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Health Europa brings you the latest Health Policy News from across the field of European Healthcare & Social Care Policy.

PPE

Providing certified and high-quality PPE during COVID-19

ASAP Innovations explains how the company has risen to the challenge of providing credible medical supplies throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. PPE (Personal Protective Equipment), an...
long-COVID

Transforming clinical care delivery to support long COVID patients

Rachel Young, of Sheffield Hallam University, explains how clinical care could be modified to better support those recovering from long COVID. Long COVID, or post-COVID...
taste-and-smell-loss

Research highlights lack of support for taste and smell loss patients

People who have lost their sense of smell are not getting the support they need from the healthcare system, new research has suggested. A study...
contraception

Prescription-free contraception could mitigate issues caused by pandemic

Better data collection and measures such as prescription-free contraception could improve women’s health care during disasters, researchers have recommended. Researchers at the University of Warwick...
New partnership established to address UK health inequality

New partnership established to address UK health inequality

Legal & General has established a new partnership with Sir Michael Marmot to address UK health inequality and to establish a multi-million pound charitable...
processed-food

Children’s processed food consumption must be reduced, warn experts

Experts have called for urgent action to tackle British children’s consumption of 'exceptionally high' proportions of ultra-processed foods. A study, led by Imperial College London,...
child-mental-health

How has COVID-19 impacted child mental health?

Childline Service Head Alex Gray discusses the mental health struggles among children and young people during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to NHS estimates, around one...
vaccine-hesitancy

Is vaccine hesitancy in Africa linked to institutional mistrust?

Dr Jean-François Maystadt, Professor of Economics at Université catholique de Louvain and Lancaster University, discusses institutional mistrust and vaccine hesitancy in Africa. In a report...
heat-related-deaths-global-warming

Global warming responsible for one in three heat-related deaths

From 1991 to 2018, over a third of all heat-related deaths were attributable to human-induced global warming, new research has found. Led by the London...
paracetamol-during-pregnancy

Paracetamol use during pregnancy linked to ADHD and autism in children

A study has found that a mother’s use of paracetamol during pregnancy is associated with symptoms of ADHD and autism in children. Researchers at the...
pre-term babies

Immediate skin-to-skin contact improves pre-term babies’ survival chances

Immediate skin-to-skin contact and exclusive breastfeeding increases a premature baby’s chances of survival, a study has found. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, co-ordinated by the World...
COVID-19 pandemic marks a new era for global health policy

COVID-19 pandemic marks a new era for global health policy

Leaders at the G20 summit committed to a series of actions aiming to accelerate the end of the COVID-19 pandemic across the globe, and...
Scientists propose global plan to save oceans for human health

Scientists propose global plan to save oceans for human health

An interdisciplinary European collaboration called the Seas Oceans and Public Health in Europe (SOPHIE) Project has put forward a global plan to save the...
Exploring the challenges of growing healthcare waiting lists

Exploring the challenges of growing healthcare waiting lists

Katrina Delargy of TIYGA Health outlines the challenges posed by growing waiting lists in healthcare. Patients need patience. They need to wait for their appointment...
Ready for negotiations: extra healthcare funding needed in Denmark

Ready for negotiations: extra healthcare funding needed in Denmark

This article discusses funding for healthcare in the Danish Regions ahead of this year's financial negotiations with the government. The prospect of an increasing elderly...
EU Vaccine Strategy: supporting COVID-19 therapeutics development

EU Vaccine Strategy: supporting COVID-19 therapeutics development

The European Commission will be complementing the EU Vaccines Strategy by supporting the development of COVID-19 therapeutics, including the treatment of long-COVID. As part of...
Ensuring equal access to healthcare

Ensuring equal access to healthcare

Health Action International European Policy Advisor Ellie White speaks to HEQ about the No Profit on Pandemic campaign. Independent non-profit organisation Health Action International (HAI)...
mental-health-support

Supporting nurses on the frontline

International Editor Clifford Holt spoke to the EFN’s Secretary General Paul de Raeve about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected Europe’s nurses and what...
Equal and accessible healthcare in the EU

Equal and accessible healthcare in the EU

MEP Tomislav Sokol discusses the role of EU institutions in achieving more equal and accessible healthcare across the bloc. MEP Tomislav Sokol (EPP) is a...
Patient’s Rights Day: recommendations towards a European Health Union

Patients’ Rights Day: recommendations towards a European Health Union

For European Patients’ Rights Day 2021, Active Citizenship Network, the European branch of the Italian non-profit organisation Cittadinanzattiva, discusses ten recommendations towards a European...

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