Public health strand

The very concept of public health suggests that it is about something other and greater than the health of the individual. The word has a ring of the 1930s and 1940s idea that the state should create whole, clean and compliant citizens. It also went without saying that the work was carried out from the top down, sometimes in a rather brusque manner. This is something that still lives on in public health work, despite the fact that the level of public knowledge has risen and new research and knowledge about everything related to health is available to everyone, everywhere.

In addition, there are huge developments in health technology that allow us all to check sleep, blood sugar levels, blood pressure, reactions to different nutrients, map genes, get full hormone, vitamin and blood analyses without much effort or cost.

Instead of harnessing the power of new technologies and people's engagement, public health policy often shrinks into demands for new regulations and restrictions.

At EPHI, we have a different idea. We believe in the abilities of individuals and we believe in new technologies and developments. We also believe that public health is created from the bottom up and from the inside out, not the other way around.

Current projects

  • Healthier and greener food
  • The spread and organization of vaccine resistance
  • Harm reduction in ANDT policy
  • Effective measures against antibiotic resistance

What's new

Nicotine and the brain

Nicotine and the brain

Doctor David Eberhard has written a report for EPHI on nicotine, the brain and addiction. Eberhard asks whether addiction itself is really dangerous and how we distinguish between an addiction and a habit. The report is available in both English and Swedish. Watch the call from Brussels...

Is slim a choice?

Is slim a choice?

Doctor Vincent Flink Amble-Naess has written a report for Ephi on obesity and medicines. Flink Amble-Naess notes that there is currently effective medical treatment for weight loss. The question is who should get it, how the treatment should be financed and how we...

Wine package or care package?

Wine package or care package?

One of the big news stories of the fall, discussed around coffee tables in workplaces and in text messages with friends, was about something that can sound as boring as "government communication on public health". I mean, of course, the National Board of Health and Welfare's updated advice to health services on...

Ephi launches new report on obesity and medicines

Ephi launches new report on obesity and medicines

Doctor Vincent Flink Amble-Naess will soon publish a report at Ephi on obesity and medicines. Flink Amble-Naess notes that there is currently effective medical treatment for weight loss. The only question is who should get it and how the treatment should be financed....

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