3rd Good Practice collection: EU-Compass is inviting stakeholders to submit practices or programmes for good practice evaluation. Deadline for submissions 15 November 2017
The "Annual Situation on Bovine and Swine Diseases 2016" it is now available also on our Website in both the bovine and the porcine sections.
The 11 October 2017 workshop in Odense, Denmark was organised by the Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency and the Commission's Directorate General for Health and Food Safety.
On Friday 6 October 2017, Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Vytenis Andriukaitis announced the 10 initiatives shortlisted for the EU Health Award for NGOs 2017. This year's award recognises non-governmental organisations that promote vaccination.
On World Mental Health Day, 10 October, the EU-financed Compass Consortium launched a new brochure on Good Practices for Mental health at work, in schools, and prevention of depression and suicide.
The European Medicines Agency has published a report on the sales of veterinary antibiotics in 2015 in Europe that shows that EU guidance and national campaigns promoting prudent use of antibiotics in animals to fight antimicrobial resistance are starting to have an effect.
Speaking at the 17 October 2017 Health in the digital society conference in Tallinn, Commissioner Andriukaitis said that the Commission is developing a Communication specifically on digital health and care, based on feedback from the recent public consultation.
ERNs are virtual networks, funded through the EU Health Programme, that unite healthcare providers across Europe. They help share expertise on complex or rare diseases and conditions that require highly specialised treatment and concentrated knowledge and resources.
The free event (registration required) will focus on JANPA's key findings, recommendations and contribution to the EU Action Plan on Childhood Obesity 2014-2020. Both the Health and Food Safety Commissioner and the French Minister for Solidarity and Health are expected to attend.
Two focus group studies were done in six participating European Member States, one involved six focus groups with LGBTI people and the other involved six focus groups with health professionals and/or specialists.
As part of the Health4LGBTI.pilot project, (funded by the European Parliament and carried out by the Commission), the study looks at specific health inequalities experienced by LGBTI people and barriers faced by health professionals who care for them.
A newly updated Concept Document describes the European Commission Initiative on Breast Cancer's background, general goal, specific objectives and expected benefits and includes information on on-going activities.
In the context of the European Commission Initiative on Breast Cancer (ECIBC), the Joint Research Centre has published the ECIBC Country profiles online, showing breast cancer data from the 35 participating countries. Data will be regularly updated and translated.
The inventory produced as part of this pilot project contains 31 quality scored and highest ranked case studies of existing initiatives from across the EU, in 19 EU Member States. All the case studies aim to improve access to health care and / or to address health inequalities.
The first Europe-wide online survey aims to help improve health care services for men who have sex with men (MSM). The ECHOES survey targets community health workers who provide sexual health support for MSM and runs through 31 December 2017, in 16 languages.
Experts will be included in a database according to their field of expertise and knowledge, and will only be called upon if and when the members of the Expert Panel would request specific expertise and support.
Outcomes and video - Cluster meeting on non-communicable diseases (Odense (Denmark), 11 October 2017)
