Immunisation

Health Ministers call for strengthening vaccination among children

At its Council meeting on 6 June 2011 in Luxembourg, EU Health Ministers exchanged views on the re-emergence of measles in Europe and adopted conclusions on childhood immunisation. In the Council conclusions on childhood immunisation, ministers recalled that "vaccination is the most effective and economical way of preventing infectious diseases and that vaccines have led to the control, lower incidence and even elimination of diseases in Europe that in the past resulted in death or (...)

WHO adopts resolution on monitoring the achievement of health-related Millennium Development Goals.

In light of the upcoming UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Review Summit in September 2010, and concerned by the fact that the achievement of the MDGs lags behind and greatly varies between countries, the 63rd World Health Assembly adopted a resolution on monitoring and strengthening global commitments in order to achieve them. Key points of the resolution on monitoring the achievement of health-related MDGs the MDGs are interlinked and therefore the global partnership for (...)

EPHA position on the future Global Health policies of the EU

The European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) submitted its response to the on-line consultation of the European Commission (EC) on Global Health at the beginning of December 2009. The response elaborates on the questions outlined in the annex to an "issues paper" on global health produced by the EC. This article presents an executive summary of EPHA submitted response. The on-line consultation of the European Commission had been open for a period of eight weeks, closing on 9 December 2009. (...)