU action on NCDs towards the UN High Level Meeting
News & Advocacy
Public health and consumer groups ask for a timely proposal on Front-of-Pack Nutritional Labelling
Letter to EU Commission Vice-President Timmermans addressing the need to introduce and harmonise FOPNL.
European Parliament adopts ambitious motion for a Diabetes Resolution
The Diabetes Resolution highlights inequities in condition management for all types of diabetes and the need to shore up healthcare system resilience.
Health organisations call on the UNFCCC for robust conflict of interest management of COP following Coca-Cola’s sponsorship
Calling on the UNFCCC to ensure that future sponsors fully respect human rights, including the right to a healthy environment.
CLEAN AIR FOR HEALTH
STOP Childhood Obesity project (Horizon 2020)
FRESHER project (foresight and modelling for NCD prevention)
