Environment and Public Health Brussels Statement

Brussels — HCWH Europe took part in the roundtable discussion on ‘Science and Policy’ at the High Level Expert Meeting on Environment and Public Health (EPH) in Modern Society and contributed to the final statement calling for protection from environmental pollution and other hazards and calls for rapid transformation from research into policy.

Near the end of the first Environment and Health Action Plan 2004-2010 of the European Commission, high level experts have met in Brussels at the European Union Committee of the Regions. The High Level Expert Meeting on Environment and Public Health (EPH) was hosted by the European Union (Committee of the Regions).

The High Level Meeting consisted of a double event of Plenary Conference with simultaneous translation and parallel EPH Expert Conference Seminars on specified themes including emerging issues, bringing together research projects & networks and health and environnment network communities in Europe (HENCE) at the end of the Environment & Health Action Plan 2004-2010 of the European Commission.

EPH Community is calling on the EU to initiate the second cycle of implementation of the EU Environment and Health Action Plan as a matter of sound management to avoid wasting the significant achievement already obtained and exploit the results achieved.

Read the EPH Brussels Statement on Environment and Public Health 2010.

Health Care Without Harm is an international coalition of more than 500 organizations in 53 countries, working to transform the health care sector worldwide, without compromising patient safety or care, so that it is ecologically sustainable and no longer a source of harm to public health and the environment. Visit the HCWH website for more information.