This year, plastic pollution rightly takes centre stage on World Environment Day. The proliferation of plastics in our oceans, soils, and even our bodies is exemplary of the web of commercial, ...

The precautionary principle – which calls for preventive action in the face of scientific uncertainty – must be the guiding star of the European Commission’s response to PFAS. Given the growing body ...

Therefore, public health should be central to the EU’s financial future. This means stepping up of EU investments in better health -not pollution, strengthening health safeguards and performance, and ...

Nursing, as a profession, is critical to the delivery of care – and with that central role comes a significant environmental footprint. Approximately 3.6 million nurses in Europe deliver care on a ...

The European Commission is developing a post-2025 EU Anti-racism Action Plan (EU ARAP), one of the first initiatives announced by President von der Leyen to advance a Union of Equality as outlined in ...

Guest article by Béatrice Morio, Chair of the Healthy Diet, Healthy Life (HDHL) Initiative and Jessica Doppler, Coordinator of the HDHL secretariat Food is a fundamental human need, yet today’s food ...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) stands out as one of the most pressing and intricate global health threats of our time. This escalating crisis bridges human, animal, and environmental health, ...

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The European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) is grateful for the opportunity to provide input on the WHO’s COP29 Special Report on Climate Change and Health. We recognise the urgent need to frame ...

Health and environmental stakeholders have been closely following the recent changeover in EU leadership with apprehension and a central question in mind: What will become of the EU’s ambitions to ...

According to current data AMR causes 1.27 million deaths every year. If no further action is taken in the right direction, by 2050 it could cause as many as 10 million deaths annually, which is more ...