Ferrara, Italy – “COPMA welcomes the European Court of Auditors decision to conduct an audit of EU action against superbugs” said Mario Pinca, CEO of Italian hospital sanitation services company, COPMA. The auditors will examine how the European Commission and relevant agencies manage the key activities and resources in this domain. They will also assess […]
Austerity policies double food insecurity in Greece
New research shows that almost 40% of rural citizens in Greece are at risk of poverty and, at the same time, food insecurity has doubled throughout the country.
Health Intelligence, Europe’s Superbug Fight
The European Commission has launched its new anti-microbial resistance Action Plan. Anti-microbial resistance is responsible for an estimated 25,000 deaths per year in the European Union and a financial loss of around 1.5 billion euros, relating to healthcare costs and productivity losses. Launching the new Action Plan, Vytenis Andriukaitis, the Commissioner for Health and Food […]
“Maternal health for refugee women needed” says Malta’s President
Parliamentarians from across Europe and other relevant stakeholders gathered in Malta in a high-level meeting on maternal health and refugee women organised by the Women Political Leaders Global Forum (WPL) and the President of Malta, H.E. Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca. One in 10 women in the EU have no access to maternal health services in the […]
Protecting Latin America’s Human Rights Defenders on International Women’s Day
On International Women’s Day and one year after the murder – still unpunished – of the Honduran defender Berta Cáceres, the European network of NGOs ‘Grupo Sur’, based in Brussels, called on the #EU to consider as a priority, a guarantee for the safety, life and work of Latin American human rights defenders within the framework […]
Parliament Mobilises for Guatemala Human Rights Defenders
The European Parliament in Strasbourg has approved an urgent resolution on the situation of human rights defenders in Guatemala. Deputies expressed their concerns and acknowledged the work carried out by human rights defenders, urging the Guatemalan government to adopt measures aimed at protecting HRDs from assaults and dangers they are confronting regularly. The figures are […]
Europe Must Step Up To Ensure Colombian Peace
OIDHACO – the ‘International Office on Human Rights – Action Colombia’ has welcomed progress made towards peace in Colombia, but expressed its deep concern at the risks faced by Colombian civil society in this new phase of peace-building. Over the past four years, the negotiating teams of the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces […]
Una Nuova Resistenza Contro la Sfida Globale dei Superbatteri
L’Italia porta ancora alcuni nuovi contributi nel dibattito e nelle azioni di lotta e contrasto alle multi resistenze. Perchè? Questa è stata la domanda discussa la scorsa settimana, a Roma, al quartier generale del Senato Italiano nel corso di uno speciale convegno su: “Una nuova resistenza contro la sfida globale dei superbatteri “. L’evento è stato […]
Il costo della resistenza Antimicrobica – 10 Milioni di Morti, $100 Miliardi Persi
La resistenza antimicrobica ucciderà 10 milioni di persone ogni anno, con una perdita del PIL mondiale totale di 100 miliardi di dollari entro il 2050. Questo è ciò che l’economista britannico, Lord O’Neill, ha detto ai delegati ad una conferenza sulla salute ospitata questa settimana dalla rivista Wired. E ‘già in moto un disastro esponenziale, […]
The Cost of Anti-Microbial Resistance – 10 Million Dead, $100 Trillion Lost
Antimicrobial resistance will kill 10 million people each year, with a total global GDP loss of 100 TRILLION dollars by 2050. That’s what UK economist, Lord O’Neill, told delegates at a recent health conference hosted by Wired magazine. It’s an exponential disaster already in motion, said O’Neill. Responding to Lord O’Neill’s interim analysis, Mario Pinca, […]