I have a new found respect for Brazil. Well done, democracy! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

1/ A new EU plan could expand access to personal data for US immigration and law enforcement. This proposal document (see article) was released without a press announcement or much mention at all, yet it contains alarming plans.

Intergenerational trauma in Poland - The Lancet Regional Health – Europe www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

🇪🇺 2025 #EU4Health work plan finally published: #NGOs to lose operational funding and #healthpromotion and #diseaseprevention to receive the smallest share of budget. health.ec.europa.eu/publications...

Cutting "red tape" (aka public protections), as Reeves is doing, does not save money. Instead, it transfers costs from the rich to the poor. Other people pay for financial recklessness, filthy rivers, air pollution, lax building standards and consumer rip-offs. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

“What makes this campaign problematic is that the only solution to #obesity being promoted (aside from surgery) is medication. No mention of #prevention even as the French govt’s obesity plan is expected in Sept". “No coincidence that they target cities known for strong obesity prevention efforts.”

The greatest gift 🎁 you can give your child? Your time. Showing up for them. Set aside 20 minutes a day to spend with your child without any distractions. #parenting

Why Progressive Governments Keep Failing — And How to Finally Win Back Voters www.socialeurope.eu/why-progress...

Some 11.8 million Americans projected to lose health insurance as Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act passes www.bmj.com/content/390/...

Destroying 50 years worth samples on women’s health studies www.cnn.com/2025/07/01/h...

Everyone in the Netherlands has forever chemicals in their blood. www.politico.eu/article/fore...

📣 Calling young local politicians! 💡 Are you under 35, working in local politics and looking to step up your impact? This autumn, join the 'School of European Policies for Local Government' in Florence - a training programme run by #Akadémeia and the Eurocities Academy. Register 👉 lnkd.in/eqpEEKYK

Teenage girls are the loneliest group in the world (24.3%, almost 1 in 4), a new WHO study finds (WHO Commission on Social Connection) www.euronews.com/health/2025/...

European Health Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi met his vaccine-skeptic U.S. counterpart Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and signalled readiness to work together in several areas. pro.politico.eu/news/200545

No comment, but i encourage you to read and reflect. www.politico.eu/article/eu-p... @pauljbelcher.bsky.social #IStandWithNGOs

UK government dropped health push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firms

EP SANT Committee set an ambitious agenda on #rarediseases, #mentalhealth in #digital age, economics of #healthpromotion and #diseaseprevention, #cancers. www.euractiv.com/section/heal...

The new study, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, indicates that for every 10% increase in the proportion of diets that were made up of ultra-processed foods, there was a 2.7% rise in the risk of premature death. Correlation, no causation.. www.euronews.com/health/2025/...

Commission analyses risks to upward social convergence in 10 EU countries, in line with new EU economic governance rules. The framework covers the following policy areas: Labour markets, Education and skills, and Social policies employment-social-affairs.ec.europa.eu/news/commiss...

Sunlit uplands update: “5 years after the UK’s exit from the EU… while patients across Europe are benefiting from a golden age of pioneering research and novel treatments, Britons with cancer have “lost out” thanks to rising prices and red tape’ #Brexit www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Misogynistic content driving UK boys to hunt vulnerable girls on suicide forums

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Simply awful, dangerous . Flemish tv and radio company VRT published results of a survey showing that TikTok and Instagram show anorexia and other eating disorders promoting clips targeting the youth within just an hour of watching. vrtnws.be/p.ewLGAAJbB

No evidence whatsoever of NGOs using EU funds in ways that are against existing EU laws, principles. This includes advocacy. #iStandWithEuNGOs

Both air pollution and climate change pose threats to human health. This Analysis argues that equitable energy transitions are critical to improving public health and reducing health inequalities www.bmj.com/content/388/...

The UK government is facing a fierce backlash over welfare cuts that a new analysis says will push an additional 250 000 people—including 50 000 children—into relative poverty in 2029-30 www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Banning smartphone and social media access alone fails to equip children for healthy use of technology, say a group of experts in this Analysis. The focus should shift to a rights based approach, underpinned by age appropriate design and education www.bmj.com/content/388/...

