The European Heart Network (EHN), together with a broad coalition of European and national public health and civil...
The European Heart Network (EHN) has joined more than 80 European and international public health organisations in...
Pro-health taxes, applied to products such as tobacco, alcohol and sugary drinks, are among the most effective policy...
Ahead of the ECOFIN Council meeting on 10 March, the European Heart Network (EHN), as a member of the European Chronic...
Ahead of the first “Food Dialogue” on 5 March, hosted by the European Commission and focusing on public...
A Heart-Healthy Perspective on Belgium’s Drinking Culture By Rik Vanhoof, General Manager of the Belgian Heart...
Dry January offers the perfect moment to clear the myths around alcohol and cardiovascular health By Hans Snijder,...
The European Heart Network (EHN), alongside 22 other public health organisations, signed a joint letter supporting...
On 9 December 2025, the European Heart Network (EHN) launched a new Position Paper outlining its vision, priorities and...
The European Health Alliance on Alcohol (EHAA) has published a follow-up statement welcoming the outcome of the...
The European Heart Network (EHN) welcomes the Swedish Government’s announcement of a forthcoming National Action Plan...
On Thursday, 20 November 2025, the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Tax Matters (FISC) will hold a public...
The European Heart Network (EHN) is pleased to announce that, as of 11 November 2025, it has officially joined the...
On 3–4 November 2025, the FILTERED Project held its Final Conference in Brussels, marking the launch of the European...
Ahead of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) meeting on 10 October, the European Heart Network (EHN)...
On World Heart Day, 20 expert organisations representing civil society, health associations and medical professionals,...
On 16 July 2025, the European Commission published its long-awaited proposal to revise the Tobacco Taxation...
On 30 June 2025, the EU4Health Civil Society Alliance (CSA) launched Health4Europe, a forward-looking proposal for the...
EHN invites members and partners to apply for a public speaking training under the FILTERED project, in collaboration...
More than 120 organisations have signed a joint letter urging the European Commission to urgently revise the Tobacco...
On 4 February 2025, in recognition of World Cancer Day, the European Heart Network (EHN) participated in a pivotal...
In November, the European Heart Network (EHN), in collaboration with Eurocare, the Smoke Free Partnership, and the...
On 25 September 2024, the EU4Health Civil Society Alliance, representing over 30 health organisations, submitted a...
In May 2024, the Global Heart Journal published a policy brief on physical activity: “More People, More Active,...
The Chairman of the European People’s Party’s (EPP) – Manfred Weber – and the President of the...
On 20th March 2024, the European Heart Network (EHN) Poster on the reduction of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) was...
On International Women’s Day, the European Heart Network (EHN) affirms its commitment to advocating for...
On Valentine’s Day, we call for European policies that are conducive to a healthy heart to achieve a society free...
The EACH (European Alliance for Cardiovascular Health) Exhibition was held at the European Parliament (EP) in...
Strasbourg, 8 December 2023 – Members of Parliament (MEPs) at 2023’s ending plenary session, 11-14 December, are...
Hypertension is the leading medical risk factor for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), and CVD is the leading cause of...
On 8 March 2023, on International Women’s Day, the European Heart Network (EHN) affirmed its commitment to advocating...
Political resistance against sustainable food policies is threatening to derail the process for an EU Sustainable Food...
Today, EHN, BEUC and EPHA sent an open letter to Commissioners Kyriakides, Wojciechowski and Vice- President...
EHN welcomes the European Commission’s latest proposal to prohibit the sale of flavoured heated tobacco products...
On World Obesity day, EHN calls on decision makers to protect children from the marketing of nutritionally poor food....
The European Union (EU) must adopt legislation to effectively protect children from the harmful impacts of the...
Heated Tobacco Products are particularly harmful to the cardiovascular system as they increase the heart rate and blood...
To reduce the onset of cardiovascular disease, it is crucial to identify those persons at high risk of developing CVD,...
On World Heart Day, EHN stresses the urgent need to adress the increasing burden of CVD, especially in this time of...
The burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is greater than that of any other disease and it is the leading cause of...
EHN welcomes the new EU4Health programme which acknowledges that health promotion, disease prevention, treatment and...
EHN welcomes the Communication on a Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally friendly food...
Cardiovascular disease remains the first cause of death in the EU, claiming the lives of 1.8 million people every...
In September 2017 the European Heart Network (EHN) published Transforming European food and drink policies for...
The European Heart Network (EHN), European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) and European Public Health Association...
EHN and six other organisations have taken the decision to leave the EU platform for action on diet, physical activity...