EPHA Campaigns

EPHA joins the campaign for ’Freedom of Movement’ for people with disabilities

EPHA joined the European Disability Forum’s ’Freedom of Movement’ campaign. The campaign has been launched to highlight the fact that although the right to freedom of movement, and the right to free movement of goods and services, are enshrined in the Lisbon Treaty, these are all too often denied to people with disabilities. The campaign has made a number of demands including adoption of a European Accessibility Act which would lead to common accessibility requirements (...)

European Charter for Health Equity - open for signatures through 2012

After being officially launched on 9 December 2010, the European Charter for Health Equity will be open for signatures for a year (end 2011). We invite all relevant stakeholders, organisations and institutions to sign the Charter. We count on your active involvement! We have just over 160 signatories on our list of supporters! The European Charter for Health Equity has been opened for signatures until the end of 2012. To sign the European Charter for Health Equity please follow the (...)

EPHA launches a consultation on Policy Recommendations for Health Equity

Further to launch of the European Charter for Health Equity in December 2010, and having collected more than 130 signatures from various multi-level and multi-sectoral stakeholders, EPHA is launching a consultation process on Policy Recommendations for Health Equity. In the framework of participatory process, we aim at delivering comprehensive and cross-sectoral messages for reducing health inequalities through focusing on social determinants of health. Further to signature of the European (...)

EPHA Annual Conference: "Europe 2020 : Delivering a healthy and sustainable future for all?" 14 April 2011

The European Public Health Alliance organises its 2011 Annual Conference on the 14 April 2011 in Brussels - "Europe 2020 : Delivering a healthy and sustainable future for all ?" The Conference will discuss whether the EU leading strategy (Europe 2020) is set to achieve better health outcomes or if it threatens to increase health inequalities. The event gathers experts from across Europe to discuss the impact of specific EU 2020 policies on equality within our societies and the effects (...)

European Charter for Health Equity Launched!

On 9 December 2010 a number of stakeholders gathered in the European Parliament for the launch of the European Charter for Health Equity. The evening was opened by EPHA President Archie Turnbull, who introduced the MEP guest speakers. Nessa Childers MEP (Ireland, S&D) began by stressing the importance of keeping health inequalities on the political agenda at a time when austerity programmes risk plunging even more people into poverty. She cited her home country, Ireland, where one (...)

CALL to 2010 NGO Coalition Members to generate support for Human Ring

EU Year for combating poverty and social exclusion (of which EPHA is a member) is organising a Human Ring against poverty around the European Parliament on 19 November 2010. Come join in! The Coalition for the EU Year for combating poverty and social exclusion (of which EPHA is a member) is organising a Human Ring against poverty around the European Parliament on 19 November 2010 from 12.15 to 14.00 (approx). To meet the goal of finding 5000 citizens to join in and to have fun, the (...)

Public health at the fore in European elections June 2009?

As part of our preparations for the elections in 2009, the EPHA Secretariat has been contacting the major European political groups to include public health in their priorities and manifestos. Although most party’s were receptive to EPHA input, the only European party preparing its manifesto at this time is the European Socialists PES with a broad European Manifesto. EPHA was given the opportunity to present three main public health goals in the PES Manifesto document. The Manifesto (...)

Campaign for an active role of civil society in the IGC process

Those responsible for conducting the IGC need to know that NGOs and Unions are watching them closely and that we take a strong interest in a future Constitution that reflects people’s rights and interests. After the more or less transparent process of the Convention, civil society will not accept "horsetrading" behind closed doors that risks to loose or not improve on rights, values, and policies we have fought for. Please refer to the toolkit on the act4europe web site for further (...)

Peoples’ food sovereignty statement

A group of organisations that work on food, nutrition, agriculture and trade, has issued a "Peoples’ Food Sovereignty Statement". This is already signed by a range of organisations (see the list at the end of the attachment). If your organisations is not on but does want to support this statement please send your organisations signature to Andrianna Natsoulas (the statement can only be signed by organisations, not by individual persons). They intend to give this text broad (...)