France's pharmaceutical lobby Leem unveiled a plan on Tuesday (4 June) to fight the misuse of medicines, thought to be responsible for several thousand deaths every year, particularly among the elderly.
As rapporteur and co-rapporteur on several health-related files, MEP Tiemo Wölken (Germany, S&D) has consistently prioritised fair access to medicines and transparent pricing, and with EU elections looming, he is eyeing a third mandate.
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Much has been achieved, as summarised in the recent communication on the European Health Union. However, two major areas will spill over onto the desks of the next Parliament: the pharma package and health determinants.
The European Commission will present its update of the ‘European Health Union: a Europe that prepares, prevents and protects' on Wednesday (22 May). Like the Belgian motto, ‘L’Union fait la force’ [Unity makes strength], the Health Union's aim is to create a more resilient Europe.
An infected blood scandal in Britain was no accident but the fault of doctors and a succession of governments that led to 3,000 deaths and thousands more contracting hepatitis or HIV, a public inquiry reported on Monday (20 May).
At the end of April, the World Health Organisation completed a comprehensive analysis of the Expanded Programme of Immunization (EPI) which marks its 50th anniversary. The study estimates that 154 million lives have been saved by vaccines. Looking ahead, does we need an EU Immunisation strategy?
Like many Europeans, the Dutch feel no love for the European Union. This is a painful but understandable conclusion from a recent study by Ipsos. The EU needs to go to the doctor quickly and get a beating heart full of love because Brussels still seems cold and chilly to the European voter, writes Toine Manders.
The Happy Planet Index (HPI) claims to have found that higher levels of consumption are not translating into higher levels of well being. The index is an attempt to go beyond GDP and find a way to measure how countries are providing citizens with a good sense of well being without placing an excessive burden on the planet.
For the 10 countries that joined the EU in 2004, the economic transformation has been impressive but significant disparities remain to this day and this is particularly the case when it comes to health.
During the COVID-19 confinement, many contagious pathogens were also suppressed; with society opening combined with vaccine hesitancy, outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases, such as measles and whooping cough (pertussis) are on the rise.
The European Commission has registered a European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) for safe and accessible abortion. The decision is the starting shot for the ‘My Voice, My Choice’ movement to collect one million signatures in support of their cause. The group hopes to become the fastest ECI to achieve this target, with the aim of meeting it before the European elections in June.
Sweden is preparing a national strategy to improve healthcare for people with a rare disease. The long-called-for plan will tackle major care inequalities amongst the estimated half a million people in Sweden living with a rare disease.
Polish schools expect to introduce a long-awaited health education programme, aimed at addressing public health concerns and promoting healthy lifestyles among children.
While broadly welcomed for harmonising accessibility measures across the bloc, the agreement on the EU's first bloc-wide Disability Card is only a first step in securing true freedom of movement within EU countries for people with disabilities, an expert told Euractiv.
Malnutrition impacts almost two-thirds of Slovak patients in hospital care, according to new research. The survey found that despite the extra costs malnutrition creates for the healthcare system, interventions remain minimal.
To improve patient access to pharmaceutical products, a Greek Health Ministry decision is rolling out home delivery of high-cost medicines to patients suffering from serious diseases.
The Council and the European Parliament agreed on Thursday (8 February) on the proposal to completely phase out the use of mercury in dental amalgam as part of the commitments from the EU’s Zero Pollution Ambition.
The European Parliament gave the final approval on Wednesday (7 February) to the new rules that will limit workers’ exposure to lead and diisocyanates and step up health protection.
The EU must take concrete actions to address the public health effects and health systems threats of the climate crisis, EU health ministers urged on Thursday (30 November).
In part of its initiative to boost mental well-being across sectors, the European Commission on Wednesday (25 October) launched a new campaign to support healthy work environments in the digital age.
An editorial word: What's to come on health for the Spanish EU presidency By Amalie Holmgaard Mersh With just over two months left of the Spanish EU Council presidency, Spanish health minister, José Manuel Miñones Conde, visited the members of the European …
In my role I look at a lot of dashboards, like the one I read perhaps daily showing whether patients across Europe are able to access a new treatment following its approval by the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the medicine regulator.
The European Union and some of its member states fail to integrate air quality considerations into their national climate plans and do not recognise the impact of air pollution on health, a study published by the Global Climate and Health Alliance showed.
