Podcast: Do we need a Treaty change to reach a true European Health Union?

6. Juli 2021

Podcast by: European Health Union Now Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, the European Union (EU) has often received criticism for not having reacted strongly enough and for not taking more leadership in coordinating the response. On the other hand, the pioneering efforts around the negotiations and the purchasing […]

European Health Union: A Greater Role for the EU in Health

4. Februar 2021

As we continue to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic and begin charting a recovery course, we can, and must, do better – now and in the future. This crisis calls for “more Europe” – a greater role for the European Union (EU) in health, a renewed concentration on our shared core […]

New EU Initiative on Health Security for the EU Neighbours

28. Juli 2020
ECDC

Implementation: 2020-2024, Southern Neighbourhood (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine*, and Tunisia), Eastern Neighbourhood (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine) and EU Enlargement countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo**, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey). On 27 March 2020, the European Commission Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement […]

An Appeal to Raise Awareness of the Importance of Mental Health Care and Suicide Prevention
(After the 2020 Coronavirus Pandemia)

18. Juni 2020

Introduction by Dr. Andraž Teršek. Mental healthcare and the prevention of suicide are highly important problems of contemporarily society. Mental health is considered to be one of the biggest and most serious health problems in Europe, according to the statistical data of the WHO and EU Commission. During the 2020 […]