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EPHA writes Open Letter to EPSCO Council to strengthen children’s health dimension of the draft Council conclusions on Child Poverty

In the run to the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs (EPSCO) Council of 4 October 2012, EPHA has sent an Open Letter to the Health and Social Affairs Ministers of the EU Member States to urge them to strengthen the children’s health dimension of the draft Council conclusions "Preventing and Tackling Child Poverty and Social Exclusion, Promoting Children’s Well-being". EPHA Open Letter "Preventing and Tackling Child Poverty and Social Exclusion, Promoting (...)

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 (...)

Is there a relationship between health behaviours and educational outcomes? new WHO report

The WHO European Office for Investment for Health and Development, together with the Ministry of Health and the Veneto Region in Italy, published a report on ‘The impact of health and health behaviors on educational outcomes in high-income countries: a review of the evidence’. The report of The WHO European Office for Investment for Health and Development underlines that there could be a causal relationship between health and education in high income countries. The research (...)

Are Member States doing enough for family well-being? The OECD answers

In its new report on family well-being, the OECD acknowledges Europe’s changing society, and gives particular attention to the role of families, not only in the EU, but in all OECD countries. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development recently published a report entitled ’doing better for families’ (chapter 1. It also publishes a series of key indicators and key data related to the issue. It looks at the different ways in which families are supported in (...)

How can Structural funds be used to promote health equity?

The joint WHO European Region/ European Commission Equity Project has just released a briefing to explore how EU Structural Funds can contribute to the reduction of health inequities in the European Union and the potential role of health systems and public health infrastructures. It describes the opportunities for health systems to influence the use of Structural Funds to reduce health inequities; identifies the challenges in using Structural Funds to reduce health inequities; and explores (...)

Council Declaration on the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion: Working together to fight poverty in 2010 and beyond.

In December 2010, the European Council adopted a Council Declaration closing the European Year 2010 on combating poverty and social exclusion in the European Union. EPHA called for health inequalities to be taken into account. EPHA regrets that the public health dimension of the declaration is very weak. During the year the European Public Health Alliance, together with other civil society organisations allied in 2010 NGO Coalition, was advocating for greater attention and strong political (...)

2010 Citizens’ Agora on Crisis and Poverty.

The Citizens’ Agora represents a direct link between the European Parliament and European citizens. It offers an opportunity for mutual dialogue between those who make politics and policies and those whom those policies affect directly - citizens. This Agora’s theme was a crucial link between the current financial and economic crisis and different forms of poverty and social exclusion. The event was hosted by the European Parliament on 27 and 28 January. EPHA participated in (...)

Invitation: Launch of the European Charter on Health Equity and cocktail debate, 9 December, European Parliament in Brussels

Launch of the European Charter on Health Equity & Invitation to an Evening Cocktail co-hosted by: Oana Elena Antonescu MEP (Romania, EPP) Nessa Childers MEP (Ireland, S&D) Alojz Peterle MEP (Slovenia, EPP) Daciana Octavia Sarbu MEP (Romania, S&D) When? - Thursday, 9 December 2010, 17:00 to 19:30 pm Where? - Members Salon 1st floor ASP, European Parliament, Brussels As the main drivers of Health Inequalities lie outside the health sector, and as most of the social or (...)