by European Public Health Alliance | Sep 28, 2022 | Non-communicable Diseases
According to the Progress report, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are one of the main causes of illness across Europe causing millions of deaths each year. The pandemic context worsened an already sensitive situation, hindering proper assistance for patients. The most...
by Zoltán Massay-Kosubek | Nov 3, 2016 | Hungary, Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs), Non-communicable Diseases
By Zoltan Massay-Kosubek, Policy Co-ordinator for Healthy Trade and Health Equity and Catherine Hartmann, Secretary General of the European COPD Coalition The Hungarian version of the article is available below/A cikk magyar nyelvű változata lent olvasható Budapest,...
by Nina Renshaw | May 4, 2016 | Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs), Non-communicable Diseases, The View from EPHA
Under pressure from health-harmful lobbies, how EU decisions are made is changing fundamentally. Lobbyists are finding new ways to ensure that these cases are never closed in favour of health protection. Not just Volkswagen who decided to cheat rather than comply with...
by EPHA | Jan 15, 2015 | Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs), Non-communicable Diseases
Most non-communicable disease (NCD) related deaths are preventable, reveals a recent WHO 2014 Global Status Report. Of the 38 million lives lost to NCDs in 2012, 42% were premature and avoidable. Such numbers certainly should prompt world policy makers to adopt...
