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The consultation has been launched on the preliminary Opinion on Metal-on-Metal joint replacements, with a particular focus on metal hip implants.
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The Joint Action on comprehensive cancer control (CANCON) held its kick off meeting in mid-March.
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On the occasion of World Tuberculosis Day on 24 March, WHO/Europe is urging Member States to boost their efforts to reach the target of eliminating TB globally by 2050.
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At the recent conference in Athens on nutrition and physical activity, Member States announced the agreement of the High Level Group on Nutrition and Physical Activity on a European action plan targeting childhood obesity.
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Newly published country profiles on nutrition, physical activity and obesity provide an overview of country data on a selected list of monitoring and surveillance indicators.
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The European Union Framework on voluntary national salt initiatives was established in 2008 and set a benchmark of a minimum of 16 % salt reduction over four years. A new survey reveals how much progress has been made.
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This month, the European Child Safety Alliance launches a report on National Action to Address Child Intentional Injury, examining safety measures in place to address intentional injury to children in over 25 Member States.
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Reporting from across Europe
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A new portal has now been launched to provide information about healthcare services in Italy, including the types of activities carried out, the timetable, how to make reservations and evaluation from patients.
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The Ministry for Health welcomed the publication of the 2012 “Lifeskills” Survey, which found that schools are playing an important role in promoting a Healthy Ireland through healthy eating initiatives at primary level.
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Many nurses are dissatisfied with the extent of the administrative burden in nursing, which takes time away from providing care. The Federal Ministry of Health has been looking at ways to simplify nursing documentation procedures.
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Forthcoming events
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DG Health and Consumers is organizing a Global Health Policy Forum on Access to Medicines as part of a series of five events to be organized in 2014.
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This event in the Czech Republic will offer participants a unique opportunity to discuss the latest progress in childhood leukemia in an open forum of pediatric hermatologists and oncologists from all over the world.
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This ECRD conference focuses on 'The Rare Disease Puzzle' and covers all rare diseases in Europe, bringing together patients’ representatives, academics, health care professionals, industry, regulators and policy makers.
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Biomedical and non-biomedical ways of abolishing ageing will be discussed, focusing on hypotheses and suggestions regarding the total elimination of age-dependent degenerative pathologies.
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New publications
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Meningococcal disease surveillance is paramount and crucial in the early detection of cases to activate public health response, surveillance for vaccination purposes, and the estimation of the burden of meningococcal disease.
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