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  • "The time to test is now!"

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    Commissioner Andriukaitis endorses the European HIV and Hepatitis Testing Week, 22-29 November 2019. Watch the video!

  • #EUandME: helping young EU citizens to get the most out of life!

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    A brand new campaign informs young people about their rights and opportunities as EU citizens, covering everything from receiving emergency health care while abroad, to study, training and travel opportunities.

  • €8 Billion Spent for Health Projects – Commissioner Andriukaitis’ Speech at ESI Funds Final Conference

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    More than 7 thousand projects addressing health related topics, have been supported by the European Structural and Investment (ESI). Between 2014 and 2020, the ESIF investments will have improved the health of over 40 million European citizens.

  • 1 in 2 people living with HIV in Europe is diagnosed late: ECDC and WHO urge improvement in testing practices

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  • 1 in 8 deaths due to coronary heart disease, says Eurostat

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    Over 609,000 deaths in the EU in 2016 were due to coronary diseases, including from heart attacks. The large majority - 90% - of these deaths occurred in people over the age of 65, and men were nearly twice as likely to die from coronary heart disease than women.

  • 10 October 2019 deadline approaches: Call for Proposals of EU Health Programme 2019 Project Grants

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    The two areas covered are Rare disease registries for the European Reference Networks and Stakeholder actions to implement the EU guidelines on prudent use of antimicrobials in human health.

  • 2019 Annual Report shows how the Joint Research Centre's routine operations led to it stepping up when the crisis hit

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    Since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis, the European Commission's Joint Research Centre has been mobilising its extensive analytical, anticipatory and innovative approaches to help fight the pandemic and prepare for a sustainable, inclusive and fair recovery.

  • 23 million people falling ill from unsafe food each year in Europe is just the tip of the iceberg

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    Every minute, 44 people fall sick from eating contaminated food, and some 4,700 per year lose their lives, according to a review of the most recent available data entitled "The burden of foodborne diseases in the WHO European Region". World Food Safety Day was held on 7 June.

  • 30 million people in the EU are afflicted by a rare and/or complex disease - find out what the EU is doing to help!

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    This video clip introduces the European Reference Networks for rare and complex diseases and is available in all EU languages and Norwegian, with or without subtitles.

  • 33,000 people die every year due to infections with antibiotic-resistant bacteria

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    An ECDC study estimates the burden of five types of infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria of public health concern in the European Union and in the European Economic Area (EU/EEA).

  • 3rd Health Programme: online Information Day on the 2018 Annual Work Plan and calls held 30 January

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    The Directorate General for Health and Food Safety and the Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency organised the event, which was open to all health stakeholders and hosted by the EU Health Policy Platform.

  • 71% of EU households report being able to pay health service costs with ease

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    In 2016, most households in the EU were able to pay the costs for health services with ease: The remaining 29% of households reported that they had ‘some’ (16%), ‘moderate’ (8%) or ‘great’ (4%) difficulty paying for health service costs, according to EuroStat, the EU's statistics office.

  • 77% of suicides in the EU were by men

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    Around 48 700 people in the EU died as a result of intentional self-harm in 2016, which is 1% of all deaths reported that year. Almost 8 in 10 of these suicides (77%) were among men. On average, there were almost 11 suicide deaths per 100 000 inhabitants in the EU in 2016.

  • A Europe that protects: framework contracts for pandemic influenza vaccines signed on 28 March 2019

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    15 Member States and the Commission have signed framework contracts with the pharmaceutical company Seqirus for the production and supply of pandemic influenza vaccines under the "EU Joint Procurement Agreement to procure medical countermeasures".

  • Access to COVID-19 Tools-Accelerator Facilitation Council holds inaugural meeting

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    On 10 September 2020, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, and Dr Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, co-hosted the inaugural meeting of the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator Facilitation Council.

  • Act fast! Nominations for the 10th EURORDIS Black Pearl Awards open till end September!

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    The awards recognise exceptional accomplishments in the field of rare diseases. This includes the contributions of patient advocacy groups, volunteers, scientists, companies, media, and policy makers towards alleviating the impact of rare diseases on people's lives.

  • Act quickly! ECDC Public call for expression of interest deadline extended to 2 March 2018

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    The call is for Commission appointees to the Advisory Forum of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control to represent interested parties at European level, such as non-governmental organisations representing patients, professional bodies or academia.

  • Adolescents not getting enough exercise, says WHO

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    New WHO-led study says majority of adolescents worldwide are not sufficiently physically active, putting their current and future health at risk.

  • Advances made in electronic cross-border health services

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    Since 21 February 2020, Maltese doctors have been able to access the health data of Portuguese citizens travelling to Malta, and from 24 February 2020, Croatian doctors have been able to access the health data of Maltese citizens travelling to Croatia.

  • All smiles at results of the EU-funded ADVOCATE project on oral health and wellbeing

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    The project received nearly 6 million € co-funding from the HORIZON 2020 in order to explore ways to optimise delivery of oral health and wellbeing to the population in EU Member States. It focused on the prevention of oral diseases through general dental practitioners.

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