Ageing, Children and Gender Issues

EPHA sent comments to the European Parliament draft own initiative report on the 7th Environment Action Programme to ensure that the European Parliament position will take into account fostering a health-promotion physical environment as part of the future Environment Action Programme of the EU. Fostering a health-promotion physical environment as one of the core determinants of health and well-being at population level, remains one of the key policy and advocacy aims of EPHA. At the (...)

In December 2011, the Social Platform presented its recommendations on care, based on the stance that care is a human right given that everyone will be a care giver or receiver at some point in their life. The four main recommendations contain a number of proposed actions, thereby serving as tool for EU decision-makers and Member States. The policy paper ’’Recommendations on Care’’, originally released in October, was presented at the Social Platform’s annual (...)

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 answered the DG Research consultation on the European Research Area. In the EPHA response, the role of CSOs and the importance of health research are highlighted. In its position, EPHA highlights the following points: Research and innovation should address the most pressing societal challenges benefiting all members of society; Energy and climate change along with population ageing and health are some of our biggest societal challenges and must be addressed by the ERA to (...)

Eurostat has published results of a European Health Interview Survey (EHIS) showing that between 8% and 25% of adults are obese across Member States. The European Health Interview Survey EHIS aims at measuring the health status, life style and health care of citizens across the EU Member States on a harmonised basis. The results are gender sensitive and show that there is no systematic difference in obesity between women and men:the proportion of obesity was higher for women in eight (...)

The European Women’s Lobby (EWL) has initiated a broad European campaing to call for a European Year on combating and preventing violence against women. The overall aim will be to call for an EU comprehensive action on violence against women. EPHA has signed up to the call. According to the European Women’s Lobby, a European Year would be one of the best way to draw attention to violence against women and its impact on society. It would aim to raise awareness at local and (...)

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 (...)

On the 19-20 September, the second UN Summit dedicated to Health took place and focused on non communicable diseases (NCDs). Although the Summit recognized that the global burden of NCDs constitutes one of the major challenges for the twenty-first century, world leaders failed to set concrete objectives and targets to address it. The expected outcome of the UN Summit was the adoption of a Political Declaration addressing the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases. While the (...)

The World Health Organization European Region (WHO EURO) published a European Report on preventing elder maltreatment. With more than 4 million people affected by this phenomenon each year in Europe and one third of the EU population predicted to be aged over 60 years old in 2050, elder maltreatment is a real public health challenge. Defined as the physical, sexual, mental and financial abuse or neglect of people from the age of 60 years old, elder maltreatment concerns 4 million people (...)

On 25 August 2011, the European Commission published a new Report entitled "The State of Men’s Health in Europe". The document gathers data from more than 30 European countries on men’s health status, particularities and specific needs related to specific diseases. A summary of this fruitful research is available below. The European Commission recently published a Report entitled "The State of Men’s Health in Europe". Gathering data from the EU27, Norway, Iceland, (...)