The link between loneliness and health has been extensively documented in scientific literature. Loneliness is widely recognized as being a public health issue and concern has been heightened during the COVID-19 pandemic. A clear understanding of the association between lonelines...

In order to provide the Members of the Budgetary Control Committee with reliable information and data on the COVID-19 response of the EU public administration, the study analyses the EU institutions’ response, their business continuity measures and their impact on the budget from...

This report reviews the scientific evidence regarding the mental health of different population groups amid the Covid-19 pandemic in the European Union (EU) and its influencing factors. Since the beginning of the pandemic, there has been extensive research on the psychosocial and...

Worldwide, patterns of cannabis cultivation have shifted from production for international markets concentrated in certain developing countries, to decentralised production in almost every country. In response to the synchronous expansion of cannabis cultivation in many industria...

This technical report presents the epidemiology of human and animal leishmaniases (HumL and AniL) in the European Union (EU) and its neighbouring countries and describes the surveillance, prevention and control measures implemented. Forty countries in Europe, northern Africa, the...

The World Health Assembly (WHA) is the supreme decision-making body of the World Health Organization (WHO) and adopts decisions and resolutions recommended by the WHO Executive Board and the Director General or introduced by (groups) of WHO Member States during the WHA. A prelimi...

This study, commissioned by the European Commission’s European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA) and its Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE), provides evidence to support the assessment of impacts of proposed reforms to the EU’s legislation on bloo...

La présente étude, commandée par l'Agence exécutive pour la santé et le numérique (HaDEA) de la Commission européenne et sa Direction générale de la santé et de la sécurité alimentaire (DG SANTE), fournit des éléments de preuve visant à étayer l'évaluation des incidences ...

The pandemic is not over yet, so the EU must now do two things simultaneously. Firstly, it should continue to find solutions on an ongoing basis on how to recover from the current crisis without forgetting that other waves of COVID-19 are still expected. Secondly, it must underta...