Today at 17:00 CET, EPHA’s Tomas de Jong joins the ERN ITHACA webinar on “Genetics and Unique Populations: the Finnish, Roma & Irish Travellers”. Bringing a #HealthEquity lens to how EU policy can make genetic screening inclusive. 🔗 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/44babe...

Today is @unep.org International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies! 🔗 Learn more in EUHAC's brand-new infographic! epha.org/new-infograp... #CleanAirDay

Formal complaint to the @ec.europa.eu on the 2025 #EU4Health operating grant procedure! 🔗 Read the letter: eu4health.eu/formal-compl...

Shifting the Focus: A Case for a Positive Mental Health Framework in Europe The Open Letter from the @epha-eu.bsky.social members Jaisalmer de Frutos Lucas - PhD, MPH, Alessandro L. Gallina, and Brigid Transon: mentalhealthopen.eu/index.php/mh... #MentalHealthOpen #GlobalInMind #EPHA

What does equitable digital transformation look like? A new article co-authored by EPHA explores Roma girls’ health, digital inclusion & EU policy 💻 🔗 Read the full article: www.frontiersin.org/journals/soc...

🚨 EPHA calls on UN negotiators to strengthen the Political Declaration on NCDs & Mental Health 📄 Read our open letter here: epha.org/european-pub...

EPHA responds to @ec.europa.eu Call for Evidence on EU Cardiovascular Health Plan. 🫀 📝 Paper: epha.org/ephas-vision... 📰 Press release: epha.org/epha-urges-e...

❗#EU4Health 2025 drops operating grants for health NGOs. 30 orgs left without funding, despite @ec.europa.eu agreements. This is a blow to democracy, equity & transparency. 📣 We call on the European Commission to restore support & defend public health. 🔗 Full reaction: epha.org/epha-stateme...

EPHA responded to the EU’s public consultation on the 2026–2030 Anti-Racism Strategy, calling for action on racism as a driver of health inequity. ⚖️ Key demands: recognition, data, accountability, and community participation. 🔗 Read our full submission here: epha.org/epha-respond...

📢 July’s #HealthEquity newsfeed is here! Challenges are deepening, but solutions are emerging. This edition features: 🔶 A new WHO equity report 🔶 An MEP call for action on #WomensHealth 🔶 Research on disparities across key groups 🔗 Read more: epha.org/health-equit...

Public health must not be silent. Gaza is facing a catastrophic collapse of health systems, infrastructure, and basic determinants of life. 📣 Health requires peace. Silence is not neutrality. 🔗 epha.org/joint-public...

🚨 EPHA project PLAN’EAT publishes first key findings! #FoodSystems and dietary shifts could dramatically reduce disease burden and environmental damage in Europe. 📰 Read more: epha.org/whats-on-you... @truecostaccounting.bsky.social @erikmathijs.bsky.social

Warm welcome to JOGG joining EPHA’s growing membership! 🎉 Since 2010, this Dutch public health org has worked to enable every child can grow up with access to healthy food, physical activity, and relaxation. 🚲 #ChildHealth #HealthyCommunities #PublicHealth #EPHAMembers #Prevention #EUHealth

EUHAC demands clean air and disease prevention as priorities in next #EUbudget. 🌍 ❌ End harmful subsidies ✅ Invest in clean air 💶 Save lives, reduce health costs 📝 Read our call: healthyaircoalition.eu/2025/07/09/h... #CleanAir #HealthEquity #AirPollution #MFF2027

🌍 We’re thrilled to see the Civil Society State of the Union 2025 report! Grateful to @eucivilsociety.bsky.social who brought this publication to life. 📖 Read the full report: civilsocietyeurope.eu/cssoteu-2025/ #CSSOTEU #EUCivilSociety #StateOfTheUnion #PublicHealth #SocialJustice #CivilSociety

@ec.europa.eu Life Sciences Strategy: strong focus on innovation, competitiveness, and resilience, but where is Prevention and Equity? ⚖️ 👉Read our full EPHA opinion piece here: epha.org/choose-europ... #Europe #LifeScience #Innovation #Competitiveness #HealthEquity

