10 years ago, Sir Michael Marmot was asked by the UK Secretary of State for Health to carry out a review of health inequalities in England. In February 2020, his follow-up report found that for the first time in more than 100 years life expectancy in England had...
In 2018, EPHA formally agreed to take part in the European Solidarity Corps (ESC) programme by hosting qualified registered applicants under the programme as paid trainees. In order to raise awareness of the ESC programme and disseminate some of the results we have...
On 31st January 2020, the UK will almost certainly leave the European Union. During the last four years since the 2016 EU Referendum, crucial implications of the UK’s departure have been identified in a number of areas of public health, such as health research, free...
Digital health, including its latest data-driven manifestations, is already a feature of European healthcare systems even if this may not be obvious, and it is heralding major changes in other public health-related areas. A new paper from EPHA aims to provide a...
This paper by EPHA and Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) Europe discusses how the EU ‘Farm to Fork’ strategy can contribute to the roll-out of sustainable public food procurement policies. Public food procurement allows using government buying power...
A new EU strategic framework for the prevention of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is needed to put the brakes on the chronic diseases epidemic. With epidemic levels of NCDs undermining people’s well-being, healthcare systems, and Europe’s economic and social...