Falsified medicines are often disguised as authentic medicines but may contain ingredients of bad or toxic quality, or in the wrong dosage. As they have not been properly checked for quality, safety and efficacy, as required by strict EU authorisation, they can pose a real risk to your health. As falsified medicines become more sophisticated, […]
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The Commission has published today a new Regulation that significantly tightens the restrictions on the use of BPA in food contact materials. It lowers the regulatory limit (specific migration limit or ‘SML’), which is the amount allowed to migrate from the plastic material into food while keeping it safe, and extends this restriction to coating
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The independent Expert Panel on effective ways of investing in health has adopted three Opinions related to access to healthcare, innovative payment models for high-cost innovative medicines and performance of primary care. The Opinion on innovative payment models for high-cost innovative medicines analyses how national pricing and reimbursement authorities could improve patients’ access to innovative medicines and foster innovation that matters
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The European Commission’s Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Knowledge Gateway is a reference point for public health policy makers. You will find reliable, independent and up-to date information on topics related to the promotion of health and well-being, in particular the prevention of non-communicable diseases like cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer. This Knowledge Gateway provides short, impactful
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Public Health Panorama, WHO/Europe’s public health journal, has dedicated its latest issue to obesity and unhealthy diets in the Region. With unhealthy diets now responsible for 1 in 5 deaths globally, and with the Region at the midway point of implementing the European Food and Nutrition Action Plan 2015–2020, this special issue is a timely
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WHO/Europe has launched a newly developed online course that aims to equip clinicians with the information they need to prescribe antibiotics appropriately and wisely. This free course, titled “Antimicrobial stewardship: A competency-based approach”, is available via the OpenWHO platform. While enrolment is open to anyone, the course is particularly relevant for clinicians who frequently prescribe
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Public Health Panorama is a peer-reviewed, bilingual (English–Russian), open access journal published by the WHO Regional Office for Europe. It aims to disseminate good practices and new insights in public health from the 53 Member States in the Region. The mission of Public Health Panorama is to contribute to improving health in the Region by
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A survey that included 32 countries in Europe in 2015 found that more than two thirds had extended the official scopes of practice of nurses in primary care. Ireland is one of those countries. As of April 2016, a total of 894 nurses and midwives in the country were registered to prescribe medicinal products. This
On 11 February emergency services across Europe, grassroots and non-governmental organisations hold events to raise awareness about the EU’s emergency number 112. People in the EU can call 112 from fixed and mobile phones to contact any emergency service: an ambulance, the fire brigade or the police. Specially trained operators – who in many countries also
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Regulatory guidance for pharmaceutical companies to prepare for UK’s withdrawal from EU: The European Medicines Agency and the European Commission have published additional guidance to help pharmaceutical companies prepare for the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union. Companies are reminded to plan in advance for the situation that the United Kingdom will leave the
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