In the face of multiple converging crises, Europe must throw its regulatory weight behind an ambitious and equitable reform of the food system. A public health vision centred on the health of people, ...

On brake pollution, conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) cars mainly use disc brakes to slow the car down, which emits particle pollution. In contrast, EVs use “regenerative braking” as it ...

Achieving deep reductions in farm antibiotics use will require widespread changes in animal husbandry practices towards higher animal welfare, argues a new paper written for EPHA. On 28 January 2022, ...

This study aims to present the overall picture of Roma health status and the Roma health gap in order to demonstrate that good Roma health outcomes require a holistic, cross sectoral approach. The ...

In the face of an unprecedented public health catastrophe in Gaza, three leading European and international public health organisations – the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA), the European ...

21 October 2020, Brussels – Air pollution costs the average European city resident €1,276 per year, according to the largest study of its kind. Though Bucharest in Romania tops the Europe chart for ...

Food environments shape what food we buy and eat. Food environments are the physical, economic, political and socio-cultural contexts in which people engage with the food system to make their ...

The emergence of COVID-19 as a public health emergency by the World Health Organization has led to a number of precautionary measures such as quarantines, social distancing or in some cases total ...

Guest article by Johanna Schima (Vice President & Head of EU Team), Make Mothers Matter ...

Although it is unclear by whom the term ‘medical deserts’ was first introduced, it appears to have been progressively discussed since the early 2000s. Especially over the last decade, it has become a ...

Gender inequalities have increasingly become visible, reported, and acknowledged in Europe over the past decades. However, according to the World Health Organization, gender inequalities alongside ...

Disclaimer: the opinions – including possible policy recommendations – expressed in the article are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of EPHA. The mere ...