30 July 2021 On 26 July 2021, EASL submitted its views to a public consultation held by the European Commission (EC) on the establishing of the future European Health Data Space (EHDS). Because it is a priority for the EC…
8 June 2021 EASL is delighted to be officially endorsing International NASH Day 2021: NASH Around the World, conducted by the Global Liver Institute (GLI), this Thursday, 10 June. Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), the advanced form of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), is a life-threatening disease…
31 May 2021 This European Week Against Cancer, EASL has contributed in many ways to tackling liver cancer: signing a joint-society statement, contributing to a White Paper, and taking part in several webinars.
Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan needs a thorough prevention pillar to tackle challenges common to all non-communicable diseases (NCDs), reads a statement by 30+ health organisations. NCDs, such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, respiratory diseases and diabetes, undermine people’s health and well-being,…
Health care professionals and patient groups are working together to find out more about the experience of patients with autoimmune liver conditions across Europe. The results of this survey will be used by EASL (The European Association for the Study…
Dear Colleague EASL has been commissioned by the UK journal, The Lancet to work together to create an EASL Lancet Commission on Liver Disease in Europe. I am chairing the Paediatric and Rare disease Group and we wish to identify…
The public health community is greatly disappointed about the SpiritsEurope approach to label their products. In our view, the European spirits industry refrains from informing consumers at the point of sale in an easy and accessible manner. Instead of following…
The European Chronic Disease Alliance (ECDA), the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) and the NCD Alliance publish a new joint paper “Towards an EU-Strategic Framework for the prevention of Non-communicable Diseases” concluding that a new EU-level strategic framework to prevent…
DIGESTIVE WELLNESS 14 December 2018 170,000 people in Europe die from liver failure every year. The cirrhosis death toll could be cut from 2020, thanks to advanced dialysis technology being trialled in the UK and Europe now. Many people with…
