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Gender gap in health and healthcare: Implications for women
Recent findings suggesting that women in the EU outlive men yet often spend more years in poor health point to a significant gender gap in healthcare. Women face multiple challenges that negatively affect their well-being, including delayed diagnoses, pain bias, research disparities and limited access to essential services.
World Rare Diseases Day: Advances in research give patients new hope
Rare diseases, though seldom recognised and frequently misdiagnosed, affect approximately 36 million people in the EU. Despite their significant collective prevalence, patients with rare diseases are often overlooked by healthcare systems, facing challenges in diagnosis, treatment, and access to advances in research. Researchers are increasingly using networks to share their findings and make better progress, giving new hope to patients.
Current challenges and opportunities for addressing obesity
This paper presents current developments and challenges in the prevention and management of obesity in the European Union. The analysis provides an overview of the disease, emphasises the importance of designing supportive environments in prevention efforts, and makes an argument to upskill the healthcare provided to persons living with obesity. This document was provided by the Policy Department for Economic, Scientific and Quality of Life Policies at the request of the Subcommittee on Public Health ...
World Diabetes Day 2023
World Diabetes Day – marked every year on 14 November – was proclaimed by the United Nations in 2007, to raise awareness of diabetes and related complications, and to promote prevention and care, including through education.
World Diabetes Day 2022
On the occasion of World Diabetes Day, the European ºÏ·¨²©²ÊÍøÕ¾ is expected to hold a debate on prevention, management and better care of diabetes in the EU during the November II plenary session. World Diabetes Day – marked every year on 14 November – was proclaimed by the United Nations in 2007 to raise awareness of diabetes and related complications, and to promote prevention and care, including through education. This is an update of an 'at a glance' note from November 2021.
World Diabetes Day 2021
World Diabetes Day – marked every year on 14 November – was proclaimed by the United Nations in 2007 to raise awareness of diabetes and related complications, and to promote prevention and care, including through education. World Diabetes Day also offers an opportunity to evaluate progress in the EU.
Public Health in the EU: State-of-Play and Key Policy Challenges for the Hearings of Commissioner-Designates, Brussels, 24 & 25 September 2014
Citizen’s health is a core value of the EU (Art.168, TFEU). While EU public health policy complements national policies, it encourages cooperation across countries and facilitates coordination. Particularly, EU public health policy generates economies of scale by pooling resources to tackle common challenges, such as pandemics or the risk factors associated with chronic diseases. The EU brings added value in fostering research and improving health outcomes through frameworks such as Horizon2020 and ...
EU health programme for 2014 to 2020
The EU’s health strategy is largely implemented through multiannual health programmes. A new programme for 2014-20 aims to support and complement Member State (MS) efforts to cope with economic and demographic challenges facing their healthcare systems and help citizens stay healthy longer. A compromise agreement negotiated by ºÏ·¨²©²ÊÍøÕ¾, Council and Commission includes a new title for the programme and a slight increase in budget.
Cancer and in general long-term illnesses at workplaces
The aim of the study was to gain an understanding of the barriers faced by workers with long-term illnesses or with cancer in order to be (re-)integrated at the workplace and/or to regain social inclusion. The different approaches and legislations applied across Member States are analysed against the level and duration of sick workers' social protection, in particular by addressing workers' wages and standards of living during and after sick leave. The study also aimed at raising the awareness of ...