Health

This topic covers a wide range of issues related to the EU commitment to protect and promote health as a human right for all in the frame of the EC external cooperation. Support to the building of competent health systems, accessibility to basic health services, equity and solidarity values are just some of the principles guiding this cooperation. Maternal and child mortality, the crisis of human resources in the health sector, poverty related diseases and other issues may be addresssed under this topic.

How Trnava, Slovakia and the whole World are committed to eliminating cervical cancer

Javier Burgos posted news | 22 November 2021

1st June 2021 In 2018, an estimated 570.000 new cases of cervical cancer were diagnosed worldwide, moving the disease to fourth place in the ranking of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in women . The world has decided to take action. Overall incidence and mortality are higher in low- and middle-...

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Project: The Prevention and Screening Innovation Project Toward Elimination of Cervical Cancer (PRESCRIP-TEC)
New initiative launched to fight cervical cancer through prevention and early diagnosis

Javier Burgos posted news | 22 November 2021

1st May 2021 A new European research initiative to fight against cervical cancer has been launched on February 1 st 2021. The Prevention and Screening Innovation Project Toward Elimination of Cervical Cancer (PRESCRIP-TEC) is a 3-year project funded by the Horizon 2020 Research Programme and...

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Project: The Prevention and Screening Innovation Project Toward Elimination of Cervical Cancer (PRESCRIP-TEC)
The world glows teal for cervical cancer elimination

Javier Burgos posted news | 22 November 2021

The world glows teal for cervical cancer elimination 1st April 2021 Cancer of the cervix of the uterus is preventable and curable. Yet it is the fourth most common form of cancer among women. In 2018, around 570.000 women were diagnosed with cervical cancer worldwide, and 311.000 died of the...

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Project: The Prevention and Screening Innovation Project Toward Elimination of Cervical Cancer (PRESCRIP-TEC)
Project overview

Javier Burgos created a new WIKI page | 22 November 2021

Cervical cancer is a major public health problem, with annually more than 500.000 women worldwide diagnosed with this disease. The Prevention and Screening Innovation Project toward Elimination of Cervical Cancer (PRESCRIP-TEC) contributes to effective and innovative cervical cancer screening,...

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Project: The Prevention and Screening Innovation Project Toward Elimination of Cervical Cancer (PRESCRIP-TEC)
6,6 millions d’euros supplémentaires engagés par le Fonds Bêkou

Estelle MAITRE updated the Information | 14 November 2021

Bonjour à tous, Nous avons le plaisir de vous annoncer que le Comité de Gestion du Fonds Bêkou (COGES) a approuvé l’octroi de 6,6 millions d’euros supplémentaires à trois actions en cours : Le « Programme RELSUDE » voit son budget augmenter de 5,3 millions d’euros. Ce programme de relèvement...

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Group: Fonds fiduciaire européen pour la République centrafricaine "Bêkou" / EU Trust Fund for the Central African Republic "Bêkou"
REPORT: Mycotoxins and Postharvest Losses in Sub-Saharan Africa

Francois Stepman posted Information | 14 September 2021

Mycotoxins and Postharvest Losses in Sub-Saharan Africa English (2.45 MB - pdf) 33 p. A workshop was organized (18/06/2021) by the European Commission Knowledge Centre for Global Food and Nutrition Security (KCFNS) in collaboration with the main African and European scientific networks working on...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
World Ozone Day, 16 September 2021

Alexa Froger posted Information | 6 September 2021

THEME: MONTREAL PROTOCOL OZONE KEEPING US, OUR FOOD AND VACCINES COOL To assist countries in organizing activities for World Ozone Day (WOD) on 16 September 2021, OzonAction is pleased to share a number of tools that can be used for this event: 1. Cold Chain Technology Brief: Vaccines : This brief...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Era of leaded petrol over, eliminating a major threat to human and planetary health

Alexa Froger posted Information | 31 August 2021

Official end of use of leaded petrol will prevent more than 1.2 million premature deaths and save USD 2.45 trillion a year The end of leaded petrol follows a 19-year campaign led by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and partners UNEP urges countries to work towards zero emissions vehicles to...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
New project aims to boost understanding of environmental dimensions of antimicrobial resistance in India

Alexa Froger posted Information | 12 August 2021

New Delhi, 9 August 2021: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) have launched a new collaborative project - ‘Priorities for the Environmental Dimension of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in India’, marking an important step towards recognizing and...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Annabelle Moreau Santos commented on an article | 29 July 2021

Abordando el embarazo en la adolescencia en Panamá

Estimada Victoria Elizabeth, Es un gusto saludarla virtualmente. Muchas gracias por compartir estas gráficas y por su comentario, muy pertinente que pone en evidencia la existencia de una correlación (que tiende a ser) positiva entre educación y fecundidad adolescente en Panamá; mientras que, en la...

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