Chronic Diseases

EPHA Open Letter to the Ministers for Health of Ireland and Northern Ireland on Alcohol Minimum Pricing

EPHA wrote to the Ministers of Health for Ireland and Northern Ireland following on from the announcement made at the first North/South Conference on alcohol misuse where both Ministers committed to collaboratively tackle the burden of alcohol abuse, notably through action on its affordability, accessibility and availability. On 6 February 2012, EPHA wrote to the Ministers of Health for Ireland and Northern Ireland in response to the announcement made at the first North/South Conference on (...)

EPHA asks Members of the European Parliament to support food reformulation efforts

EPHA produced a Letter asking Members of the European Parliament ENVI Committee to support a Motion for a Resolution opposing a newly authorised nutrition claim. By authorising this claim, the Commission will give food manufacturers a means with which to decrease their reformulation efforts. The vote will take place on 31st of January 2012. *Update* 31 January 2012 Members of the ENVI Committee voted today on the Motion for a Resolution and broadly supported the text, with 45 votes in (...)

EU Health Policy Forum calls on the European Commission to take action on chronic disease

Following the Council conclusions of 7 December 2011, The European Commission launched a consultation on chronic diseases. The European Health Policy Forum (EU HPF) - Commission consultative body on health - and of which EPHA is a member - made public its views on how to best address the issues related to chronic diseases. The EU Health Policy Forum response on chronic diseases called for the EU to quickly take action to reduce the risk of chronic disease, to improve the health of its (...)

Save the date - European COPD Coalition Launch

Wednesday, 21 March 2012, 12:00-14:00 hrs Hosted by Mrs Glenis Willmott MEP (S&D, UK) European Parliament, Brussels, Room A3H1 The lunch event will: • raise awareness of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and its alarming impact on populations and health systems, with key data, prevalence figures and examples of good practice, • be a chance to debate the future action needed at EU level to reduce the burden of the disease • be the official launch of the (...)

Food taxation in Europe: Evolution of the legislation

More and more countries adopt stricter food taxation and food fiscal measures, as a response to the obesity epidemics and the financial crisis. This article will be updated regularly with the evolution of the legislation in EU Member States. Overview of the discussions and/or implementation of such measures in European countries In January 2010, the Romanian Government announced the possible introduction of a tax that would impact on foods that are high in fats, salt, sugars and (...)

2012 EU Health Calls for proposals released

The European Commission released the work plan 2012 for the Health Programme. The deadline for the submission of proposals is 9 March 2012. The work plan sets out activities that the European Commission may co-fund in the field of health. The deadline for submission of proposals is 9 March 2012. information on how to apply for EU co-financing for projects, conferences, joint actions with Member States and operating grants for non-governmental organisations. 2012 budget for Projects: (...)

EPHA Report from the EFSA Stakeholder Consultative Platform - November 2011

A meeting of the EFSA Stakeholder Consultative Platform took place on the 17th and 18th of November 2011. EPHA attended the two-day meeting and summarises below some of its key outcomes. The broad range of participants that attented this two-day meeting allowed a rich exchange on a variety of items: the recent organisation’s developments (EFSA’s involvement in the Escherichiacoli STEC 0104:H4 pandemic, work on Bisphenol A, Aspartame etc.) the draft Science Strategy for (...)

EFSA becomes transparent on aspartame

Following on from a Commission request, EFSA published, on 24 November 2011, more than 800 datasets on aspartame. This comes when the EFSA has been tasked to re-evaluate the safety of aspartame that some consider as carcinogenic. Last May, the European Commission commissioned the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to fully re-evaluate the safety of aspartame. Following on from the public call for data launched few months ago, EFSA released, on 24 November 2011, more than 600 datasets (...)

TobTaxy Project: Registration open for the Training in Ireland

For NGOs based in the UK, Ireland, Iceland, Denmark, the Netherlands or Norway and want to be trained in tobacco taxation - Registrations opened until 20 January 2012.

Stopping fires caused by unattended cigarettes in the EU

Every year, 30 000 fires happen in the European Union because of cigarettes that are left unattended. The European Commission decided to act.