poverty and health

European Parliament adopts a report on Social Investment Pact as a response to the crisis

At its plenary sitting of 20 November 2012, the European Parliament adopted a report "Social Investment Pack - as a response to the crisis" by Danuta Jazlowiecka MEP (PL, EPP). Recognizing the long-lasting effects of the current economic and financial crisis on economic growth, employment rates, the level of poverty and social exclusion, public savings and the quantity and quality of social investments in Europe, the report calls for a renewed approach to Social Investments in Europe. (...)

EPHA publishes Policy Recommendations on Child Poverty, Health and Well-being

To feed into the European Commission’s preparations around Recommendation on Child Poverty planned for early 2013, EPHA publishes a set of Policy Recommendations on Child Poverty, Health and Well-being aimed at preventing and tackling child poverty by addressing health promotion and disease of the child population. The recommendation will be presented on the occasion of EPHA’s European Parliament seminar on the same issue on 4 December 2012. 2012 EPHA Recommendation on Child (...)

New report: Mapping Exclusion - Institutional and community-based services in the mental health field in Europe

A joint initiative of the Open Society Foundations and Mental Health Europe, this recently-launched paper is the first European report of the state of deinstitutionalization and community-based care in the mental health field. Report’s introduction Across Europe, considerable efforts have been made to shift the balance of care from psychiatric hospitals to a varied provision of services in the community for people with severe mental health problems. Deinstitutionalisation and the (...)

Water and sanitation are a human right!

There is a new short video to promote the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) for the right to water and sanitation- an initiative that sees the promotion of water supply and sanitation as essential public services for all. In the framework of the ECI, the aim of this campaign is to collect one million signatures from all over Europe. Video- Water is a Human Right Take a look, sign if you haven’t done so already, and forward the clip to all people you know and ask them to (...)

[EPHA Press Release] Denmark’s fat duty - latest victim of food politics

Brussels, 14 November - Only a year after introducing a duty on foods containing more than 2.3 percent saturated fat, the Danish government has abolished the world’s first fat tax. A move that, based on an unproven impact to the competitiveness of Danish business and alleged loss of local jobs, will undoubtedly have an effect on consumption patterns and subsequent health of Danes. It also removes Denmark from its leading position on tackling obesity and protecting public health (...)

Hearing: Discussing health inequalities in the context of the European Year of Citizens

Hearing: Setting standards - Discussing health inequalities in the context of the European Year of Citizens. A spotlight on mental health and homelessness. Hosted by Kinga Göncz MEP, 13th November 2012 (14.00 – 17.00) at the European Parliament, Room Paul-Henri Spaak P7C050 Organised by European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless and the Mental Health Europe (FEANTSA) and Mental Health Europe (MHE) the hearing will disscuss how, the discourse around the (...)

EPHA analysis of the Commission’s proposal for a new Fund for European Aid for the Most Deprived

The strengths and weaknesses of the proposed fund: the new European Aid Fund for the Most Deprived, although broader in scope, is no replacement for full-fledged policies on food and nutrition poverty. This article is closely linked to EPHA’s Commission proposes new Fund for European Aid for the Most Deprived. On 25 October 2012, the European Commission released its proposal for a new Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD). The European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) (...)

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UN Human Rights Guidance for reduction of preventable maternal morbidity and mortality

At their 21st session, the United Nations’ Human Rights Council adopted a report aimed to help policymakers improve women’s health and rights by providing guidance on implementing policies and programmes. The Report encourages UN Members to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity in accordance with human rights standards. At their 21st session, the United Nations’ Human Rights Council adopted a report aimed to help policymakers improve women’s health and rights by (...)

Campaign Aiming at Collecting 1 Million Signatures for water and sanitation - Next steps

On October 24, and within the framework of the European Federation of Public Service Unions-led "Water is a human right!" campaign, EPHA participated in this initiative’s coordinators meeting. What is a European Citizens’ initiative (ECI)? The European citizens’ initiative is a new legal tool which allows one million EU citizens to participate directly and in a legally binding manner in the development of special (for example, public health) EU policies. What does it (...)