@ec.europa.eu proposes 90% emission reduction by 2040 with profound positive implications but carbon credits risk missing health & economic benefits ⚠️ 📄 Read the piece by Sara Bertucci and Alessandro Gallina: epha.org/safeguarding... #ClimateHealth #EUClimateTarget #HealthEquity #ClimateAction

We are thrilled to welcome Rypple to the EPHA family! 🥳 Rypple is a global health ecosystem hub working to shift health systems from disease treatment to prevention. ⚕️ #FutureOfHealth #HealthSystems #GlobalHealth #HealthEquity #EPHAMembers #PreventionFirst #SustainableHealth #EUHealth

EPHA welcomes the Infectious Disease Alliance (IDA) as a member! IDA envisions a world with a significantly reduced #InfectiousDiseases burden, where everyone, regardless of location, has access to prevention and treatment. #PublicHealth #EPHAMembers #EUHealthPolicy

#UnitedNations General Assembly is negotiating a political declaration on non communicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health conditions. ❗ EPHA and 31 other members of WHO Civil Society Working Group on NCDs respond: 🔗 t.co/jvDRL86CzR #MentalHealth #NonCommunicable #Disease #UNGA

EPHA welcomes a new member: @globalinmind.bsky.social! Global In Mind is a non-profit working on worldwide #MentalHealth awareness, research, education and training, and support to governments and organisations🫂 #member #celebration #community

🧠 Over 9 million people in Europe live with #dementia - projected to double by 2050. 🔗 The guest article by Angela Bradshaw, at Alzheimer Europe discusses potential links between #AirPollution and dementia: epha.org/addressing-a... #air #pollution

EPHA & @europeancancer.bsky.social hosted a webinar on “Combating Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare,” exploring the impact of structural barriers on access to cancer care along #ethnic and gender lines. 🔍 Read the key takeaways & solutions: epha.org/event-report... #webinar #report #cancer

A year into their term, EPHA’s Board reflects: 🌍 In permanent crisis - conflict, climate, pandemics, health is a fundamental pillar of democracy, security, and social cohesion. 📢 Read the full statement: epha.org/epha-board-s... #HealthAsDemocracy #CivilSociety #EPHA

🧑‍🌾 Agriculture shapes more than fields and yields. As Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) accelerates, #health is still strikingly absent - our latest opinion piece argues for its place at the heart of the policy. 📄 Read more: epha.org/food-farms-a... #EUFarmPolicy #OneHealth #FoodSystems #CAP

🔍 One look around your house or workplace might reveal a toxic truth: we are surrounded by products containing harmful #PFAS everywhere we go. 🔗 Guest article by @albagilca.bsky.social, Association of European Cancer Leagues (ECL) discussing #cancer policy and pollution: epha.org/forever-chem...

🗑️ As the primary users of medical consumables, #nurses generate the most waste, most of which is plastic based or wrapped. 🔗 @gallagherrose.bsky.social, @rcn.org.uk Royal College of Nursing, talks about potential solutions: epha.org/world-enviro...

⚠️ Our #health is threatened by climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. 💶 Does the new multiannual financial framework ( #MFF) address this triple crisis? 🔗 Read the guest article by Claudio Lanza, @healthandenv.bsky.social: epha.org/financing-ze...

📢 Read the latest issue of EPHA’s monthly newsletter – “Slashing Pollution is Protecting Public Health” 🌍 🔗 epha.org/slashing-pol... ⚠️ Europe must implement environmental laws, and recommit to protecting everyone from preventable pollution-related health harms. #Environment #Health #Newsletter

🪷 Youth are not just users of digital health tools — they are stakeholders whose voices are essential to shaping more inclusive and healthier futures. Read the guest article by Davit Kvrividze: 🔗 epha.org/from-users-t... #youth #digital #health #EuropeanMentalHealthWeek

🤖 The paradox we face in psychiatric crisis care: the more precise our tools become, the more we risk overlooking the signs. Read the guest article by Nancy De Jesus talking about AI tools in psychiatric care: 🔗 epha.org/when-digital... #psychiatric #care #EuropeanMentalHealthWeek

