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Whilst supporting mobility of patients and professionals within Europe, EPHA recommands a cautious approach to encouring mobility for the purpose of seeking care as it risks impacting negatively on health outcomes in affected countries.

EPHA promotes coherent policies that affect patient rights (including mobility) and investment in patient-centric health care and health promoting services.

EPHA aims to increase awareness and understanding amongst policy makers of the importance of tailored measures aimed at vulnerable groups, allowing them to access quality care.

About: Chronic Diseases , Development and Health , Rare diseases , Healthcare services , Services General Interest (SGI) , European Working Time Directive (EWTD) , Patient safety , Cross Border Healthcare Directive , eHealth , professional mobility , patient rights , vulnerable groups , exclusion , health system , clinical trials , single market , family , equality

29/09/2012

EPHA contribution to the Commisison consultation on Urban Mobility

EPHA strongly believes that urban mobility policies have a considerable impact on the population’s health and that the current EU framework represents an opportunity to fight against the burden of chronic non-communicable diseases now and in the future. EPHA shared its concerns and suggestions for future improvement in its contribution to the Commission consultation on the implementation of the Action Plan on Urban Mobility. While the European Commission Action Plan on Urban Mobility (...)
About : air pollution , Air Quality and Air Pollution , Cancer , children and adolescents , Children health , Chronic Diseases , environment , Health Inequalities , physical activity , prevention , promotion
30/08/2012

Citizens Initiative to repeal climate change package

In early August the European Commission admitted an European Citizens Initiative (ECI) proposal to “Suspend the 2009 EU Climate & Energy Package- the EU’s plans for cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 20% and to increase the use of renewable energy by 2020. The objective of the initiative aims to halt “further climate regulations until a climate agreement is signed by major CO2 emitters - China, USA, and India. The organisers can now start collecting the one million (...)
About : air pollution , air quality , Air Quality and Air Pollution , Chronic Diseases , climate change , environment , EU Institutions , European Citizens’ Initiative
30/08/2012

Rio + 20 - Wins and losses for public health

The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) on 20-22 June 2012 marked the 20th anniversary of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro, and the 10th anniversary of the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg. The Conference focused on two themes: (a) the green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication; and (b) the institutional framework for sustainable (...)
About : Access to Medicines , beyond-GDP , Chronic Diseases , Civil Society , Development and Health , global health , Health professionals , mental health
30/08/2012

Eurocare publishes its recommendations on a future Alcohol Strategy

The European Commission is currently evaluating the European Alcohol Strategy to support Member States in reducing alcohol-related harm. Eurocare An EPHA member expert on alcohol-related issues, has published their recommendations on a future EU Alcohol Strategy, covering the period 2013-2020. The recommendations are formulated around a number of priority areas: regulation of marketing, price and taxation, consumer protection including consumer information, public safety and harm (...)
About : Addictive and harmful substances and behaviours , alcohol , children and adolescents , Chronic Diseases , direct to consumer advertising , European Commission , Health Inequalities , prevention , promotion
30/08/2012

Council Conclusions on the EU Drugs Strategy 2013-2020

In view of the forthcoming adoption of the EU Drugs Strategy 2013-2020, the Council of the European Union published in June its Conclusions on the Strategy. EPHA summarises these below. The Council conclusions on the new EU Drugs Strategy lay out the state of play of the drug use and its implications in the EU: heroin use is the biggest drug problem, cannabis is the most commonly illicit drug used in the EU, followed by cocaine, worrying developments are happening in the synthetic (...)
About : Addictive and harmful substances and behaviours , Chronic Diseases , Communicable Diseases , council of the european union , Drugs and Substance Dependance , european council , Health Inequalities , HIV/AIDS , prevention , promotion
30/08/2012

Alcohol advertising to be banned in Russia

The Russian Federation has just passed a bill banning alcohol advertising on a broad range of platforms. The public health community strongly welcomes the move. In an attempt to curb Russia’s chronic alcohol abuse problems (the country has double the WHO critical level of use) the State Duma, Russia’s lower house, passed in mid-July a bill restricting alcohol advertising on a wide range of platforms. This measure will be implemented in a two-fold process: Since 23rd July 2012 (...)
About : Addictive and harmful substances and behaviours , alcohol , Cancer , children and adolescents , Chronic Diseases , direct to consumer advertising , harmful behaviours , Health Inequalities , prevention , promotion
19/07/2012

EPHA Press Release: A legacy of obesity and diabetes? - The International Olympic Committee embraces the junk food industry to sponsor the Olympics

Brussels, July 19 - In a shocking move, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has just signed, until 2020, a sponsorship agreement with Coca-Cola, McDonalds and the confectionery company Cadbury. A poorly-judged decision if the IOC is to stand up for its Olympic philosophy of life: “exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, will and mind.”(1) Practising and enjoying sports and physical activity help protect against numerous and serious chronic (...)
About : children and adolescents , Chronic Diseases , Consumer Protection , food, diet and nutrition , obesity , prevention
5/07/2012

EPHA calls on the Danish government to maintain its leadership in public health in Europe

EPHA reacted in an open letter to an article published last July 1 in the Belingske Tiderne, a Danish Newspaper. The story reported on discussions and negotiations on the Danish tax reform, and in particular, about a possible withdrawal of the Danish tax on saturated fat. The statement, addressed to Möger Thor Pedersen, Minister of taxation and Astrid Krag Kristensen, Minister of health and prevention, emphasises the importance of maintaining the tax and thus the country leadership in (...)
About : agriculture , Cancer , Chronic Diseases , Diabetes , food, diet and nutrition , Health Inequalities , Non-communicable diseases , prevention , promotion
30/08/2012

EPHA’s Report on Environment and Health

Global warming and climate change are two of the greatest challenges faced today. However, the environment is not merely a matter of water, air pollution, or soil quality - it encompasses a broader range of issues. In this Report the European Public Health Alliance focuses on our closest environment, the one in which people are born, grow up, play, live, work and age. According to the World Health Organization, between 14% and 19% of diseases are caused by environmental exposures. (...)
About : second-hand smoke , air pollution , air quality , Air Quality and Air Pollution , children and adolescents , Children health , Chronic Diseases , food, diet and nutrition , Health Inequalities , Non-communicable diseases , physical activity , prevention , promotion
31/05/2012

The Smoke Free Partnership releases a report on Tobacco industry preventing the strengthening of European tobacco legislation

Coinciding with the World No Tobacco Day (May 31st), a new report has been published which reveals how tobacco companies worked to prevent the strengthening of European tobacco legislation such as improvements to tobacco labelling and the removal of misleading terms such as ‘light’ and ‘mild’. The report was commissioned by the Smoke Free Partnership (SFP) through a [Cancer Research UK >www.cancerresearchuk.org] grant and carried out by academic researchers. It (...)
About : second-hand smoke , Addictive and harmful substances and behaviours , Chronic Diseases , Non-communicable diseases , prevention , tobacco and smoking

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