Commission grants EUR 508 million for a total of 75 projects across the EU The last year of Horizon 2020 represents a record in funding for collaborative health research. The 75 projects selected following the evaluation involve 1158 professionals from 58 countries. Following the signing of grant agreements in the coming weeks, they should receive […]
Remdesivir: European Commission guarantees access
On 28th July the European Commission signed a contract with the pharmaceutical company Gilead to guarantee treatment doses of Veklury, which is the trade name of remdesivir. Veklury was the first drug authorised on an EU level for the treatment of COVID-19. From early August, batches of Veklury will be made available to Member States […]
Coronavirus: How to prepare for future outbreaks
The Commission has presented immediate short-term measures to strengthen EU health preparedness for COVID-19 outbreaks. The Commission has from the outset coordinated the exchange of information and recommendations with regard to cross border health actions and measures. A continued vigilance and fast response from the Commission and the Member States is essential to ensure that the […]
H2020. New approaches for clinical management and prevention of resistant bacterial infections in high prevalence settings
Antimicrobial resistance represents a serious threat to public health in Europe and beyond. Within the last decades resistance has increased considerably in many clinically important pathogenic bacteria. The challenge is to address this threat via a multi-disciplinary approach by developing suitable clinical management and infection prevention plans detailing how to deal with resistant bacterial infections […]
3rd EU Health Programme: Initiatives on medical deserts
This call is frame 3rd EU Health Programme in the project Support to reforms in health workforce field. The European health workforce is facing major challenges due to an ageing population, a higher demand of new primary care models and better-integrated and more patient-centred care, and rise of chronic diseases, in a broader context of persistent […]
Video conference of ministers of health, 15 April 2020
EU ministers of health are holding a video conference to take stock of the current situation and measures already taken in response to the spread of COVID-19 in the EU and to reflect on the challenges ahead in order to find the best coordinated approach for moving forward. Conclusions In their exchange of views, they […]
Support to reforms in health workforce field – Initiatives on retention policies
The objective of the initiative is to provide support to Member States to design and implement their policies related to healthcare workforce retention, task-shifting and regional medical deserts. This should be achieved, through the development of supporting tools –guidelines, scaling up of good practices, creating a platform for policy dialogue to advance on these challenging issues. […]
3rd Health Programme: support to reforms in health workforce field – Initiatives on retention policies
The objective of the initiative is to provide support to Member States to design and implement their policies related to healthcare workforce retention, task-shifting and regional medical deserts. This should be achieved, through the development of supporting tools –guidelines, scaling up of good practices, creating a platform for policy dialogue to advance on these challenging issues. […]
COVID-19: action to procure life-saving medical equipment
Parliament is working with member states to ensure that the EU can buy ventilators, masks and other medical equipment to be put at the disposal of hospitals across the EU. rescEU Last week, the Commission set up a scheme to gather medical equipment (through rescEU) so that the necessary supplies to combat COVID-19 can quickly get […]