EPHA’s projects

Launched in 2009, the ENGENDER Project aimed at countering the current lack of information on actions, policy and programmes aiming at improving gender equity in health. On Tuesday 18th of October 2011, the results of this 3 year Project will be shared during a European Parliament event. The ENGENDER Project is a European Union funded Project aiming at countering the current lack of information on actions, policy and programmes aiming at improving gender equity in health. On Tuesday 18th (...)

Health organisations from Estonia, Finland, Latvia and Lithuania can register until 13 October 2011 to participate in a training on tobacco taxation. The training will take place in Lithuania (30 Nov 1-2 Dec) and is organised by the EU-funded TobTaxY (making Tobacco Tax TrendY) Project - of which EPHA is a partner. Application and registration are now open for the third workshop that will take place in Lithuania (covering Estonia, Finland, Latvia and Lithuania). The TobTaxy Project (...)

Every year, unintentional injuries kill nearly 42 000 children and young people under the age of 20 in the WHO European Region. TACTICS - Tools to Address Childhood Trauma - is a large scale, multi-year initiative of the European Child Safety Alliance, funded by the European Commission, with the aim to provide better information, practical tools and resources to support adoption and implementation of evidence-based good practices in Europe. EPHA partners the project. In order to make the (...)

The EU-funded TobTaxY (making Tobacco Tax TrendY) project - of which EPHA is a partner - aims to train the public health and tobacco control community on tobacco taxation and smuggling issue. Application and registration for the second workshop in Romania (covering Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Malta and Cyprus) are now opened. The Capacity Building workshops will take place in 5 strategically selected countries across the European Union, with representatives from the 26 other (...)

EPHA is part of the ENGENDER project which aims to counter the current lack of information on actions, policy and programmes aiming to improve gender equity in health. Launched in November 2009, ENGENDER has three specific objectives: promoting and supporting gender equity in health by developing an online inventory of good practices in Europe, creating a sustainable "European network on policies and interventions tackling gender based inequalities in health", a forum to exchange (...)

The three year, European wide collaboration on sexual and reproductive rights for young people through the ’SAFE Project’ came to an end at a closing conference in Brussels on 8/9 October 2007. The European Commission funded project, “Sexual Awareness for Europe (SAFE): A European Partnership to promote the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of young people”, was a partnership between the International Planned Parenthood Federation European Network (...)

In 2007 EPHA commissioned an update of our 1995 publication "Public Health and the EU: an overview", now available in 20 languages, as part of the activities of our European project "EPHA’s project: Building the public health community across Europe". The Executive Summaries can be downloaded at the bottom of the page. "Public Health and the EU: an overview" is an introduction to the wide range of European Union (EU) activities that affect public health. It aims to inform local, (...)

Updated with information about the conference on 6-7 September. A new Thematic Network called DIETS (Dietitians Improving the Education and Training Standards) was launched in October 2006 and is led by the University of Plymouth. EPHA is a member of the network. DIETS builds on the excellent foundations which the European Federation of Associations of Dietitians (EFAD) established through their initiatives in education, such as developing the European Benchmark Statement for Dietitians. (...)

EPHA is organising a training session on nutrition and health before the end of 2007. The aim of the session is to identify ways to build links with research institutions and identify research groupd interested in working with civil society organisations on the field of nutrition and health. The session will be an occassion for civil society organisations to deepen their understanding of nutrition and health and to strengthen their capacities to approach scientific questions. Structure (...)