Third health programme (2014-2020)
The programme has 4 overarching objectives. It seeks to:
1) Promote health, prevent diseases and foster supportive environments for healthy lifestyles taking into account the 'health in all policies' principle
- Risk factors such as use of tobacco and passive smoking, harmful use of alcohol, unhealthy
- dietary habits and physical inactivity
- Drugs-related health damage, including information and prevention
- HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and hepatitis
- Chronic diseases including cancer, age-related diseases and neurodegenerative diseases
- Tobacco legislation
- Health information and knowledge system to contribute to evidence-based decision-making
2) Protect Union citizens from serious cross-border health threats
- Additional cpacities of scientific expertise for risk assessment
- Capacity-building against health threatsin Member States, including, where appropriate, cooperation with neighbouring countries
- Implementation wof Union legislation on communicable diseases and other health threats, including those caused by biological and chemical incidents, environment and climate change
- Health information and knowledge system to contribute to evidence-based decision-making
3) Contribute to innovative, efficient and sustainable health systems
- Health Technology Assessment
- Innovation and e-health
- Health workforce forecasting and planning
- Setting up a mechanism for pooling expertise at Union level
- European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing
- Implementation of Union legislation in the field of medical devices, medicinal products and cross-border healthcare
- Health information and knowledge system including support to the Scientific Committees set up in accordance with Commission Decision 2008/721/EC
4) Facilitate access to better and safer healthcare for Union citizens
- European Reference Networks
- Rare diseases
- Patient safety and quality of healthcare
- Measures to prevent antimicrobial resistance and control healthcare-associated infections
- Implementation of Union legislation in the fields of tissues and cells, blood, organs
- Health information and knowledge system to contribute to evidence-based decision-making
Source: ec.europa.eu
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