@freekspinnewijn.bsky.social @feantsa.bsky.social @housingeurope.bsky.social @eurohealthnet.bsky.social @carocostongs.bsky.social @pauljbelcher.bsky.social

EU governments will be expected to develop a 72-hour survival kit for citizens to face new crises, the European Commission said on Wednesday — as it set out plans for EU wide stockpiling strategy for food and medical supplies.

"EU4Health is in my opinion one of the most important programmes in the EU budget. Without health, there is no other European policy" - @tillymetz.bsky.social @greens-efa.eu @europeangreens.eu

Attention job-seeking systems thinkers in public health! My research group is hiring a post-doc to help support two big European projects on pandemic preparedness. Please share and circulate! www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...

Working on connecting the dots between #SDH #PublicHealth & #SocialPolicy & practice in the context of EU Pillar of #SocialRights: Precarious employment and health-related outcomes in the European Union: a cross-sectional study. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🆕 Newsletter from @eurohealthnet.bsky.social 🆘 Pressure grows to increase EU funding for health: "the Health Commissioner said he would try to restore Europe’s health budget, which was cut by 20 per cent" eurohealthnet.eu/publication/... @carocostongs.bsky.social @dorotasienkiewicz.bsky.social

Measles on the rise across Europe! www.euronews.com/health/2025/... but i am also curious to make a link with #SDH more broadly as a systems driven person - “Measles Outbreak in Socioeconomically Diverse Sections: A Review” pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Measles on the rise across Europe! www.euronews.com/health/2025/... but i am also curious to make a link with #SDH more broadly as a systems driven person - “Measles Outbreak in Socioeconomically Diverse Sections: A Review” pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Have a peaceful and relaxing Sunday.

Testimonies are emerging of sexual violence against women and girls attempting to enter Poland from Belarus, in a wider report on illegal pushbacks of prospective asylum seekers.

Give us back the Statue of Liberty, French politician tells US. "France should take back the Statue of Liberty because the United States no longer represents the values that led France to offer the statue, a French Euro-deputy said on March 16." www.straitstimes.com/world/europe...

New EU-funded programme boosts #healthworkforce and #mentalhealth services in the EU #EasternPartnership countries - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine. www.who.int/europe/news/...

Poorest children in the UK missing more school and further behind after Covid - up to 19 months behind peers by the time they are 16 years old. That's more than 1.5 year lost education lost. #childpoverty #CovidGeneration #SDoH #healthinequities www.bbc.com/news/article...

You are more likely to die from these diseases if you eat a lot of ultra-processed foods #UPFs.. not really surprising but still.. www.euronews.com/health/2025/...

#GenerationAI raising in Flanders. "Never did the Fleming embrace a technology faster." as AI use grows 10% between 2024-2025 (26% higher among young people). But are we ready? Do we know all do's and don'ts? vrtnws.be/p.VLmV71xvX

4.3% of Belgium's population is chronically sick and not working (500,000 people), with 2.6% receiving 'permanent' benefits until retirement (300,000). The government is reviewing step-wise #backtowork schemes to activate people's potential according to their ability to work. vrtnws.be/p.JN0OXXKWW

A mission for a better country and economy Universal school meals are not just good social policy. They can help shape dynamic markets that are green and inclusive www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/20...

HOUSING FIRST: It's 3 times cheaper to provide housing and support services to the homeless than it is to keep them on the streets. So we’re wasting A LOT of public money by not housing and supporting the homeless. Via @mattyglesias.bsky.social in @vox.com vox.com/ www.vox.com/2014/5/30/57...

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

“The results indicate that non-clinical support services, like CAP (citizens advice on prescription), may be an effective intervention for addressing the wider determinants of health and wellbeing.” #wellbeingeconomy #SDH #povertyreduction #systemsthinking #healthequity #SROI

💥The Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in Tesla, Meta, and Alphabet (Google). The fund with US $569 billion equivolent in assets is "directing more money to companies and projects that help to improve society and the environment." #Divest www.reuters.com/markets/euro...