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On 27 November 2008, EPHA held a public health policy conference to discuss the next policy priorities on the public health agenda for Europe. EPHA Conference - Public Health: What Next for Europe? - 27 November 2008 Good public health policy making calls for long-term and often visionary thinking. It calls for projections on the needs and challenges facing populations not just in the ‘here and now’ but also in 5, 10 or 20 years time: investing now for the future. Good public (...)

The EPHA Annual General Assembly (AGA) took place on 19 June 2008 in Brussels. The 2008 Annual General Assembly (AGA) and Policy Coordination Meeting (PCM) took place at North West of England House, Brussels on 19 June. The morning was taken up with approval of the accounts, discussion of the annual report and voting on new members. 7 of the 8 candidate organisations were accepted. Information on new members will be published shortly. At the end of the morning there was a vote for new (...)

Since 4th April 2008, the EPHA Secretariat has moved to a new location. The new address is the following: Rue de Trèves 49-51 Box 6 B-1040 Brussels All other contact details (emails and telephone numbers) have remained the same. General telephone number: +32 2 230 30 56 Emails: Secretariat details EPHA New Office location

The Pilot EPHA internship programme began 8 September 2008 with an induction week to kick off the 6 month internship at several different organisations. The first EPHA Internship programme began this month with an induction week that was a resounding success. The pilot scheme saw 6 interns from various organisations: EPHA, the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL), SmokeFree Partnership (SFP) and North West Health Brussels Office (NWHBO) pass through its doors for the beginning of a six (...)

*This article has been updated with a new internship opportunity at the European Association of Cancer Leagues* The deadline for this internship has now passed A six-month internship is available at the following EPHA member organisations: European Association of Cancer Leagues (ECL) The ECL Internship, will be based in Brussels, Belgium. ECL is a non-profit association and an alliance of national and regional cancer leagues. The internship will be related to the tobacco control. (...)

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EPHA’s mission during the past ten years has been to promote and protect the health of all people living in Europe, and to advocate greater participation of citizens in health-related policy making at the European level. The EPHA staff aim to be public health campaigners though sometimes it is really hard to raise awareness on the issues. It is difficult for several different reasons. First, the concept of public health is broader than the concept of personal well-being: it includes (...)

The Health & Environment Alliance (HEAL) is a non-governmental organisation aiming to improve people’s health through better environmental policy-making at European level and by raising awareness of how environmental protection improves health. It achieves this by creating opportunities for better representation of citizens’ and health experts’ perspectives in the environment and health-related policy-making. HEAL is now recruiting a Finance and Administrative Officer (...)