The ‘Personal Health Record’ was developed by the Migration Health Division of the International Organization for Migration with support from the European Commission and contributions from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. It is a personal document that includes all the health data and information needed for health professionals to get a comprehensive […]
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Methods for carrying out genetic testing are developing at an unprecedented and unforeseen rate. Simultaneously, the overall number of genes linked to rare diseases (RD) is increasing. This means that it is now possible to provide an etiological diagnosis for several thousand RD(or ‘Mendelian’ diseases). Although accurate diagnosis enables specific treatment for only a minority
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New rules on novel food aim to improve conditions, so that businesses can more easily bring new and innovative food to the EU market, while still maintaining a high level of food safety for European consumers. It will offer European consumers the benefit of a broader choice of food and a more favourable environment for
Eurostat – the European Union’s statistical authority – has increased the amount of data directly available from its online database. It has also developed an official website ‘statistics explained’ which presents statistical topics in an easily understood way. For more information on this and various health reports on ec.europa.eu
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In the EU, around 90 million tons of foods are wasted yearly (2006 estimate), while 55 million people suffer from food poverty, according to the President of the European Federation of Food Banks. Food donation is a key lever in Europe’s solutions both to reduce food waste and alleviate food poverty and social exclusion. This
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Ministers of health from the 53 Member States of the WHO European Region have signed up to a roadmap that will make it possible for coming generations to make tobacco a thing of the past. The roadmap lists the actions with the greatest impact in specific areas. One area involves the denormalization of tobacco, by:
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Europeans are living longer but high levels of tobacco and alcohol consumption, combined with rising obesity could mean that the life expectancy of future generations will fall. Download the report
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A new data tool for the European Core Health Indicators has been launched, to replace the existing ‘Heidi’ data tool. This new tool presents relevant and comparable information on health at the European level in an interactive way, covering five groups of indicators: demographic and socio-economic factors health status health determinants (smoking, alcohol etc) health
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There are already an estimated 50 million people in the EU suffering from two or more long-term conditions and by 2020, when a quarter of Europeans will be over 60 years of age, multi-morbidity is likely to be the norm rather than the exception. Multi-morbidity has significant implications for the economy, labour market, social security
The International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH) has been reconfigured to transform it into a truly global initiative with robust and transparent governance mechanisms. The ICH will promote public health through international harmonisation of technical requirements for the authorisation and regulatory oversight of medicinal products. This will help
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