New digital technologies will play a role in transforming health and care systems. In particular, artificial intelligence and robotics, have the potential to transform health and care facilities across their range of functions from the clinical aspects to organisational and logistical aspects. Specific challenge There is a consensus that health systems need to undergo adaption […]
H2020-JTI-IMI-2019. Health Outcome Observatories: Empower patients with tools to measure their outcomes in a standardised manner creating transparency of health outcomes
Structured health data is invaluable for all stakeholders, from the individual patient, healthcare professionals (HCPs), the life science industry, and policy makers to the patient advocacy groups. There have been a few successful examples of approaches to integrate patient-reported health data into clinical care. Specific Challenge 1. Patient outcomes and their experience of healthcare, and […]
Listeriosis represented the zoonotic disease with more hospitalized cases and deaths in 2018
Nearly one in three foodborne outbreaks in the EU in 2018 were caused by Salmonella. This is one of the main findings of the annual report on trends and sources of zoonoses published today by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). In 2018, EU Member States […]
Toolkit to protect children and teenagers from marketing of unhealthy food and beverages
The JRC has released practical guidance to support EU Member States in reducing the exposure of children and adolescents (up to 18 years old) to the marketing of unhealthy food and beverages, including alcohol. Addressing marketing that promotes unhealthy diets to children and alcohol consumption among young people is an area of urgent action in public health […]
The revolutionary method for clinical trials in type 1 diabetes
The ISLET project is a multi-center collaboration of leading European researchers that has been awarded 8 million euros from the Horizon 2020 funding programme for research and innovation in a 5-year period. Type 1 Diabetes is a global health challenge, affecting more than one million children and adolescents worldwide, with close to 129,000 new […]
Prevention and primary care are the most important trend in health in the EU
The European Commission has recently published the reports that depict the profile of health systems in 30 countries Country Health Profiles are being issued with the Companion Report that shows some of the biggest trends in the transformation of the healthcare systems and draws key conclusions from the Profiles. Background In 2016, the European Commission […]
EU Control Measures for African Swine Fever
African swine fever is a viral disease of pigs and wild boar that is usually deadly. There are neither vaccines nor cures. For this reason, it has serious socio-economic consequences in affected countries. Humans are not susceptible to the disease. The typical signs of African swine fever are similar to classical swine fever, and the […]
Game-based system to help children with ADHD
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects 7 % of the population and causes behavioural problems, learning limitations and social exclusion. An EU-funded project provides a novel gaming system as an alternative ADHD treatment. The Project “The FocusLocus project aimed to provide an innovative and disruptive game-based intervention programme for assisting children to manage and overcome […]
First vaccine to protect against Ebola
EMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) has recommended granting a conditional marketing authorisation in the European Union for Ervebo (rVSVΔG-ZEBOV-GP), the first vaccine for active immunisation of individuals aged 18 years and older at risk of infection with the Ebola virus. “The CHMP’s recommendation is the result of many years of collaborative global efforts to find and develop new medicines […]