March 2, 2016
				
				
				
				Europe
				
				
				
				
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		Advocacy: the silence of Europe’s public health associations is deafening
National public health associations (PHAs) have a key role to play in advocating for effective, evidence-based policies (in both the public and private spheres) and practices that have positive impacts on population health and health equity. In some instances, PHAs are the only civil society voice for public health.