Publications and Events

The WHO/Europe’s publication entitled "Protecting health in Europe from climate change" urges European countries to strengthen their health system to respond to health threats due to climate change.
It is generally accepted by the scientific community that climate change affects health through changing weather patterns and altering ecosystems. These aspects are crucial determinants of availability and quality of necessary resources such as water, food and air that shape livelihoods.
The (...)

Injuries in the European Union- Statistics Summary 2003-2005]
On 3 April 2008, Eurosafe issued a new report on injury prevention.
The report "Injuries in the European Union - Statistics Summary 2003 -2005" launched at the beginning of April shows that injury is one of the biggest threats facing Europe today.
The findings highlighted in the report unveil an underestimated reality: in Europe, hundreds of thousands people die every year of injuries and millions become disable.
In fact, every (...)

The Royal College of Physicians issued a new publication entitled "Osteoarthritis" that provides guidelines for care and management of osteoarthritis.
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis and one of the leading causes of pain and disability. Frequently described as ’wear and tear’ its symptoms vary from minimal to severe pain and stiffness and its prevalence increases steadily with age.
OA is responsible for considerable morbidity and is a common reason for medical (...)

Active Citizenship Network calls upon interested parties to support an online petition to institutionalize the 18 of April as the official European Patients’ Rights Day.
On 18 April Active Citizenship Network is promoting the celebration of a European Patients’ Rights Day in all EU Member States as an occasion to inform, discuss and take commitments to improve patients’ rights in Europe.
This initiative has received the patronage of the European Parliament, the European (...)

EPHA is a partner in an European Project to bring researcher closer to society. The STACS project: Science, Technology and Civiel Society, funded by the European Commission, DG Research has the purpose to support the active participation of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in research project. One of the deliverables of the STACS project was the creation of an interactive European Plaftorm in form of the Citizens-Science website
The interactive European platform in form of the (...)

A scientific publication entitled "Responding to the challenge of cancer in Europe" was issued to provide policy recommendations for public authorities and stakeholders concerned with the prevention, management and palliation of cancer.
With support from the Slovenian Presidency, a book entitled "Responding to the challenge of cancer in Europe" was issued by the umbrella Fighting Against Cancer Today (FACT) representing internationally-recognised EU public health institutes.
Cancer (...)

The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) will hold a seminar on "Global Substantive Health Issues" on 5 and 6 June 2008. The seminar will take place at the University of Warwick.
Links between health and human rights have historically been two-fold. First, in terms of access to health care. Second, where human rights abuses, such as torture, have impacted upon health (Mann et al 1999a).
More recently, wider public health issues are also being addressed using rights-based approaches. (...)

The Office for Cooperation with NGOs of the Government of Republic of Croatia organised a civil society forum entitled "Civil Dialogue in Croatia and Slovenia: Exchange of Experience and Good Practice. EPHA had the possiblity to contribute in the Forum".
By adopting the ’National Strategy for the Creation of an Enabling Environment for Civil Society Development and the Operational Implementation Plan’ in 2006, the Government of the Republic of Croatia has committed itself to take a (...)

A report examining the extent of occupational differences by gender and the impacts on the quality of working life for men and women was published in December 2007.
The report was based upon data collected by the fourth European working conditions survey carried out across 31 countries, including the 27 EU Member States.
Working Conditions in the European Union: the gender perspective Three main issues examined by the publication Working conditions in the European Union: the gender (...)

At their meeting in Funchal (Portugal) held in November 2007 the Heads of Medicines Agencies (HMA)and the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) adopted a two-year work programme to enact a European Risk Management Strategy (ERMS) on medicines.
The European Risk Management Strategy aims to conduct pharmacovigilance through measures allowing the early detection, assessment, minimisation and communication of risks of medicines in Europe during their life cycle.
For the work programme 2008-2009 the (...)