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During the Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU, a number of dossiers on the health area will dominate the work of the Council:
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR);
Action Programme in the Field of Health;
Amendment of the Directive on...
To better protect Europeans from a wide range of health threats, and provide for a fully co-ordinated response in the event of a crisis, the European Commission has adopted a legislative proposal on the means to address serious cross border health...
The European Commission recently released its revised proposal on ‘Information to Patients’ which looks at different ways of providing information on prescribed medicines and the role of the pharmaceutical industry in providing such...
On 21 September 2011, in a lunch debate held at the European Parliament in Brussels EPF, CPME, PGEU and EFPIA brought together the perspectives of patients, doctors, community pharmacists and the research-based pharmaceutical industry. The...
On September 15 in Baku, Azerbaijan, at the WHO Regional Committee for Europe, 53 countries discussed adopting a new European strategic action plan on antibiotic resistance. Developed by the WHO Regional Office for Europe following extensive...
Eurocancercoms is pleased to annouce the launch of ecancerHub - a new, open-access, integrated approach to providing the whole cancer community – patients, doctors, researchers and policymakers - with high quality and trustworthy information...
The EIPA (European Institute of Public Administration) is organising a seminar in Maastricht on 13-14 September on the use of EU structural funds.
This seminar is intended for officials and experts especially from the EU12 and EU15 MS...
The European Commission calls on EU Member States to develop and pursue a common vision on how to coordinate research at EU level in the field of ageing. This was the message of a Recommendation just adopted by the Commission entitled "More...
ECDC Director says "Europe can make a difference against health inequalities", at an informal Meeting of Ministers of Health.
An informal Meeting of Ministers of Health, one of the major events related to the development of EU...
The aim of this workshop, organised within the 'Digital Agenda Assembly', is to present progress in the pilot European Innovation Partnership on Active & Healthy Ageing and invite stakeholder feedback.
Members of the Steering...
All EU citizens can now access information on the thousands of authorised pharmaceutical clinical trials that are underway in the EU. The aim of this official public register is to make clinical research on pharmaceuticals more transparent for...
The European Commission has launched a consultation on health security in the European Union. The aim of this consultation is to seek the views of stakeholders on what action the European Commission should take to protect EU citizens more...
Since the publication of the European Commission’s (EC) eHealth Action Plan in 2004, eHealth has gained significant momentum across Europe. "European countries on their journey towards national eHealth infrastructures - evidence...
The Vice-President of the European Commission, Neelie Kroes, and United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Washington, to promote a common approach on the interoperability...
The European Commission’s Digital Agenda for Europe (DAE) is a flagship initiative of the EU 2020 strategy, focusing on sustainable growth through ICT. The DAE comprises of seven pillars, which encompass issues ranging from developing...
Heidi (Health in Europe: Information and Data Interface) is a new website and comprehensive search tool for European health information and data. Launched by the European Commission, DG Health and Consumers on October 6th 2010, it contains...
In an interview with the German daily Die Welt, John Dalli, the EU Commissionner for Health and Consumer Policy, announced that he is looking to introduce legislation in 2011, banning smoking in all public places across Europe.
The majority...
Aiming to bring prevention of chronic diseases to the top of the EU agenda, the MEP Heart Group, the MEP Group for Kidney Health, the EU Diabetes Working Group and MEPs Against Cancer organised a joint meeting in the European...
Patients will be better informed on how to use medicines, and enabled to report their adverse effects directly to national authorities, thanks to updates of EU laws agreed with the Council and endorsed by Parliament on Wednesday. The EU and Member...
The Member States of the European Union are increasingly finding themselves faced with similar challenges regarding the availability of competent health professionals. National measures are often insufficient to deal with the changing and...
The Council in charge of Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs has agreed on a draft directive concerning the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare, on the basis of a compromise proposal of the Spanish...
Workplace Health Promotion (WHP) leads to better health, reduced absenteeism, enhanced motivation, and improved productivity: that is the message behind the Workplace Health Promotion project of the European Agency for Safety and Health at...
This new platform includes all projects related to life science and health supported by the European Commission since 2004. Far from being a static database, it aims to present the projects’ latest results in terms of technology offers,...
