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Stakeholders are invited to share views on how the Directive has improved patients’ rights to healthcare abroad and its role to strengthen European cooperation in the area of rare and complex diseases. This consultation is open for responses until 27 July 2021.

The purpose of the EHDS is to promote health-data exchange and support research on new preventive strategies, as well as on treatments, medicines, medical devices and outcomes. The consultation will remain open for responses until 26 July 2021.

Following a request from the European Commission, the Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER) provided a Final Opinion on electronic cigarettes.

Stella Kyriakides, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, will host a virtual event to gain a better understanding of the mental health impact of COVID-19.