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- Health in the European Union - Eurobarometer Sep 07
- Although European citizens appear to be generally aware of the importance of preventive medical checkups, the vast majority of them do not undergo colorectal ... — last modified 14 September 2007, 19:10 CET — filed under: Health — Relevance: 1%
- Reducing health inequalities in the EU - briefing
- The European Commission has announced a series of actions to help EU Member States and other actors tackle the gaps in health which exist between and within ... — last modified 20 October 2009, 22:16 CET — filed under: Health — Relevance: 1%
- Health Law and the European Union (Law in Context)
- How does the law of the EU affect health law and policy? At first sight, it seems limited. However, despite its restricted formal competence, the EU has become ... — last modified 02 July 2008, 16:48 CET — filed under: EU Law, Health — Relevance: 1%
- HELP - For a life without tobacco
- On May 31st 2009, World No Tobacco Day, the European Commission launched the second phase of its large media campaign aimed at tobacco prevention and cessation ... — last modified 27 May 2010, 16:50 CET — filed under: Education, Health — Relevance: 1%
- HELP - life without tobacco campaign
- Young people, non-smokers and those wanting to quit can get help to lead a life without tobacco, according to a 4 year-EUR 72 million EU anti-smoking campaign ... — last modified 31 July 2006, 20:44 CET — filed under: Health, Consumer, Media — Relevance: 1%
- High Level Group on EU Health Services and Medical Care
- The 2003 report of the patient mobility reflection process represented a political milestone by recognising the potential value of European cooperation in ... — last modified 08 September 2009, 16:15 CET — filed under: Health — Relevance: 1%
- HIV / AIDS in Europe - guide
- AIDS has already claimed the lives of more than 25 million people throughout the world, while an estimated 33.2 million live with HIV – alarming numbers ... — last modified 30 November 2007, 22:35 CET — filed under: Health — Relevance: 1%
- Injuries in the EU - summary statistics 2002-2004
- Health and Consumer Protection: Injuries in the EU - summary statistics 2002-2004 — last modified 31 July 2006, 18:36 CET — filed under: Health, Consumer, Transport — Relevance: 1%
- Faster access to better medicines: the Innovative Medicines Initiative
- Proposed on 15 May 2007 by the European Commission, the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) seeks to overcome research bottlenecks in the drug development ... — last modified 16 May 2007, 13:48 CET — filed under: Research & Technology, Health, Consumer, Pharmaceuticals — Relevance: 1%
- Macroeconomic effects of a pandemic in Europe - model-based assessment
- This report estimates possible macroeconomic effects of a pandemic taking place in the EU in 2006, using a quarterly macroeconomic model. The macroeconomic ... — last modified 31 July 2006, 18:15 CET — filed under: Health — Relevance: 1%
- EU policy on nutrition and obesity
- Initiatives on nutrition and obesity in the European Union — last modified 31 August 2007, 22:25 CET — filed under: Food & Drink, Health, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- Organ donation and transplantation in the EU: questions & answers
- The European Commission on 30 May 2007 adopted a Communication proposing actions for closer cooperation between Member States in the field of organ donation ... — last modified 30 May 2007, 18:17 CET — filed under: Health, Living & Working in EU — Relevance: 1%
- EU Directive and Action Plan on organ donation and transplantation - briefing
- The European Commission has adopted important safety and quality measures for organ donation and a 10 point action plan to work with EU Member States on ... — last modified 08 December 2008, 23:47 CET — filed under: Health — Relevance: 1%
- Europeans and organ donations
- Special Eurobarometer study on the subject of organ donations and transplantations. — last modified 30 May 2007, 14:05 CET — filed under: Health — Relevance: 1%
- Patient safety in Europe - briefing
- Each year, in the EU, between 8% and 12% of patients admitted to hospitals suffer harm from the healthcare they receive, including from healthcare associated ... — last modified 15 December 2008, 19:14 CET — filed under: Health — Relevance: 1%
- EU initiatives to promote physical exercise - questions & answers
- The European Commission and the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) are launching a joint TV advertising campaign that aims to encourage European ... — last modified 31 August 2007, 22:29 CET — filed under: Food & Drink, Health, Consumer, Living & Working in EU — Relevance: 1%
- The EU's Second Programme of Community Action in the Field of Health 2008-2013
- The European Union's Health Programme 2008-2013 is intended to complement, support and add value to the policies of the Member States and contribute to ... — last modified 08 September 2009, 16:16 CET — filed under: Health — Relevance: 1%
- Public Health in the EU
- In a world where people regularly travel between countries and continents, threats to the health of EU citizens from communicable diseases cannot be ... — last modified 24 August 2006, 20:57 CET — filed under: Health — Relevance: 1%
- EU approach to tackling Rare Diseases - briefing
- The European Commission adopted on 11 November 2008 a Communication and a proposal for a Council Recommendation on rare diseases setting out an overall ... — last modified 11 November 2008, 18:51 CET — filed under: Health — Relevance: 1%
- Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly-Identified Health Risks
- The European Commission's Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly-Identified Health Risks - SCENIHR - provides opinions on questions concerning emerging or ... — last modified 03 February 2009, 22:52 CET — filed under: Health, Telecoms — Relevance: 1%
- Commission proposal on smoke-free environments - briefing
- The European Commission has adopted, after extensive consultation, a proposal for an European Union Council Recommendation calling on all the EU Member States ... — last modified 30 June 2009, 16:38 CET — filed under: Health, Employment — Relevance: 1%
- EU Health Strategy Overview
- Most competence for action in the field of health is held by European Union Member States, but the EU has the responsibility, set out in the Treaty, to ... — last modified 08 September 2009, 16:17 CET — filed under: Health — Relevance: 1%
- Stroke research in the European Union
- On October 2005, the Research Directorate General of the European Commission invited a group of leading European experts in the the way forward. A number of ... — last modified 01 May 2007, 15:54 CET — filed under: Research & Technology, Health — Relevance: 1%
- EU sun exposure pictograms
- New pictograms from the European Commission to inform consumers on the dangers linked to sun exposure. For use by local authorities and stakeholders in the EU ... — last modified 10 July 2007, 11:23 CET — filed under: Health, Consumer, Tourism, Living & Working in EU — Relevance: 1%
- Sunscreen products: EU guide
- The European Commission on 9 July 2007 launched an information initiative to alert consumers to a new sunscreen labelling regime which will be phased in from ... — last modified 10 July 2007, 11:26 CET — filed under: Health, Consumer, Tourism, Living & Working in EU — Relevance: 1%
- Human swine influenza A(H1N1) - briefing
- Swine influenza (swine flu) is an acute viral infection of the respiratory tract in pigs caused by type A influenza virus. The mortality rate is low in pigs ... — last modified 27 April 2009, 18:45 CET — filed under: Health, Agriculture — Relevance: 1%
- Tobacco and EU public health
- