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Happy and Healthy New Year from EKHA
6 January 2017EKHA sends to each of you its best wishes for the New Year! May 2017 be filled with health and joy. We look forward to...
Online refusal register for organ donation in France
5 January 2017While the system for organ donation in France is based on presumed consent, new rules which entered into force as of the 1st of January...
Belgium: reduced fees for living organ donors
16 December 2016Belgian Health Minister Maggie De Block announced on the 21st of November that the Belgian National Insurance Institute Inami decided to reduce the healthcare fees...
Highlights from the EU conference on nutrition and physical activities
14 December 2016European Commission Executive Agency CHAFEA organized a conference on nutrition and physical activities focusing on how the EU contributes to public health priorities including obesity...
New UK rules to ban advertising of junk food to children on broadcast TV extended by advertising industry to online and social media channels
12 December 2016The Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) announced on the 8th of December that all media targeting children (under 16 years old) or where children make...
OECD and European Commission publish “health at a glance report 2016”, highlighting the need to address chronic diseases in the EU
12 December 2016The European Commission published on the 23rd of November the joint European Commission/OECD 2016 “Health at a glance” report aimed at providing an overview of the...
Consultation on the mid-term evaluation of the 3rd Health Programme (2014-2020) opened
12 December 2016On the 23rd of November, the European Commission opened a consultation for the mid-term evaluation of the 3rd Health Programme which runs since 2014 for...
European Commission appoints members of the Expert Panel on Health for its new term
12 December 2016The European Commission appointed on the 25th of November the new fifteen members of its Expert Panel on Effective Ways of Investing in Health, which...
The European Response to Chronic Diseases – the Role of Civil Society
12 December 2016In the past decade, international leaders and health advocates have consistently fought to put Non-communicable chronic diseases (NCDs) on the global agenda, not only the...
Latest European Commission health e-newsletter addresses organ donation and transplant in the EU
17 November 2016Read the Health EU e-newsletter from the 10th of November here, featuring Belgian Member of the European Parliament Hilde Vautmans and Croatian Member Ivan Jakovčić, in light of...
European Commission opens database for scientific experts in the field of health, consumer safety and the environment
2 November 2016The European Commission has launched a database for interested scientists to register in order to contribute to the work of the European Commission’s Scientific Committees...