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The European Public Health Association Newsletter – January 2020 |
1. Editorial
Welcome to our first newsletter of the year. In this newsletter you can read that we are welcoming some new members (or in new role) to the ‘EUPHA family’, as well as updates from the European Commission, WHO Regional Office for Europe, and interesting publications in Eurosurveillance and the European Journal of Public Health, and more.
Wishing you pleasant reading,
Natasha Azzopardi-Muscat, EUPHA President and Dineke Zeegers Paget, EUPHA Executive Director
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2. EUPHA update
New chair of the EUPHA Section Council: Alastair Leyland
At the EUPHA Section Council 14 and 15 January 2020 a new chair was elected: Alastair Leyland. Congratulations, Alastair! We are very delighted to have you chairing the Section Council.
Introducing EUPHA’s policy liaison officer
The EUPHA office welcomes Tugce Schmitt, EUPHA’s policy liaison officer. Tugce is based at the EUPHA satellite office in Brussels. As policy liaison officer in Brussels, Tugce supports EUPHA in its presence in the European institutions and advocates for evidence-informed health policy making.
EUPHAnxt departing team members and one new member
We are saying farewell to two lovely EUPHAnxt team members. Anton Hasselgren (EUPHAnxt partnerships manager) and Keitly Mensah (EUPHAnxt conference manager) – thank you for all your hard work and energy you put into the network.
And welcome to Monica Brinzac, the new EUPHAnxt conference manager!
EUPHA Health Workforce Research Section Mid-term Conference – abstract submission is open
EUPHA HWR section is delighted to announce its first midterm conference ‘How to make a future health workforce happen? Policy, practice and people’, which will be held in Cluj Napoca, Romania, 18-19 June 2020, in collaboration with partners and the Department of Public Health – Babeș-Bolyai University.
Abstract submission is open! Instructions for submission can be found on the website. Abstract submisison is open until 29 February 2020.
https://hwrconference.publichealth.ro/
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3. European Public Health Conference
16th World Congress on Public Health, 12 – 17 October 2020, Rome, Italy
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4. EUPHA members update
SFSP supports dry January #LeDéfiDeJanvier
‘Dry January’ is the challenge to stop drinking in the month of January. Société Française de Santé Publique (SFSP) supports this challenge. Read this and more news from the French association in their first newsletter of the year.
Newsletter of Federation for Health
The Federation for Health (EUPHA member from The Netherlands) publishes their first newsletter of the year (available in Dutch only). |
5. European Journal of Public Health
Advance Articles – January
Weight gain in early years and subsequent body mass index trajectories across birth weight groups: a prospective longitudinal study
Assessing volume and variation of low-value care practices in the Netherlands
Wood dust exposure and risks of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a meta-analysis
Bringing the commercial determinants of health out of the shadows: a review of how the commercial determinants are represented in conceptual frameworks Prevalence of three lifestyle factors among Australian adults from 2004 to 2018: an age–period–cohort analysis
https://academic.oup.com/eurpub/advance-…
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6. Call for proposals, job opportunities
Call for papers: Digital public health
In recent years the world has seen a rapid expansion in the development and use of digital technologies. These developments have had a significant impact on the lives of the global population, ranging from the widespread use of mobile phones and the introduction of social media, to 3D printers, robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Call for papers: Leveraging Data and Information Systems on the Sustainable Development Goals
This issue seeks to highlight innovative approaches and informatics methodologies used for achieving SDG and lessons learned from digital solutions. Read the full call on the journal’s website. |
7. Interesting news
E-cigarettes: how risky are they?
A Q&A on e-cigarette published by the World Health Orgnization (WHO).
Vaping epidemic a major threat to public health
21st January 2020: The World Health Organization has issued its strongest warning yet about e-cigarettes, claiming that they increase the risk of heart disease and lung disorders. It recommends governments tax the products and regulate their promotion and use.
Our best weapons against cancer are not magic bullets
A personal take on science and society in Nature Worldview by Vinay Prasad. “Better health and social policy would save more lives than sophisticated drugs.”
The Lancet Coronavirus webpage
The first reports of clinical data from initial cases of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in China are now available online. This hub page houses all articles, comments, and editorials that are received in relation to 2019-nCoV, as and when they are published.
Coronavirus–knowledge is the antidote to fear
The outbreak of a serious infectious disease is not just a biomedical event. It affects people and their communities, says Julian Sheather.
