Breast cancer is the most common cancer in Europe. It is the most deadly cancer in women: one out of every six women with cancer will die from breast cancer. In addition, incidence and mortality rates for breast cancer vary widely between countries: although a higher mortality rate in some countries may be due to […]
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Hepatitis is often called the silent killer because globally 95{ddf8d179d1bf712bb2a88ff2ad95ebdf63eaa5463c845d2f093b25848387ba96} of people with hepatitis are unaware of their infection as most sufferers show no symptoms. Over 13 million people in the European Region are estimated to be living with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, and over 15 million with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection.
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Agriculture and health are intimately connected according to ‘Agriculture and public health: impacts and pathways for better coherence‘ by the European Public Health Alliance. However, health is usually a ‘missing link’ in the agricultural debate, partly because the multifaceted interactions between health and agriculture are rarely fully recognised. This discussion paper summarizes the wide-ranging impacts
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The European Commission’s 3-year initiative ‘Ex-smokers are unstoppable’ has now finished but it proved enormously successful with one in three of the 480,000 registered users stopping smoking after three months. The centre-piece of the programme was the iCoach, a digital health coach which was free and available both online and as a mobile app for
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Across OECD countries, pharmaceutical spending was around US$800 billion in 2013, accounting for about 20{ddf8d179d1bf712bb2a88ff2ad95ebdf63eaa5463c845d2f093b25848387ba96} of total health spending on average (hospital consumption and retail). This paper ‘Pharmaceutical expenditure and policies: past trends and future challenges‘ examines the drivers of recent spending trends, highlighting differences across therapeutic classes. While the consumption of medicines continues to
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Unhealthy levels of meat consumption and production are simultaneously driving climate change, diet-related chronic diseases and resistance to antibiotics, according to the European Public Health Alliance. They argue that a transition towards sustainable diets is necessary for a realistic climate strategy and represents the agricultural sector’s main climate mitigation opportunity. Studies suggest that realistic changes
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The online database ‘OECD health statistics 2016‘ has been released and offers the most comprehensive source of comparable statistics on health and health systems across OECD countries. It is an essential tool to carry out comparative analyses and draw lessons from international comparisons of diverse health systems. It includes data on biotechnology, cancer, health care,
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The OECD has just published ‘Better ways to pay for health care‘ as part of their Health Policy Studies series. This publication points out that payers for health care are trying a variety of policies as part of broader efforts to improve the quality and efficiency of care. Any reform requires other measures to be
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The health sector represents 10{ddf8d179d1bf712bb2a88ff2ad95ebdf63eaa5463c845d2f093b25848387ba96} of the EU’s GDP and accounts for 8{ddf8d179d1bf712bb2a88ff2ad95ebdf63eaa5463c845d2f093b25848387ba96} of the total European workforce. It is a vital economic sector strongly driven by innovation and is a growth-friendly area for investment. The European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) can support investment in innovative health solutions, new effective medicines and social infrastructures.
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An international tribunal has upheld the sovereign authority of states to protect health through tobacco control. The World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) has confirmed that tobacco control measures applied by the Government of Uruguay did not violate the terms of an investment agreement between Uruguay and Switzerland, under which the
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