EPHA Members News

Mental Health Europe is organising a conference on "DIVERSITY IN MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING. An Opportunity for Intercultural Dialogue". The event will take place on 7-9 August 2008 in Aalborg, Denmark.
The Mental Health Europe Conference 2008 is inspired by the declaration of the European Commission to designate 2008 the "European Year of Intercultural Dialogue".
The conference will look at intercultural dialogue as a means to create and achieve mental health and mental well-being. It (...)

In April the Smokefree Partnership published the second issue of the ‘Spotlight on the FCTC’.
This second issue focuses on second-hand smoke and highlights how the European Commission, European Parliament and EU Member States have met, or in some cases failed to meet, their obligations to tackle second-hand smoke, according to Article 8 of the convention.
The booklet also draws attention to the fact that less than a third of EU Member States have introduced fully comprehensive (...)

The Heart of Mersey is looking for an outstanding individual to project manage all aspects of the new European Agriculture and Health Consortium.
Based in Brussels, the Consortium will work across Europe to advocate for the development of health-promoting agriculture policies.
European Agriculture and Health Manager, one year contract, £28,313 -£37,326 p.a.
Qualifications
You will be educated to degree level with at least three years of significant project management, advocacy and (...)

Funded by the European Commission Community Action Programme to Combat Social Exclusion 2002-2006, Mental Health Europe (MHE) issued a new publication, "From Exclusion to Inclusion – The Way Forward to Promoting Social Inclusion of People with Mental Health Problems". The report focuses on the social inclusion of people with mental health problems across the 27 Member States of the European Union.
Given the high level of stigma, discrimination and social exclusion experienced by (...)

http://www.iavi.org/ The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative commissioned the George Institute for International Health to undertake a study to discover what would advance the AIDS vaccine pipeline.
With over 33 million people now living with HIV and millions more people becoming infected every year, the search for a vaccine is a critical part of a comprehensive and sustainable response to HIV. And there is good scientific evidence to suggest that an AIDS vaccine is possible.
The (...)

The European AIDS Treatment Group (EATG) is supporting the creation of a new network of activists from Italy, Spain, France and Portugal (SENCA) because in parts of Southern Europe, liver failure is now the leading cause of death among HIV-positive people.
In various areas of Southern Europe, liver failure is now the leading cause of death among HIV-positive people. Several factors contribute to the situation:
Hepatitis C is prevalent among people living with HIV; 30 to 70% are (...)

The 5th World Congress on Prevention of Diabetes and its Complications (WCPD 2008) will be held in Helsinki, Finland, in June 1-4, 2008, jointly hosted by the Finnish National Public Health Institute (KTL) and the Finnish Diabetes Association
http://www.diabetes.fi
The World Congress on the Prevention of Diabetes and its Complications (WPCD) will present over one hundred lectures by top experts and provide an important opportunity to meet colleagues and scientists from all over the world (...)

The Smokefree Partnership is preparing a series of briefing papers about the WHO FCTC to inform policy makers of their obligations and to ensure that the Convention becomes a concrete reality.
The FCTC was developed in response to the increased globalisation of the patterns of tobacco use and was adopted by the World Health Assembly in May 2003. It is the world’s first international public health treaty and has since been ratified by 152 countries, including the European Commission (...)

The Royal College of Physicians has published volume 19 of its Horizons in Medicine series
http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/pubs/bro...
The Horizons in Medicine series provides essential information on various specialties for a wide range of readers.
Based on the Advanced Medicine conference organised annually by the Royal College of Physicians, this issue provides scientific information combined with key lessons in clinical practice. It includes important updates on emerging infectious diseases (...)

http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/index.asp
On Tuesday 29 April 2008, the Royal College of Physicians is holding an event entitled "Global Health: Current Issues, Future Trends and Foreign Policy"
The event will explore the growing UK debate on global health, with updates on communicable and chronic disease. The conference will discuss the latest UK Government initiatives and publications. Experts from the clinical and policy worlds will examine the role the UK has to play through its foreign (...)