Quality Action, a Joint Action of European Union member states, aimed to promote the health of the community by maximising the quality of HIV prevention projects and programmes. Its final conference earlier this year brought together more than 120 representatives from governmental and non-governmental organisations to share their experiences in applying five quality improvement tools. […]
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The European Medicines Agency has launched the PRIME (PRIority MEdicines) scheme, which offers early, proactive and enhanced support to medicine developers to optimise the production of robust data on a medicine’s benefits and risks and enable accelerated assessment. To support earlier access to patients, the Commission has shortened the timeframe for adopting decisions that authorise
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This report describes the development of e-health in the WHO European Region and the trends that are emerging in 2016. It is based largely on data collected from the 2015 WHO Global eHealth Survey. It includes case studies of successful implementations in various countries and the practical application of e-health in various settings. It provides
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The Health Programme has a total budget of close to €450 million for 2014-2020 and it supports Member States’ efforts in four specific areas: Promoting health, preventing diseases, and fostering healthy lifestyles. Protecting citizens from serious cross-border health threats. Supporting capacity building and contributing to innovative, efficient and sustainable health systems. Facilitating access to better
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AAL (previously known as Ambient Assisted Living) has launched its Smart Ageing Prize – a €50,000 Challenge Prize to find the best innovation in internet connected devices and technologies (Internet of Things) that will empower older adults to achieve the quality of life they aspire to socially and independently. The Prize aims to find innovations
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The European Union has set up a European Medical Corps (EMC) through which teams and equipment from the EU Member States can be rapidly deployed. At the moment, nine member states have offered teams and equipment to the corps. For more information about the European Medical Corps, on the europa.eu website
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The annual conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington was presented with evidence that vaping suppresses 6 times as many immune genes as smoking. After comparing genetic information swabbed from the noses of smokers, vapers, and non-users of both, researchers found that while smoking suppresses the activity of 53 genes
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a global survey to gather views on the most necessary and useful assistive technologies such as hearing aids, wheel chairs and personal alarms. The survey will feed into the first ever WHO mandated list of essential assistive technologies to provide a tool for governments. Governments can use the
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In this compendium, the WHO Regional Office for Europe has collected good examples of the prevention, control and care of TB. They want countries to be able to share their knowledge and experience of using the health-system approach to tackle health problems. This report contains 45 examples of good practice in strengthening health systems for
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An air pollution health risk assessment estimates the health impact to be expected from measures that affect air quality, in different socioeconomic, environmental and policy circumstances. This publication, from WHO Europe, introduces the concept of air pollution health risk assessment, describing in broad terms how the health risks of outdoor air pollution and its sources
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