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Health Law and Governance in an Uncertain Europe

Blog post, Event, Network update, Workshop / EUHealthGov

On Tuesday 5 November 2024, the EUHealthGov network held its second event. This one-day knowledge exchange workshop brought together academics, policymakers and practitioners to discuss health law and governance in the context of growing uncertainty and intertwined crises. The COVID-19 pandemic has not unfolded in isolation from other overlapping, interacting, and mutually reinforcing crises: from […]

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Scaling up vaccine manufacturing in Africa: The Team Europe Initiative

Blog post, Guest author / EUHealthGov

This year at the UACES Annual Conference in Trento, Pramiti Parwani (University of Amsterdam) presented her ongoing doctoral research on the legal and institutional frameworks in the EU and India determining access to vaccines. Her paper analysing the ‘Team Europe Initiative’ was part of the panel The EU as a Global Health Actor – Between

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Between a breeze and a storm of change: EU collective securitisation of COVID-19

Blog post, Guest author / EUHealthGov

This year at the UACES Annual Conference in Trento, Ricardo Pereira (Dublin City University) presented his ongoing doctoral research on EU securitisation of health. His paper was part of the panel The EU as a Global Health Actor – Between Securitisation and Cooperation, organised by the EUHealthGov network. His research aims to understand how the

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Summary: Health and the Belgian Presidency: Practitioner Perspectives from Gloria Ghéquière

Blog post, Network update / EUHealthGov

EUHealthGov held its fourth Practitioner Perspective on 11th July 2024. We were delighted to host Gloria Ghéquière, Advisor in the Cabinet of the Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Social Affairs and Public Health, Frank Vandenbroucke, to discuss the work done on health by the Belgian Presidency of the European Council between January and June

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Summary: ‘The Political Determinants of Health and the European Union’, a Special Issue in the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law

Blog post, Watch again / EUHealthGov

On 25 April 2024 1-2.30pm BST, EUHealthGov hosted the launch of a Special Issue entitled ‘The Political Determinants of Health and the European Union’ forthcoming in the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law (Advance Publication available here). Read the full summary here, or watch the recording of the webinar below.

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Summary: EU Governance of Forced Migration – Impacts on Health (and) Equity

Blog post, In conversation, Network update, Watch again / EUHealthGov

On 30 November, EUHealthGov held an In Conversation event on (forced) migration and health. We were delighted to welcome Dr Tamara Tubakovic (LSE), Dr Apostolos Veizis (INTERSOS) and Dr Mechthild Roos (University of Augsburg). The speakers explored how the governance of forced migration affects the health of people on the move, and the role of

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EU flag (blue background, yellow stars) with stethoscope

State Aid and healthcare: Some (re)starter questions after Casa Regina Apostolorum

Blog post / EUHealthGov

Read the full blog post published on Ideas on Europe here.

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Summary: Putting Health on the Agenda: Practitioner Perspectives from Elizabeth Kuiper

Blog post, Network update / EUHealthGov

EUHealthGov held its third Practitioner Perspective on 19th July 2023. We were delighted to host Elizabeth Kuiper, Associate Director and Head of the Social Europe and Well-being programme at the European Policy Centre (EPC) to discuss the evolving place of health on policy agendas between the COVID-19 pandemic and upcoming changes with a new Commission

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Vignettes on EU health governance: A shared teaching and learning resource from the EUHealthGov network

Blog post / EUHealthGov

On 20 and 21 April 2023, EUHealthGov held a 2-day workshop to discuss research and teaching on EU health policy and law. As part of the latter focus, we undertook an exercise to develop a collaborative, open access teaching resource. Our latest blog presents a series of vignettes describing topics or themes that might be taught

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Maastricht at 30: Exploring past, present, and future drivers of EU health integration

Blog post, Event, Workshop / EUHealthGov

On 20th and 21st April 2023, EUHealthGov headed to Brussels for a 2-day workshop discussing research and teaching connected with EU health policy and law. The overarching theme of “Maastricht at 30” provided a useful starting-point to consider both aspects, with the emergence of EU health law and policy as a discipline in its own

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