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Extending the mandate of the ECDC towards an integrated public health approach: Joint letter from health organisations
Organisations from across the health spectrum call on the EU Council to extend the mandate of the EU agency to other areas of public health, as a response to the learnings of the COVID-19 pandemic and a forward-looking…
Making chronic disease prevention matter in Europe – ECDA’s statement ahead of the European Parliament’s vote on the EU4Health programme
Prevention is a priority in the EU4Health programme, as it should be. ECDA calls on the European Parliament to adopt the provisional agreement of December 2020 to ensure that the Programme can rapidly assume its mission of…
Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan provides hope for chronic disease prevention
The European Chronic Disease Alliance (ECDA) welcomes the prevention pillar of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan, published on 3rd February 2021, that places prevention at the heart of the EU’s fight against cancer and other…
Food labelling – ECDA’s response to the Commission’s consultation
The European Chronic Disease Alliance (ECDA) welcomes the opportunity to provide input on the Commission’s inception impact assessment on an EU system on front-of-pack (FOP) nutrition labelling, envisioned as a cornerstone of…