Wake-up call: 10 years remaining to address inequalities on right to health for all
The millennium development goals sought to create a global movement to achieve targets in key areas of health and development. The problem is, we failed to reach most of them. Among those missed were important health related targets: reductions in undernutrition, mortality in children under 5, maternal mortality, and incidence of HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis as well as improvements in reproductive health. Inequalities between women and men and uneven progress between wealthy and poor populations largely account for the failure. [continue reading the article on BMJ] |
8. Upcoming courses and conferences
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9. Interesting publications
Counting early deaths due to socioeconomic inequality
Affordability of the EAT-Lancet reference diet: a global analysis
The Lancet Global Health |Articles| Volume 8, ISSUE 1, Pe59-e66, January 01, 2020
Study protocol of the Healthy High School study: a school-based intervention to improve well-being among high school students in Denmark
The BMC Public Health | Study protocol | Open Access | Open Peer Review | Published: 22 January 2020 Suicide among persons who entered same-sex and opposite-sex marriage in Denmark and Sweden, 1989-2016: a binational, register-based cohort study
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health | Volume 74, Issue 1 | Research Report
Understanding the implications of the Sustainable Development Goals for health policy and systems research: results of a research priority setting exercise
Globalization & Health l Research | Published: 09 January 2020
Increasing the public health voice in global decision-making on nutrition labelling
Globalization and Health | Commentary | Published: 03 January 2020
Should health professionals participate in civil disobedience in response to the climate change health emergency?
The Lancet | Viewpoint | Volume 395, ISSUE 10220, P304-308, January 25, 2020
Health System Resilience: What Are We Talking About? A Scoping Review Mapping Characteristics and Keywords
International Journal of health POlicy and Management | Volume 9, Issue 1,
Bringing the commercial determinants of health out of the shadows: a review of how the commercial determinants are represented in conceptual frameworks
European Journal of Public Health | Advance articles | 18 January 2020
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10. European Commission news
Webinar on Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan
The next steps in the consultation process (6 February 2020, 14.30 – 16.00 CET, Meeting ID: 840 178 172 – Password: webinar2020).
Avian flu: European Commission takes action against the spread of the disease
Member States unanimously supported a Commission proposal consolidating the protective measures in relation to outbreaks of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) of subtype H5N8 in the four affected Member States (Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania). Read the full news update on the Commission’s website.
The Steering Group on Health Promotion, Disease Prevention and Management of Non-Communicable Diseases holds its Formal Meeting
The Steering Group on Health Promotion, Disease Prevention and Management of Non-Communicable Diseases (SGPP) held its formal meeting 23 January in Brussels. The meeting was an opportunity for the representatives of Member States, the European Investment Bank and several European Commission services to discuss a wide range of public health policies and initiatives. The flash report of the meeting is availble here. The following day the Steering Group held a joint meeting with the Horizon 2020 Programme Committee SC1 (Health) and the flash report of this meeting is available here.
EU Health Policy Platform – final joint statements
Final 2019 Joint Statements on healthcare on the EU Health Policy Platform:– Healthcare in cross-border regions by the European Regional and Local Health Authorities (EUREGHA)
Innovation for age friendly buildings, cities and environments – Meeting in Italy
The goal of this meeting, besides networking and sharing of experiences around the themes of Active and Healthy Ageing and Age-Friendly Buildings, Cities and Environments, is to jointly work on the D4 Action Plan and to discuss the future of the partnership beyond the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing. Date and Place: 03/03/2020 – 04/03/2020 in Trieste, Italy. For more information please see the link. |
11. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control news
Eurosurveillance – Volume 25, Issue 1, 09 January 2020
Editorial
Eurosurveillance – Volume 25, Issue 2, 16 January 2020
Rapid communication
Eurosurveillance – Volume 25, Issue 3, 23 January 2020
Editorial
Risk assessment: outbreak of acute respiratory syndrome associated with a novel coronavirus, China; First cases imported in the EU/EEA; second update |
12. WHO news
Promoting healthy lifestyles in the Autonomous Province of Trento, Italy: the “Move your health” project
Coordinated by the Local Heath Unit of the Autonomous Province of Trento, the “Move your health” project proposes tools and initiatives aimed at helping families to choose healthier lifestyles and reducing health inequalities associated with outreach activities, involving migrant or socioeconomically disadvantaged families
The year ahead: key events across the WHO European Region in 2020
A busy and exciting year is in store for the WHO European Region with a range of important initiatives, campaigns and events already appearing on the horizon. WHO/Europe and Member States will continue their work in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals as well as WHO’s 13th General Programme of Work.
Public Health Panorama, Volume 5, Issue 4, December 2019
Public Health Panorama provides a platform to scientists and public health practitioners for the publication of lessons learned from the field, as well as original research work, to facilitate the use of evidence and good practice for public health action.
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This newsletter received co-funding under an operating grant from the European Union’s Health Programme (2014-2020). The content of this newsletter represents the views of the author(s) only and is his/her sole responsibility; it cannot be considered to reflect the views of the European Commission and/or the Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency or any other body of the European Union. The European Commission and the Agency do not accept any responsibility for use that may be made of the information it contains.
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In October EUPHA and EPH Conference will be joining with colleagues from across the globe in a unique partnership organizing the 16th World Congress on Public Health (WCPH) in Rome, Italy. The 13th EPH Conference will be an integral part of the World Congress on Public Health. WCPH 2020 is organized by the World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA) in collaboration with the Italian Society of Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Public Health (SItI), and the European Public Health Association (EUPHA).