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Health-EU Newsletter
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In this edition
- 12 December 2019
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Editorial
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Working together to create a sustainable future for all to INHERIT
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Caroline Costongs, Director of EuroHealthNet (the European Partnership for Health Equity and Wellbeing), advocates linking better health and reduced inequalities with climate initiatives, in what she describes as a ‘triple-win’ approach.
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Project in the Picture
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INHERIT
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This Horizon 2020 research project encourages us to modify our current lifestyles to promote better health, health equity and environmental sustainability. It has formulated scenarios for a more sustainable future, and designed, implemented and tested intersectoral initiatives.
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Key figures
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News from the EU
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Worlds AIDS Day 2019: EU action in a nutshell
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What is the EU doing to combat AIDS? See this infographic, published ahead of World AIDS Day on 1 December.
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Many popular packaged foods in the EU contain too much fat, sugar, salt and too little fibre
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The Joint Research Centre evaluated the nutritional composition of 2691 products (breakfast cereals, ready meals, processed meat, processed seafood, and yoghurts) and found half to two-thirds of them ineligible for marketing to children due to poor scores.
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Tackling obesity would boost economic and social well-being
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Obesity-related diseases will claim more than 90 million lives in Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries in the next 30 years, with life expectancy reduced by nearly 3 years, according to a new OECD report.
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Johanniter International (JOIN) launches European First Aid Guidelines
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Commission representatives attended the launch of the first set of Guidelines to cover every topic related to First Aid and to be successfully drafted at European level. Translated into 15 European languages, they are available for free download.
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19 November was Men’s Health Day – here’s a checklist for men on how to maintain good health
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‘Five things men can do for good health’ was prepared by the WHO on the occasion of Men’s Health Day.
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Adolescents not getting enough exercise, says WHO
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New WHO-led study says majority of adolescents worldwide are not sufficiently physically active, putting their current and future health at risk.
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Forthcoming events
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Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council Configuration (EPSCO) (Brussels, 9 – 10 December 2019)
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Health Council Briefing and EU Presidency priorities (Brussels, 12 December 2019)
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EU Press Releases
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Auditors Report gives thumbs up to the ‘One Health’ approach to fighting antimicrobial resistance
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On 15 November, the Court of Auditors considered that EU support which strengthens Member States’ ‘One Health’ approach to AMR to be valuable as it has contributed to better-informed policy decisions and facilitated cooperation and exchange of experience between Member States.
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Half of all women with HIV are diagnosed late in Europe
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Many women in the WHO European Region, particularly those in their 40s, are diagnosed at a late stage of HIV infection when their immune system is already starting to fail, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and WHO Europe.
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Vaccine against Ebola: Commission grants first-ever market authorisation
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The Commission has granted marketing authorisation to the company Merck Sharp and Dohme B.V. for a vaccine against Ebola. The company has been developing this vaccine since the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2014.
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New publications
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‘Ten actions towards vaccination for all’ now available in all EU languages
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Lessons learned from the Global Vaccination Summit on 12 September and actions needed to promote vaccination for all and the elimination of vaccine-preventable diseases are enumerated in this EU and WHO document.
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Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks publish two new factsheets
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The SCHEER recently published two factsheets, one on emerging risks and the other on phthalates in medical devices. Find them on the Scientific Committee’s website page listing factsheets and summaries of the committees scientific Opinions.
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Factsheet on Options to Foster Health Promoting Health Systems
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This factsheet by the Expert Panel on Effective Ways of Investing in Health presents key points from their recent Opinion on the same topic.
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Guidance document applying to clinical trials of medicinal products in the EU
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Featuring 'questions and answers' about the implementation of the rules on clinical trials, this document reflects the views of the “Expert group on clinical trials”, chaired by the Commission and made up of representatives of all EU Member States and EEA contracting parties.
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EU Health Policy Platform
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Time is running out! Endorse the 2019 Thematic Networks by 16 December!
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Organisations may endorse one or more of the Joint Statements on improving integrated healthcare solutions, organ donation and transplantation, cross-border health and improving access to healthcare for vulnerable and marginalised groups.
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