The Lazio Region of Italy has recently set up ‘Houses of Health’ facilities to help people avoid costly hospital visits. People can receive around 15 types of common health services at these locations, including blood tests, echography and radiography. To read more, go to http://ec.europa.eu
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The European Commission has published its analysis of some 150,000 replies to an online consultation on investment protection and investor-to-state dispute settlement (ISDS) in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). A key question in the consultation was whether the EU’s proposed approach for TTIP would achieve the right balance between protecting investors and safeguarding the
Each year, vast quantities of livestock and produce are traded into the EU to be served on 500 million European plates and the European Commission ensures both food and consumers are kept safe through TRACES (TRAde Control and Expert System). This is a trans-European network which notifies, certifies and monitors imports, exports and trade in
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The Momentum project is a three-year initiative co-funded by the European Commission to create a platform where key players in telemedicine can share their knowledge and experience in deploying telemedicine services into routine care. Working together, these key players have defined a Blueprint that offers critical success factors and performance indicators that help decision makers scale
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Substantial health gains (up to a three year increase in life expectancy) can be achieved from a healthier lifestyle but the effect of lifestyle on health spending is unclear and seems to disappear when overall wealth (GDP per capita) is taken into account. These are the main conclusions of the “Comparative efficiency of health systems,
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For the first time, integrated analysis of data from humans, animals and food has been used by three leading international bodies to produce a report on the effect of antimicrobials. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) jointly analysed data from
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There is evidence confirming the effectiveness of plain packaging measures in smoking prevention and cessation. Consumers perceive such packaging to be ugly and dull and it decreases the attractiveness of tobacco products and smoking – especially to young people and women. According to information disclosed by the tobacco industry in the context of a Minnesota lawsuit of
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In the context of population ageing and economic pressures, improving older people’s knowledge and skills in healthy lifestyles, managing diseases and navigating their way through the health system, is crucial. This ‘health literacy’ is the subject of a European project: “Intervention Research on Health Literacy among Ageing Population” (IROHLA) which is taking stock of on-going health literacy
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On school days, over 64 million European students and almost 4.5 million teachers are affected by the quality of the air they breathe inside their schools. Asthmatic people are particularly sensitive to poor air quality and pollutants. Indoor air quality in school buildings is affected by outdoor air pollution, building characteristics and operation and management
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In 2012 one in three women and one in four men in the EU were still smoking. This study provides an evidence base for tobacco control interventions and how these interventions affect inequalities in health among smokers. To read the full report or the executive summary, click here on http://ec.europa.eu
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