The burden of obesity
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has released a recent report on ‘The heavy burden of obesity’. Over the next 30 years, it is expected that OECD countries will spendRead More…
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Best practices for healthy and sustainable food systems to reducing mortality due to non-communicable diseases
A marketplace workshop showcasing best practices for healthy and sustainable food systems and practices conducive to reducing mortality due to non-communicable diseases took place in Brussels on 20 June 2019. Representatives fromRead More…
Employment and chronic conditions in Europe – webinar CHRODIS+
On Thursday 19 September 2019, from 14.00 until 15.00 CET, the webinar on “Employment and Chronic Conditions in Europe – Facing the challenge” organised by CHRODIS+ will take place. This webinar aimsRead More…
Trainings finished at the Correctional Facility of Asturias
The CDSMP has been successfully implemented at the Therapeutic and Educational Unit of the Correctional Facility of Asturias. Two workshops were organised by the trainers Sonia López Villar, Delia Peñacoba Maestre andRead More…
The project EFFICHRONIC nominated for the New Medical Economics Awards
New Medical Economics is a specialised magazine on health management. The project EFFICHRONIC has been nominated this year for the New Medical Economics Awards. If you would like to acknowledge the workRead More…
Heart attacks, strokes, cancer: main causes of deaths in the EU
According to the latest data from Eurostat, heart attacks, strokes, and cancer are the main causes of deaths in the EU. Slightly over 1.8 million people died from diseases of the circulatoryRead More…
Contribution of BME to EFFICHRONIC
BME UNITED LIMITED/STEP UP (West Midlands) CIC are a community-based organisation focused on health and well-being. They are based in the West Midlands in the UK and deliver the CDSM programmes asRead More…
The EMC team at the Final Conference of APPCARE
EMC attended the final conference of the project APPCARE on May 23, 2019. The objective of this conference was to present the results, deployment and findings of the APPCARE project in orderRead More…
Second publication of EFFICHRONIC already available!
The second publication of the EFFICHRONIC consortium has been recently published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. This manuscript describes the evaluation framework of theRead More…
The Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Knowledge Gateway: a source of information for policy makers
The Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Knowledge Gateway is an action targeted at public health policy makers. Policy makers will find reliable, independent and up-to date information on topics related to theRead More…