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

EPHA’s Health Equity Feed brings you the latest news, events, and research on health equity in Europe and beyond. This first edition of 2026 highlights how health inequities are increasingly shaped by ...

EPHA and TMG Think Tank’s Roadmap for a European Food Policy Council: A Complementary Governance Framework is now out. Europe’s food systems face mounting pressures and are a major driver of both ...

Europe’s future depends on the health of its people. EPHA has proudly co-signed a joint letter alongside more than 490 healthcare experts, scientists, and patient advocates urging EU leaders and ...

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 revision of the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) represents a critical opportunity to strengthen Europe’s cancer prevention agenda. Tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of cancer in ...

The European Week Against Cancer, a flagship initiative from the Association of European Cancer Leagues (ECL), is a timely reminder of the urgency to implement the new European Code Against Cancer ...

The draft 2026 EU4Health Work Programme, presented by the European Commission to Member States on 24 February, again excludes operating grants for health civil society. In a newly issued non-paper ...

Each year, pollution claims and affects hundreds of thousands of lives across Europe. Even as air pollution levels continue to decline, it is still expected to cause around 200,000 premature deaths ...

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 ...

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 ...

Vehicle emissions are a major source of air pollution in Europe, contributing to chronic respiratory and cardiovascular illness, pregnancy complications, lost productivity, and reduced quality of life ...