The EU has officially launched its Year of Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion. The campaign aims to draw attention to the fight against poverty throughout the next 12 months, with the slogan “Stop Poverty Now!” An important aim within the context of the current economic downturn is the ...

  There are large gaps in the data and capacity available to monitor health inequalities between and within EU countries, according to a report by EuroHealthNet. Many national governments are failing to regularly assess the extent of health inequalities, and there is no set of common indicators agreed ...

European Commissioner designate for Health and Consumer Policy, John Dalli has said that the unequal distribution of health outcomes across the EU posed “a challenge to the EU’s fundamental  objective of solidarity and cohesion.”Tackling health determinants would be part of what Mr. Dalli called ...

Avoidable health inequalities are harming the European economy, a new Determine report has found.The report cites evidence of how preventable ill health led to productivity losses costing an estimated €141 billion in 2004.Additionally, number of life years lost due to deaths that can ...

EuroHealthNet, the network linking health promotion bodies in the EU, has urged European Commission chiefs to revise their draft plan for economic strategies to include health and social improvements.Responding to the current consultation process for the EU 2020 proposal, the Brussels-based organisation points out ...