EHN, EPHA and Freshfel Europe ask Commissioner Hogan for concrete mechanisms to support the future CAP’s objective of healthy sustainable diets to achieve a triple win for economy, environment and health.

The European Heart Network (EHN), the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) and Freshfel Europe have today written to European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan asking for concrete mechanisms and sufficient budget to support the European Commission’s Communication on The Future of Food and Farming’s prominent objective of healthy sustainable diets. In the letter, the three organisations affirm that through a smartly designed future CAP, the EU can address its citizens’ concerns and achieve a triple win for economy, environment and health.

Please click here for the EHN statement on the future of food and farming.

Please click here for a joint statement by BEUC, EHN and EPHA on simplified front-of-pack nutrition labelling.

Despite considerable progress in tackling cardiovascular disease (CVD), it remains the leading cause of death and a major cause of illness and disability for men and women in Europe. Dietary risks are responsible for around half of the death and disability caused by CVD and may cost the economy of the European Union economy €102 billion a year.

Please click here for the EHN statement of support for the introduction of a legislative limit on trans fats in Romania.

Please click here for the EHN Annual Report 2016.

BigData@Heart project is breaking new ground in the development of treatment for millions of patients with heart disease in Europe.

The objective of BigData@Heart is to develop a data-driven translational research platform of unparalleled scale and phenotypical resolution, with the aim to improve patient outcomes and reduce the societal burden of atrial fibrillation, heart failure and acute coronary syndrome.

The 19 partners of the BigData@Heart consortium, coming from academia, medical associations, the pharmaceutical industry, SMEs and patient organisations are:

• University Medical Center Utrecht
• Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
• European Society of Cardiology
• European Heart Network
• University College London
• University of Cambridge
• International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement
• Fundación para la investigación del Hospital Clinico de la Comunidad Valenciana
• Karolinska Institutet
• Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
• MLC Foundation
• University of Birmingham
• Uppsala Clinical Research Center, Uppsala University
• BAYER
• NOVARTIS
• SERVIER
• SomaLogic
• Vifor Pharma
• The Hyve

Please click here for the BigData@Heart press release on this project. 

In July 2017 EHN adopted a position paper on Air pollution and cardiovascular diseases.  The aim of this paper is to provide information about the impact of air pollution on cardiovascular health; when we refer to air pollution, this is outdoor air pollution unless otherwise indicated.  The paper presents recommendations to policy makers for action to reduce exposure to this risk factor

EHN has co-signed a joint open letter to Ministers presenting suggestions to the ongoing negotiations on the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) relating to commercial communications.

Today three health and consumer organisations (including EHN) together with five food companies call for the urgent adoption of nutrient profiles in the context of the EU regulation on nutrition and health claims made on foods (Regulation EC 1924/2006). The nutrient profiles should have been proposed by the European Commission in January 2009 - no proposal has been forthcoming as of May 2017.