The EPHA Newsletter for April 2003 is now available online. You can download the newsletter below, as a PDF or as a RTF file, or consult the main articles online by clicking here.
Here is the table of contents:
EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS NEWS
THE PARLIAMENT
SARS outbreak and EU competence on health
EP Approves Pet Passport Regulation
European Patent Office confirms revocation of baby blood patent
MEPs vote to ban stem cell research
Debate on free movement in the EU
Dangerous substances document approved
Reform of the UN Conventions on drugs - rejected
Sweeteners in the spotlight
Call to phase out phosphates in detergents
THE COUNCIL
Accession treaty signed
Next candidates for accession?
THE COMMISSION
Who do Europeans trust to give them health information?
Avian flu outbreak in the EU
Annual analysis of pesticides in fruit and vegetables
Rise in drug use in CEE
Prodi calls on US to shift position on cheap drugs
Precautionary Principle and EMF
12 EU countries not implementing GMO laws
European Commission amends proposed Herbal Medicines Directive
eHealth Ministerial Conference : EPHA can send 5 delegates
Overview of social protection in the candidate countries
Water aid package in pipeline for poor countries
THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION
Convention timtetable and referendum
Thursday 24 and Friday 25 April: convention plenary
Optimism for public health in the treaty
EUROPEAN COURT RULINGS
All time spent by a doctor on call in a hospital constitutes working time
EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE
Draft Opinion on Healthcare
EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS CALENDAR
EPHA SECRETARIAT NEWS
Children’s health in Europe: Tracking environmental Threats
Convention final steps
EPHA WORKING GROUP NEWS
Food & Nutrition Working Group
Environment & Health working group
EPHA Policy Coordination Group
MEMBER NEWS
Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME)
IPPF Europe Appoints New Regional Director
Stop AIDS Alliance launch
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