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Health-EU Newsletter
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Your gateway to trustworthy information on public health
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In this edition - 12 May 2017
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Twitter Health
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Editorial
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Looking back to look forward – the midterm review of the Digital Single Market Strategy helps determine future actions
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The mid-term review of the Digital Single Market Strategy of 2015 has just taken place, providing an opportunity to take stock of the achievements in eHealth and to prepare the ground for further actions. DG Sante's Head of Unit for eHealth Tapani Piha, speaks about what the Commission has in mind.
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Key figures
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Project in the Picture
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Joint Action to support the eHealth Network (JAseHN)
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The aim of this initiative is to better include eHealth into health policy and better align eHealth investments to health needs. Central to achieving this aim is the transferability of health data across borders.
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News from the EU
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17 organisations attend Public Hearing on the scientific Opinion concerning non-human primates
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On 14 March 2017, the Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging and Risks held a public hearing on the preliminary Opinion on 'The need for non-human primates in biomedical research, production and testing of products and devices (update 2017).
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European Commission launches MYHEALTH and Mig-HealthCare projects to improve migrant and refugee healthcare
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The new three-year projects on migrants' health were launched on 3 May 2017, and are just two of many projects and actions related to refugees' health that are being funded through the European Commission's Health Programme.
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AMR Workshop - Antimicrobial consumption in animals: achievements and challenges in data collection
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EU-level experts, national competent authorities and medicines agencies, veterinarians, farmers and industry met in Brussels on 27 April 2017 to discuss data collection on consumption of veterinary antimicrobials in Europe – achievements, challenges and the way forward.
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New checklists to help streamline the safety evaluation process for applicants and the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety
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The main purpose of these checklists is to enable both the applicants and the SCCS to quickly assess if the dossiers are complete and to prevent submissions that are incomplete or contain inadequate/irrelevant data.
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Video on the Scientific Committees now available with subtitles in five languages
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Did you know the European Commission's Scientific Committees are working hard to protect your health? Find out more in this English-language video clip, which is now available with subtitles in French, German, Spanish, Italian and English.
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Asking the experts - focus groups offer insights into the health needs of vulnerable people
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The EU-funded project, VulnerABLE, has held focus groups in different EU cities to discuss the health needs of vulnerable populations, the main barriers affecting their access to healthcare and effective ways to support those target groups.
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11th European Patients' Rights Day held 10 May 2017
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A multi-stakeholder conference took place in Brussels to discuss new approaches to existing medicines regulatory systems and better access to innovative therapies.
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€ 10,000 award prize offered for a EU cross-border health project
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The Austrian Federal Ministry of Health and Women’s Affairs and FOPI, the Association of the Research and Development-based Pharmaceutical Industry in Austria are sponsoring this year's Gastein European Health Award. Apply by 26 May 2017.
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A decade of safe practices in Italy - no HIV or Hepatitis infections from blood transfusion in ten years
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More than three million transfusions of blood components were made in 2015, with 1709 positive cases of HIV or Hepatitis detected in 1691 donors, who were therefore disqualified from giving blood. This screening system ensures the safety of receiving blood and its components.
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Farewell and thanks! Cancer Control Joint Action (CANCON) publishes final newsletter
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Forthcoming events
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European Week Against Cancer (25 – 31 May 2017)
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EU Press Releases
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European Pillar of Social Rights calls for improved access to health care and social protection for all
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The Commission’s proposal for a European Pillar of Social Rights was adopted on 26 April 2017. Key principles adopted include the right to better access to affordable health care and better social protection for workers regardless of the type and duration of their employment.
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Pesticide residues in food: risk to consumers remains low
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Food consumed in the EU continues to be largely free of pesticide residues or to contain residues that fall within legal limits, new figures from the European Food Safety Authority show.
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"We all have to fight vaccine fears to win the war against resurging vaccine-preventable diseases", says EMA Executive Director
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In a statement for European Immunisation Week, European Medicines Agency Executive Director Guido Rasi reminded the public that vaccines save the lives of some nine million people every year. Today, no child in Europe has to die from formerly common childhood diseases.
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New publications
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2016 Dublin Declaration progress reports
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The European Center for Disease Control has published the 2016 Dublin Declaration progress reports, as part of its monitoring work on the 2004 Dublin Declaration on Partnership to Fight HIV/AIDS in Europe and Central Asia.
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Building national programmes of Patient Blood Management in the EU - A guide for health authorities
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Supporting Patient Blood Management in the EU - A practical implementation guide for hospitals
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EU Health Policy Platform
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EU Health Award 2016 recognised NGOs active in the fight against AMR
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Through this Award, the Commission aims to draw attention to outstanding good practices by NGOs to reduce the threat to human health from AMR and to encourage their wider replication. Initiatives are highlighted here on a rotating basis – see them all on the Award's webpage.
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Patients’ Organizations "With you"
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This initiative involved holding a National Roundtable with the Bulgarian Parliament on the "Rational Antibiotic Use in Children: Common Mission of Doctors, Patients and Institutions".
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In the next issue
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Optimising health systems
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