The latest statistics (2015) on road safety across the EU have just been released and they show remarkable progress over the last decade. The UK scores well in improving road safety for children and the elderly. Between 2004 and 2013, fatalities of children (under 15 years of age) in the UK have fallen by almost […]
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The OECD is producing a series of health care reviews and the UK’s has recently been published. It has found that health systems in the United Kingdom have, for many years, made the quality of care a highly visible priority, internationally pioneering many tools and policies to assure and improve the quality of care. However,
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This report is a landmark survey of the state of global happiness, with experts from a variety of fields (including health and public policy) describing how measurements of well-being can be used effectively to assess the progress of nations. This year Denmark is ranked at number 1, while the UK is sitting at number 23.
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New data released by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and WHO/Europe show that an estimated 340,000 Europeans had tuberculosis (TB) in 2014, corresponding to a rate of 37 cases per 100,000 people. Although new TB cases decreased by 4.3{ddf8d179d1bf712bb2a88ff2ad95ebdf63eaa5463c845d2f093b25848387ba96} on average between 2010 and 2014, high rates of multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB
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The European Commission website has developed a page where some of the opinions of the EU’s non-food Scientific Committees are presented in a format and language which can be easily understood by non-specialists. The reader can choose between short and easy to read science factsheets (1 page) and web summaries which go into more depth.
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The European Core Health Indicators (ECHI) are the result of long-term cooperation between EU Member States and the European Commission to create a comparable health information and knowledge system to monitor health at EU level. Definitions and data collection are in place for nearly 60 out of 88 ECHI indicators. The indicators under development still need
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How can Europe ensure good quality healthcare for all people and counter the increasing pressures brought about by under-investment and lack of cooperation between different healthcare systems? This was the question asked at a European Public Service Union meeting attended by around 60 representatives from 25 countries. Many participants mentioned difficulties with ensuring safe and
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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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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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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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