Call for tenders: provision of training for first-line health professionals working at local level with migrants and refugees (14/03/2017)
The Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency (CHAFEA) call is open until 30 March. The contract is for training health professionals, social workers, law enforcement officers or professionals with equivalent functions in refugee and migrant centres.
Designing strategic investments for the future of healthcare (14/03/2017)
On 27 February 2017, the Commission, in cooperation with the European Investment Bank (EIB), held a seminar to discuss new forms of investment for innovative forms of healthcare.
The event promoted the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), under the Investment Plan for Europe, as an effective financial instrument to support reforms in European health systems.
Over 100 delegates participated in the event, from the public and private sectors: Member States authorities, healthcare managers and service providers, as well as investors active or interested in the health sector.
Infograph (21/03/2017)
The EURopean Integrated Price Information Database (EURIPID) project on track at midway point (14/03/2017)
EURIPID is a collaboration between 27 European countries for authorities to exchange information on national prices of medicines. The EU-supported EURIPID project 2015-2018 will provide a user friendly tool with new features for interaction and clarity on the methodological and technical aspects.
Steps discussed on how to reduce children's exposure to advertising for unhealthy foods (14/03/2017)
On 8 March in Brussels, the members of the High level Group on Nutrition and Physical Activity discussed the next steps to reduce the expose of children to marketing and advertising of unhealthy foods.
Food professionals, NGOs and consumer groups join discussions on marketing foods to kids (14/03/2017)
Food business operators, health NGOs and consumer organisations, represented in the EU Platform for Action on Diet, Physical Activity and Health, met on 9 March to discuss how to further reduce the marketing of foods high in fat, salt and sugar to children.
Can wearable technology help obesity treatment? (28/02/2017)
The European Commission-supported DAPHNE project has developed hardware and software that lets clinicians monitor patients' physical activity, rest, stress and diet between appointments.
How much do Europeans exercise? (14/03/2017)
While almost half (49.8%) of the population aged 18 or over in the European Union (EU) did not do any sport, almost a third (29.9%) spent at least two and a half hours per week of leisure time doing physical activities in 2014, according to this latest Eurostat report.
New Eurostat figures show EU countries spending 7.2% of GDP on health (14/03/2017)
At EU-level, 'health' expenditure remained the second largest item of general government expenditure after expenditure on 'social protection' in 2015. In the EU-28, total expenditure of general governments on 'health' amounted to 7.2 % of GDP.
Men close the gender gap for life expectancy by adopting healthier habits (14/03/2017)
Men close the life expectancy gap on women by ditching drink and cigarettes and embracing a healthier lifestyle.
New national health app part of healthcare improvements in Hungary (28/02/2017)
Hungary is planning a new national health app, which will connect patients to a central database of hospital and other medical records they can share with doctors.
World Tuberculosis Day (24 March 2017) (28/02/2017)
This year, WHO will focus on uniting efforts to "Leave No One Behind", including actions to address discrimination and to overcome barriers to access care.
SUNFRAIL seminar: preliminary results and good practices (Brussels, 5 April) (14/03/2017)
Learn more about the EU-funded SUNFRAIL Tool for early identification of frailty and multimorbidity, designed by a multidisciplinary team of experts, and hear about good practices collected by project partners.
WHO World Health Day - Depression: Let's talk (7 April 2017) (14/03/2017)
World Health Day, celebrated every 7 April to mark the anniversary of the founding of WHO, focuses on a different health topic each year. The theme of the 2017 campaign is depression. See videos and more on the WHO web page.
Meeting of National Contact Points for Cross-Border Healthcare (Brussels, 5 May 2017) (14/03/2017)
Labelling of alcoholic beverages: Commission report invites the industry to submit a self-regulatory proposal (14/03/2017)
The Commission has adopted a report on the mandatory labelling of the list of ingredients and the nutrition declaration for alcoholic beverages, which Health Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis said, "supports the right of people in the EU to be fully informed about what they drink."
Factsheet: Ensuring the safety of personal care products (14/03/2017)
Who looks after the safety of your personal care products? Read the new factsheet by the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety on the safety of personal care products, available in English, French, German and Spanish.
2nd Prize: Alliance to Save our Antibiotics (28/02/2017)
The Alliance to Save our Antibiotics is coalition of 60+ EU-wide organisations that campaigns against the overuse of antibiotics in livestock farming and for a shift to welfare-oriented systems of rearing livestock.
3rd Prize: World Alliance Against Antibiotic Resistance WAAAR (15/03/2017)
The WAAAR focuses on lobbying and provoking awareness among all stakeholders and pressures authorities to take action to limit the surge and spread of multi-drug resistant pathogens.
