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Under the EU Treaty, the EU can take action on health. It must aim to improve public health, prevent human illness and diseases, and identify sources of danger to human health, while fully respecting the responsibilities of the Member States for the organisation and delivery of health services and health care.

In practice though, several EU policies impact on health and health systems (be it on professional mobility, agriculture and food, research etc...)

EPHA aims to provide information on the EU institutions and their funding mechanisms in this section.

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7/05/2013

[Water is a Human Right campaign] First ever European Citizens Initiative to make it !

Brussels, 7 May - The first ever European Citizens Initiative (ECI) – Water is a Human Right! – has collected over 1.5 million signatures across Europe. Eight countries have just passed the minimum number of signatures required. The European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Water is a Human Right!’ is a pan-European initiative calling for the European Union (EU) to guarantee clean drinking water and quality sanitation for everyone living in Europe. EPHA, one of the (...)
About : EU Institutions , Fundamental Rights , Health Rights and Patients , Health-promoting environment , poverty and health , vulnerable groups , Water
1/05/2013

European Year for Citizens - moving to a Union for Citizens

On 23 April 2013 the European Ombudsman, P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, organised a high level event to help focus on European citizens and how they can contribute to shaping the European Union. The Ombudsman was joined by, among others, Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament, Viviane Reding, Vice-President of the European Commission, and Maroš Šefčovič Vice-President of the European Commission. EPHA congratulates the European Ombudsman for addressing the (...)
About : Civil Society , Economic crisis , EU Institutions , European Citizens’ Initiative , rights of people with disabilities , social inclusion
1/05/2013

[EPHA Call to Action] Health in the reform of economic governance

EPHA has launched a call for action for health, civil society and the reform of EU economic governance. Since the financial crisis began in 2007, the EU has introduced numerous new mechanisms, such as tighter coordination of economic and fiscal policies, to alleviate the current symptoms and prevent their recurrence. Several of those measures have impacts on health systems and consequently on health. The EU nowadays has stronger influence and control over national health systems than it (...)
About : Civil Society , Economic crisis , economic policies , EU Institutions , financial , social inclusion , Social Issues , social policy
24/05/2013

Policy responses to the economic crisis – a shift towards investing in health?

About : Access to Medicines , Civil Society , council of the european union , Economic crisis , economic policies , EU Institutions , financial , health system , Innovation , patient rights
18/03/2013

[Save the date - Tues. 19 March] Water is a Human Right - European citizens initiative’s event

On the occasion of World Water Day, Water is a Human Right campaign organises a workshop on the Right to Water in Europe, on 19 March from 6PM till 8PM. The evenT will take place at the European Parliament (Brussels) - room A3H1. Water is a public good, not a commodity. Water is a Human Right campaign invites the European Commission to propose legislation implementing the human right to water and sanitation as recognised by the United Nations, and promoting the provision of water and (...)
About : environment , EU Institutions , Fundamental Rights , Health Rights and Patients , poverty and health , water pollution
11/04/2013

[EPT] Fund for European Aid - European Fund - Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (updated on 18 March)

Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived The European Commission (DG Employment) has proposed to set up a European Aid Fund to help the most deprived persons in the EU. A successor to the Food Aid to the Most Deprived, this new Fund would support member state schemes not only by providing food aid to the most deprived people, but also clothing and other essential goods to homeless people and materially-deprived children (such as shoes, soap and shampoo). The proposal is yet to be (...)
About : agriculture , CAP reform , Children health , Civil Society , council of the european union , EU funds , EU Institutions , Europe 2020 , farmers , food safety , food security , Innovation , poverty and health , prevention , Research , social determinants of health , social policy , Sustainable Development , vulnerable groups
18/03/2013

Can Health Impact Assessment methods be used to tackle global health equity?

A recent survey has examined if current health impact assessment (HIA) methods could be used to tackle global health equity. The poll shows that HIA do not address the issue of equity adequately. Existing HIAs will therefore require new, more sensitive tools measurements. The study looks at whether health equity impact assessments can be used to measure economic agreements, market regulation, and public policies. The results has proven that in current HIAs, equity is not addressed (...)
About : better regulation , beyond-GDP , Civil Society , economic policies , equity , EU Institutions , Health Inequalities , impact assessment , Transparency
1/03/2013

[Assessment] Europe 2020 Flagship Initiative: European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion

Within the context of a comprehensive assessment of the state of play of the Europe 2020 strategy and its flagship initiatives, the Committee of the Regions (CoR) has started preparing a survey on the ’European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion’, as seen from a regional perspective. The result of this survey will feed into a Conference on the same topic that the CoR will hold on 29 May 2013 in Brussels. The Conference ’European platform against poverty’ (...)
About : equity , EU Institutions , Europe 2020 , Health Inequalities , poverty and health , Research , social inclusion , Social Issues , social policy , social protection
1/03/2013

[The Brussels Business] Interactive website and film

Arte TV, a Franco-German TV network, has just launched an online interactive app to foster dialogue between Brussels-based representatives in the EU Parliament and citizens, so both get to debate EU related issues online. The Brussels Business Online - Have your say The concept is simple: For eight weeks, the Arte TV team will be based inside the EU Parliament in Brussels in order to offer a “window of dialogue and action” on issues debated among EU lawmakers. This (...)
About : Austerity , Consumer Protection , direct to consumer advertising , EU budget , EU Institutions , Europe 2020 , European Parliament
1/03/2013

EU budget 2014-2020: EU leaders agree to historic cut

Following over a year of negotiations and a final 24 hour-long summit, the EU budget 2014-2020 was agreed on 8 February. Smaller than the current 2007-2013 budget, the new EU budget (called multiannual financial framework) sets the EU financial priorities and spending limits until 2020. This is the first time in the Union’s history that a net reduction on its budget has been made. The deal struck roughly represents 1% of EU Gross National Income. The net reduction comes at a time when (...)
About : agriculture , beyond-GDP , Civil Society , Development and Health , eHealth , EU budget , EU Institutions , public health programme , social policy , youth

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