EPHA is an international non-profit association registered in Belgium. Our membership is composed of not-for-profit organisations working on all aspects of public health.

EPHA’s mission is to promote and protect the health of all people living in Europe and to advocate for greater participation of citizens in health-related policy making at the European level.

Check EPHA’s business plan 2006 - 2010 and EPHA’s Annual report for 2006. Below you will find the latest articles from the main sections of our website.

Newsletter April 2008

Welcome to the April 2008 edition of the EPHA Newsletter. April was a busy month for health, not only with the (...)...
08/05/2008

Secretariat News April 2008

EPHA working meetings On 9 and 10 April, EPHA attended a meeting in Paris to talk about the ending of the first (...)...
08/05/2008

Presentation on the Open Method of Coordination (French)

On 15 April, Jessica Imbert gave a presentation on the Open Method of Coordination. The Open Method of (...)...
08/05/2008

New Italian EU commissioner nominated

Italy’s empty seat at the European Commission table has now been officially taken by Antonio Tajani - a man (...)...
09/05/2008

EU lobbying transparency a step closer but still some way to go

On 25 March 2008, the transparency group Alter-EU has accused the Commission of relying too heavily on business and (...)...
06/05/2008

The European Commission adopted a regulation on the use of safe recycled plastics in food packaging

The European Commission has adopted a new regulation to ensure safety of food packaging made of recycled plastics. (...)...
06/05/2008

EFSA: food can pass resistant bacteria to people

The use of antibiotics and other anti-microbial agents throughout the food chain contributes to the growth of (...)...
06/05/2008

**Updated** Food additives associated with children’s hyperactivity

This article has been updated following the European Food Safety Authority’s assessment of a study conducted (...)...
03/04/2008

Slovenian Presidency Conference stresses importance of nutrition and physical activity

In addition to its priority on cancer prevention, the Slovenian Presidency convened a high level conference on (...)...
03/04/2008

Strengthening health systems to control the health effects of climate change, report says

The WHO/Europe’s publication entitled "Protecting health in Europe from climate change" urges European (...)...
06/05/2008

Eurosafe issues a new report on injuries prevention in the European Union

Injuries in the European Union- Statistics Summary 2003-2005] On 3 April 2008, Eurosafe issued a new report on (...)...
06/05/2008

The Royal College of Physicians issues "Osteoarthritis"

The Royal College of Physicians issued a new publication entitled "Osteoarthritis" that provides guidelines for (...)...
06/05/2008

Two people die from vCJD in Spain

Two people have died in Spain after contracting the human form of "mad cow disease", variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob (...)...
06/05/2008

Preventing date rape

The Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies (MIGS) is coordinating a transnational project entitled ’Date (...)...
06/05/2008

EU finance ministers agree on the necessity to improve social welfare spending and reform the IMF

European Union finance ministers recently agreed on the necessity to improve health care, welfare and pensions to (...)...
06/05/2008

Round Table on Aid Effectiveness and Health

EPHA helps Action for Global Health to organise a round table on health aid effectiveness with current and future (...)...
06/05/2008

EPHA Consultation Response on "Information to Patients", April 2008

EPHA has responded to the European Commission’s (Directorate General on Enterprise and Industry) public (...)...
07/04/2008

**update** Big pharma groups raided in EU antitrust probe

This article is an update regarding the renewal of patents of pharmaceuticals companies in the infectious disease (...)...
29/02/2008

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