Dear EUPHA Public Health Economics (EUPHA-ECO) member,

The 16th European Public Health conference will start tomorrow in Dublin!

We would be very happy to see you in one of the sessions we have organised!

Please join the EUPHA-ECO Join The Network session Thursday (12.50-13.50) in the Ecocem room. We will present our section and share experiences and ideas for upcoming events and steps of the section. Do not hesitate to reach out to us also in other moments of the conference, including on the different sessions listed below.

Wednesday 8th Nov

9:00-12:30 (Wicklow Hall 2A) - Pre-conference - ECON - Approaches and methods for cost-of-illness studies: national and international experiences

Thursday 9th Nov

12:50-13:50 (Ecocem Room) Join the Network meeting (JTN6) - Public health economics

15:10-16:10 (Liffey Meeting Room 2) Round Table - 3.D. - Round table: Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention: which opportunities from the EU Cancer Mission?

16:40-17:40 (Liffey B Room) Round Table - 4.G. - Round table: Environmental stressors on health economics and policies – challenges and pitfalls

Friday 10th Nov

15:10-16:10 (Liffey Meeting Room 2) Workshop - 7.D. - Workshop: Data, tools and methodologies on injury burden in Europe: current limitations and future directions

News on European health systems and policies

#1 - The European Commission unveiled a plan on October 24th to combat medicine shortages, featuring a European Voluntary Solidarity Mechanism, a critical medicines list by end-2023, and regulatory flexibility. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) introduced a solidarity mechanism, and ongoing discussions in the Parliament and Council will shape further actions under the pharmaceutical strategy.

#2 - On October 23rd, the EU Council officially approved a directive aimed at enhancing worker protection from asbestos-related health risks. This directive, the final step in the legislative process, not only strengthens safeguards but also improves early asbestos fiber detection using new technologies (active 20 days after publication; Member states have 2 years to integrate it into national legislation).

#3 - The European Commission, European Investment Bank (EIB), and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced a €1.1 billion partnership to combat polio and improve global healthcare access. This initiative, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF, will allocate €500 million to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, €500 million for health innovation accessibility and pandemic preparedness, and €80 million for technical assistance in optimising global health programs.

Job positions

Assistant, Associate or Professor (Health Policy) @ Stanford University, USA (deadline: 1st December 2023)

Behavioural and Social Scientist (Social Sciences) @ RAND Corporation, USA

Assistant, Associate or Professor (Economics and Policy) @ Imperial College London (deadline: 13th November 2023)

Do not hesitate to share with us for more information about the open positions.

Recent papers

Champagne SN, Phimister E, Macdiarmid JI, Guntupalli AM. Assessing the impact of energy and fuel poverty on health: a European scoping review. Eur J Public Health. 2023 Oct 10;33(5):764-770. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckad108

Oosterwegel SL, Boderie NW, van Lenthe FJ. Is the association between financial scarcity and health behaviours moderated by cultural capital? The GLOBE study. Eur J Public Health. 2023 Oct 10;33(5):771-777. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckad126

Thonon F, Godon-Rensonnet AS, Perozziello A, Garsi JP, Dab W, Emsalem P. Return on investment of workplace-based prevention interventions: a systematic review. Eur J Public Health. 2023 Aug 1;33(4):612-618. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckad092

We are interested in knowing what you are working on! Let us know if you would like us to share your recent publications.

We hope to meet you soon!

João Vasco Santos, MD MPH PhD (LinkedIn) - EUPHA-ECO President

Vanessa Gorasso, MSc (LinkedIn) - EUPHA-ECO Vice-President

& EUPHA-ECO Steering Committee

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