Guest article by Fiona Godfrey, Consultant in health and climate policy and former Secretary-General at EPHA As we enter the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the biggest issues we face is how public health priorities interact with civil and human rights. I...
Looking back at the last two years, it is remarkable that it has taken a pandemic to understand the true importance of (public) health. Equally striking is the notion that it has taken two years to realise that there is no going “back to normal”, that a whole new...
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...
On Tuesday 7 December 2021, the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) hosted an online discussion on working in partnership with civil society in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in the frame of the EPHA 2021 AnnualGeneral Assembly. Following the keynote speech...
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...
