In the wake of the ENVI Committee vote on 17 February, fifty medics, scientists and public health organisations (including the Royal College of Physicians and EPHA) signed a letter initiated by the Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics demanding a ban to the “routine,...
Representatives of the pharmaceutical industry have responded to letters sent by EPHA and partners urging the industry to make their global supply chains transparent and adopt environmentally responsible management practices. Current industry actions are non-binding...
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a multifaceted global health threat that requires orchestrated action on many fronts. In Europe, 25,000 people die every year as a result of drug-resistant infection. The estimated global figure of 10 million deaths annually by 2050...
Brussels, 16 November 2016. To coincide with World Antibiotics Awareness week, NGOs are calling for urgent action to tackle the overuse of antibiotics in farming. [1] Forthcoming negotiations between the Council of Ministers, the European Parliament and the European...
As the European Commission undertakes its evaluation of the expiring Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), the joint EPHA – Health Care Without Harm Europe (HCWH) event of 10 December called for a much stronger consideration of the environmental...