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Implementing Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan means turning goals for improved chronic disease prevention into reality
Today, on the occasion of the last day of the European Week Against Cancer and the World No Tobacco Day, the European Chronic Disease Alliance (ECDA) issues a statement on the implementation of the Europe’s Beating Cancer…
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…
