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Health MEPs propose blueprint for safer healthcare

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Between 8{ddf8d179d1bf712bb2a88ff2ad95ebdf63eaa5463c845d2f093b25848387ba96} and 12{ddf8d179d1bf712bb2a88ff2ad95ebdf63eaa5463c845d2f093b25848387ba96} of patients admitted to hospitals in the EU suffer adverse events such as healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), which place a heavy burden on limited health service budgets. According to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, 1 in 20 hospital in-patients, on average, suffers from an HAI in the EU, that […]

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Non-smoking is the new norm

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Non-smoking is becoming the new norm worldwide, according to a new online WHO  report:   Global Report on Trends in Tobacco Smoking. New data show a declining rate of tobacco use and an increase in the number of non-smokers across the world, although there are wide regional variations. WHO believes that governments must intensify their actions to combat

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TTIP Transparency

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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

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The fight against the development of resistant bacteria

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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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Plain tobacco packaging

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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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Migrants and Health

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This edition of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies has focused on the health issues of migrants. It also includes articles on the commercialisation of public hospitals in Poland, perceptions about the affordability of care in the Netherlands, pharmaceutical market reform in Portugal and health service reform in Cyprus. To download the whole

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Problems with the directive on trade secrets

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A new directive on trade secrets being produced by the European Commission is strongly criticized by the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA). They are particularly concerned that: it contains an unreasonably broad definition of ‘trade secrets’ it offers overly-broad protection for companies there are inadequate safeguards to ensure consumers, journalists and researchers have reliable access to

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