European schools should focus on building positive mental health and resilience in students, rather than just diagnosing and ...

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 ...

Today’s publication of the European Commission commitments to improving cardiovascular health in Europe, unveiled as “Safe Hearts Plan”, has been much anticipated and marks a significant moment for ...

Lung cancer is the world’s biggest cancer killer. In the WHO European Region in 2021, it claimed 444,900 lives, cost societies €233 billion, and accounted for 10 million healthy years of life lost.

The use of gluten and other allergens in Food Contact Materials has been researched for decades. However, since the EU launched its ban to single-use plastic materials, such as plates, cutlery, straws ...

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 ...

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

EPHA has reviewed the European Commission’s recent report on the implementation and evaluation of the Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan (EBCP). Launched in 2021, the plan was initially met with enthusiasm ...

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 ...

It offers a fusion of the author’s three decades of professional learning, offering snippets from her training as an applied geneticist, from her fifteen academic years of research and teaching, and ...

Europe has made important strides in updating its ambient air quality rules and building law, but the places where we spend 90% of our lives still lack a dedicated, harmonised EU framework for indoor ...

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 ...