☠️ Digital platforms contain harmful narratives: false health claims, toxic amplification of fear and stigma... An EU Mental Health Strategy could turn our digital evolution into a wellbeing revolution. 🔗 epha.org/protecting-m... #harmful #toxic #wellbeing #revolution #EuropeanMentalHealthWeek

Happy to share this @epha-eu.bsky.social report around Better Indicators for Mental Health & Wellbeing, where I participated as a collaborating expert: epha.org/building-bet... #MentalHealth #publichealth #policy #European #MentalWellbeing

With great pleasure, we announce that we are now members of the @epha-eu.bsky.social EPHA advocates for better health by bringing together public health civil society organisations, including health professionals, patient groups, and disease-focused associations. epha.org/about-us/mem...

Watch as Vicky Cann from Corporate Europe Observatory explores the topic of the Better Regulation agenda, as part of the Better Regulation for Better Health project! www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGl-... #BRBH @clemricherdel.bsky.social @eleanorbrooks.bsky.social

Next up in our 'Meet the Trainees' series: Suzan Otay, our Policy Trainee! Read her full interview on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/europe...

🤳 Human beings are wired for #connection. In a world that often mistakes disconnection for independence, we’re learning that connection is a pillar in the architecture of wellbeing. Guest article by Sofia de la Fuente Garcia: 🔗 epha.org/more-than-a-... #human #wellbeing #EuropeanMentalHealthWeek

We thank everyone who joined us for our webinar “From Digital Strain to Digital Strength: Rethinking Burnout Prevention in Healthcare,” held during European Mental Health Week! To watch the event recording, please visit our YouTube channel: youtu.be/b1M4Lp2azRc #EMHW @mentalhealtheurope.bsky.social

Happening in 2 hours! Join us for #EMHW! ⬇️

🔷 On 21 May the EU Healthy Air Coalition’s 8 founding members had the opportunity to meet with Pernille Weiss-Ehler from the Cabinet of Commissioner Roswall. 🌬️ We brought health voices to the table to highlight why clean air matters for everyone’s wellbeing.

Next up in our 'Meet the Trainees' series: Mladen Hadžić, our Communications trainee! See the full Q&A here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

This Friday, join us 12:30 - 13:00 CEST for our webinar 'From Digital Strain to Digital Strength: Rethinking burnout prevention in healthcare' as part of #EuropeanMentalHealthWeek ! @mentalhealtheurope.bsky.social epha.org/events/digit...

❗ Single-Session Interventions (SSIs) are deliver #therapeutic support in just one encounter. They could be crucial as most mental health users only ever attend one session. Guest article by Almudena Trucharte Martínez: 🔗 epha.org/fostering-em... #mental #health #EuropeanMentalHealthWeek

📢 Read the latest issue of EPHA’s monthly #Newsletter - “Advancing Human-Centred Innovation for Mental Wellbeing” 🎭 Mental health isn't just absence of problems, individuals should thrive, and contribute meaningfully to society. 🔗 epha.org/advancing-hu... #wellbeing #EuropeanMentalHealthWeek

Watch our video policy making and the Better Regulation agenda with Dr @eleanorbrooks.bsky.social from The University of Edinburgh, created as part of the Better Regulation for Better Health project:

We are happy to see our work acknowledged in this article by Horizon magazine, shedding light on an overlooked public health challenge in Europe: micronutrient deficiencies. Read now:

Next in our 'Meet EPHA's Trainees' series: Siphokazi Matika, our Health Equity Policy Trainee! Read the full Q&A here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... ➡️Stay tuned next week for our next Q&A!

Leading public health committee MEPs have supported calls on the EC to adopt a 2025 workplan for health & fund civil society organisations. The calls were in an open letter sent on 10 April from the EU4Health Civil Society Alliance to @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu eu4health.eu/leading-publ...

We’re excited to launch a new series introducing the brilliant public health advocates pursuing a traineeship at EPHA! First up: Aleksandar Radulović, Organisational Development Trainee! Read his full Q&A: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

🌬️ On 24.03, EUHAC members shared their journey towards EU #clean #air legislation in pre-conference event @ Cartagena, Colombia. 🔗 Read our post-event article here: healthyaircoalition.eu/2025/05/02/e... 🔵 This was part of the second @who.int Second Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health.