Policy coherence

Sugar users ‘disappointed’ by agriculture committee vote to keep sugar quotas

Sugar users were dealt a blow on sugar quota reform, after the European agriculture committee voted to extend the current system to 2020, rejecting a proposal to end quotas by 2015. Further detaild are available in the Food navigator website EPHA related articles EU and Member States’ strategies on nutrition, overweight and obesity WHO Global Recommendations on Physical Activity for Health National Obesity Forum Annual Conference "Obesity and the Economics of Prevention: (...)

EPHA Position on Medical Devices Revision

Following the Commission proposals for a Regulation on Medical Devices and on In Vitro Medical Devices released in September 2012, EPHA has developed a position paper highlighting, inter alia, the importance of the provisions related to patient safety; the responsibilities of the notified bodies, and improved traceability. The EPHA Position on Medical Devices is supportive of the objectives - and legal format - of the Commission’s proposal which aims at ensuring a high level of human (...)

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 (...)

WHO Regional Committee for Europe adopts European Action Plan for Strengthening Public Health Capacities and Services

On September 13, The European Action Plan for Strengthening Public Health Capacities and Services was adopted by the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s Regional Committee for Europe at its 62nd session that took place in Malta. The Plan has been developed through an extensive consultative process to strengthen integrated service delivery in health protection, disease prevention and health promotion. This new scheme takes into account the challenges that society is facing, such as (...)

The Global Healthcare Summit 2012: November 29 -30, London

What are the universal issues uniting healthcare professionals and policy-makers globally? How are people and organisations coming together and creating innovative solutions to major healthcare challenges? How will different healthcare players benefit from this? These and many other questions will be debated at the inaugural Global Healthcare Summit taking place on November 29th and 30th 2012 in London. Global Healthcare Summit that is taking place on November 29th and 30th 2012 in London (...)

WHO Europe Recommendations for the EU National Roma Integration Strategies

Following ongoing developments at EU-level around the EU National Roma Integration Strategies, and in response to the poor integration of the Roma community by the healthcare sector, WHO Europe has proposed Potential Criteria for the Review of the Health Component of the National Roma Integration Strategies to support the EC and the Member States in their goal of more comprehensive Roma integration. The Criteria draw from previous work relevant to Roma health, in particular the EU (...)

EPHA calls for greater partnership with civil society and stronger focus on child health in Health 2020 policy framework and draft European Action Plan for Strengthening Public Health Capacities and Services (EAP/PHS)

Following a consultation meeting in Brussels on March 12-13 was organized in partnership between WHO Europe and over 35 countries and international organizations and a delegation from the European Commission, EPHA releases its contribution to the debate.

Save the date (June 6th)- Lunch debate on “Opening up medical research data for an ethical and efficient EU policy”

The Health Action International (HAI) Europe (1), and the Trans-Atlantic Consumer Dialogue (2) are co-ordinating a lunch debate on the subject of “Opening up medical research data for an ethical and efficient EU policy.” The debate will feature Prof. Dr. Wolf-Dieter Ludwig, Chairman at the Drug Commission of the German Medical Association, and Dr. Peter Gøtzsche, Director of the Nordic Cochrane Centre as well as responses from the European Commission, the European Ombudsman and (...)

Council of Europe calls for more participation of children and young people in decision making

Discussed at the end of March 2012 by the Committee of Ministers, the Council of Europe adopted the Recommendation to Member States on Participation of children and young people . Children and the youth have the right, from an early age, to be heard and taken seriously. It is fundamental to their dignity and healthy development. Effective implementation of the right to have their best interests ensured should be considered in every single matter children and young people are affected by. (...)

9th European IUHPE Conference on Health Promotion in Tallinn, Estonia

The International Union for Health Promotion and Education is this year organising its annual conference in Tallinn on the link between Health and Quality of Life. The themes of the conference is Health Promotion "Health and Quality of Life" and is the result of a collaboration between the International Union for Health Promotion and Education, the Estonian Health Foundation, the Estonian Medical Association and the Estonian Union for Health Promotion. The conference will bring together a (...)