by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 22, 2020 | Opinion
To facilitate a shift towards healthier, more sustainable diets, the EU Farm to Fork strategy points to the creation of a “favourable food environment”. A ‘food environment approach’ recognises that a wide range of contextual factors, which are mostly beyond...
by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 1, 2020 | Consultation Responses, Statements
As part of the EU Alliance for Investing in Children’s response to the public consultation on the Action Plan to implement the European Pillar of Social Rights. EPHA joins calls for more action at European level to tackle child poverty. When the European Pillar...
by European Public Health Alliance | Nov 14, 2020 | Opinion, Statements
Persistent disparities between Roma and non-Roma are observed in EU Member States and Candidate countries regardless of the social and economic situation within the countries. Inequalities in employment, access to decent housing, quality education and healthcare, but...
by European Public Health Alliance | Nov 8, 2020 | Opinion
The global prevalence of obesity in adults and children has increased dramatically over the past decade, making obesity prevention policies into a priority for many governments and intergovernmental agencies. To determine the cost, equity and acceptability of three...
by European Public Health Alliance | Oct 16, 2020 | Statements
Ahead of the meeting of the AGRIFISH Council on 19-20 October, EPHA has joined four European health organisations and two Members of European Parliament in writing to EU agriculture ministers to ask them to put health above commercial interests when discussing a...