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European Commission adopts health work plan for 2017
1 February 2017As part of the pluri-annual framework of the European Commission in health (Third Health programme), the European Commission issued its annual work plan for 2017...
MEP Group for Kidney Health welcomes new member
1 February 2017Member of the European Parliament Mr Brando Benifei (Italy, S&D group) recently joined the MEP Group for Kidney Health. Mr Benifei is a member of...
EKHA takes over the Presidency of the European Chronic Diseases Alliance for a two-year mandate
20 January 2017In its capacity as member of the ECDA and having been elected by the Board of the Alliance, EKHA takes over as of January 2017...
Telemedicine further developed in France to support patients with chronic kidney failure
9 January 2017The French 2017 budget law foresees the expansion of the national telemedicine pilot project, launched two years ago to develop telemedicine as a means to...
Maltese EU Council Presidency starts, to run for the next six months
9 January 2017On the 1st of January 2017, Malta’s term at the helm of the Council of the EU started for a six month period until the...
EKHA Chairman discusses how to address common risks factors for chronic diseases during a policy event in Brussels
9 January 2017The European Chronic Diseases Alliance, which EKHA is a member of, co-organized the conference “the European Response to Chronic Diseases - the Role of Civil...
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...