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The kick-off meeting of the Joint Action on Innovative Partnership for Action against Cancer (IPPAC) takes place today and tomorrow in Luxembourg in the presence of the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Vytenis Andriukaitis.

Today in Brussels, the Steering Group on Promotion and Prevention is holding its fourth meeting to discuss best practices to support national policies on non-communicable diseases.

This year, the Commission will reward NGOs that contributed to the fight against tobacco, especially by stopping young people from taking up smoking and/or using other forms of tobacco.

The Study maps EU-funded cooperation projects for the period 2007 to 2017 in EU and EEA countries and Switzerland, provides insight into opportunities and challenges for cross-border cooperation in healthcare and offers guidance to local and regional authorities and other parties who are interested in starting a health-related cooperation project.