by European Public Health Alliance | Feb 25, 2022 | COVID-19, The View from EPHA, Universal Access and Affordable Medicines | Analysis & Opinion
Guest article by Tamsin Rose, Senior Fellow for Health at Friends of Europe and former Secretary-General at EPHA COVID-19 was unprecedented but not unpredicted. In 2018, the WHO designated ‘Disease X‘ as representing the knowledge that a serious international epidemic...
by European Public Health Alliance | Feb 25, 2022 | COVID-19, EPHA News, The View from EPHA
As I write, I am conscious that we are approaching the two-year anniversary of COVID-19’s arrival in Europe. My last in-person meeting was an EPHA Board meeting in early March 2020, and I recall us all wondering around the table quite what the future would hold.In...
by European Public Health Alliance | Feb 25, 2022 | COVID-19, The View from EPHA
Guest article by Fiona Godfrey, Consultant in health and climate policy and former Secretary-General at EPHAAs 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...
by Milka Sokolović | Oct 1, 2021 | #EU4Health, Europe and Health, The View from EPHA
We find ourselves in the time of a huge crisis, and not one, but a combination of medical, environmental and social crises. Our health is threatened by the COVID pandemic, hugely exacerbated by a horrendous pressure on our health systems. Our economy is in turmoil....
by Milka Sokolović | Jul 8, 2021 | #EU4Health, The View from EPHA, Universal Access and Affordable Medicines | Analysis & Opinion
The access to medicines debate in Europe is at a critical juncture. With the pandemic, all issues, old and new, suddenly find a place on the agenda. They range from the prices of medicines, the flexibility of regulatory standards, the quality of innovation, all the...
by Milka Sokolović | May 20, 2021 | Europe and Health, The View from EPHA
Following the release of Edelman’s EU Health Special Edition 2021 Trust Barometer, in this long read, Dr Milka Sokolović, EPHA Director General writes on the role of the public health community in building trust, which must be a cornerstone of the proposed...
