The final conference of the Health Equity Pilot Project (HEPP) took place on the 6th December 2018, in Brussels. This project focused on health inequalities by identifying inequalities in nutrition and physicalRead More…
Emerging Health and Environmental Issues in Europe
The Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER) of the European Commission published a statement and a position paper on emerging health and environmental issues recently. The SCHEER statement onRead More…
WHO appeals to policy makers: promoting a healthy diet
The World Health Organization has published key facts and recommendations for healthy eating and proposed a list of concrete actions for governments to promote healthy and sustainable diets. The full documentRead More…
Non-communicable diseases listed among the 10 threats to global health in 2019
Non-communicable diseases, such as diabetes, cancer and heart disease, are collectively responsible for over 70% of all deaths worldwide, or 41 million people. This includes 15 million people dying prematurely, aged betweenRead More…
PAL 4 Future Health event
Are you interested in the future of healthcare for chronic disease patients? At the PAL 4 Future Health event, the project experts will present the outputs of an EU research project thatRead More…
Improving the social situation of Europeans
The European Commission has taken concrete initiatives to put the 20 principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights into practice at European level, which can improve the social situation of millions of Europeans significantly. TheRead More…
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The training of leaders that will lead the intervention programme in Italy has been completed
On Wednesday, December 5, the formation of the second group of leaders that will lead the Program of chronic diseases self-management within the European EFFICHRONIC project has been completed.The new leaders willRead More…
Effective communication between professionals and patients
The project EFFICHRONIC was presented as good practice during the PROMISS Meeting entitled “Transversal Skills of Healthcare Professionals” the 4th of December 2018 in Genova. Representatives of the National Ministry of Health and ofRead More…
EFFICHRONIC at the Innovation centre “Las Naves ” in Valencia
The EFFICHRONIC team participated in a meeting to discuss key issues for the successful implementation of pilot projects. Why some pilot projects that improve the health of people in cities are successful?Read More…