Secretariat News

1. Activities and communication Health Equity Campaign EPHA attended and was one of the key speakers in a panel on public health capacities during the Polish Presidency Ministerial conference "Solidarity in Health: closing the health gap between the European Union states", taking place on 7-8 November 2011 in Poznan (Poland). The aim of the conference was to draw attention to the importance of healthcare solidarity across the EU and to adopt – with the participation of the European (...)

1. Activities and communication Health Equity Campaign During the month of October, EPHA Secretariat has been working on amending the draft Policy Recommendations for Health Equity with comments received from EPHA members and external organisations. On 7 October, EPHA’s European Charter for Health Equity was nominated for a Civil Society Prize 2011 to the European Economic and Social Committee by AGE Platform Europe. On 20 October, EPHA held a conference call with Juliette (...)

1. Activities and communication Health Equity Campaign Mid-August 2011, EPHA Secretariat launched a first round of consultations on the Policy Recommendations for Health Equity. The consultation with EPHA members and external organisations follows up on the European Charter for Health Equity and aims at developing a set of comprehensive and cross-sectoral messages for all-level decision-makers relevant for reducing health inequalities. More information on the process is available here. (...)

1. Activities and communication Children’s Health As a follow-up to the first meeting of EPHA Working Group on Children’s Health (1 June 2011), EPHA Briefing on Children’s Health is to be presented to Members who attended the meeting as well as to member organisations for which issues related to children’s health are key focus. The briefing is to be open for comments until end of August. Good diets and healthy food On 6 July 2011, the European Parliament adopted, (...)

1. Activities and communication Health Equity Campaign On 22 June 2011, EPHA Secretariat hosted a study group from Dutch Public Health municipalities. Dorota Sienkiewicz, Policy and Advocacy Officer for Health Inequalities and Policy Coherence, gave a presentation on EPHA activities in the field of health equity and presented the European Charter for Health Equity to the participants. On 6 June 2011, Dorota Sienkiewicz met with a representative from ILGA-EU (International Lesbian and Gay (...)

1. Activities and communication Health Equity Campaign EPHA Health Equity Campaign continues with the process of gathering wide support towards the European Charter for Health Equity. Specific attention is given to involving relevant stakeholders from non-health sectors to sign the Charter. EPHA Secretariat has prepared an application for the Gasten 2011 Health Award with the European Charter for Health Equity. The results of the application proceedings will be released at the Gastein (...)

1. Activities and communication Health Equity Campaign EPHA 2011 Annual Conference “Europe 2020 : Delivering a healthy and sustainable future for all ?” taking place on 14 April 2011 in Brussels, saw more than 120 multi-sectoral and multi-level stakeholders involved in an active debate to assess whether the EU 2020 Strategy will achieve better health outcomes or on the contrary will pose greater threats by increasing social and economic inequalities. Conference conclusions are (...)

1. Activity and communication 2011 EPHA Annual General Assembly As has been announced previously, EPHA’s 2011 AGA will take place on 13-15 April. This year’s AGA promises to be an exciting event including the four tried and tested components (internal business, Annual Policy Coordination Meeting, Masterclass, high level public event open to non-members) that members have told us work so well. The topic of the Masterclass will be "From policy to Strategy". The public event (...)

1. Activity and communication 2011 EPHA Annual General Assembly As announced last month, EPHA’s 2011 AGA will take place on 13-15 April at the World Health Organisation office located at the United Nations, Rue Montoyer 14, 1000 Brussels. This year’s AGA promises to be an exciting event including the four tried and tested components (internal business, Annual Policy Coordination Meeting, Masterclass, high level public event open to non-members) that members have told us work (...)

1. Activity and communication 2011 EPHA Annual General Assembly The 2011 AGA will take place on 13-15 April at the World Health Organisation office located at the United Nations, Rue Montoyer 14, in 1000 Brussels. This year’s AGA promises to be a particularly stimulating event including the four tried and tested components (internal business, Annual Policy Coordination Meeting, Masterclass, high level public event open to non-members) that members have told us work so well. The (...)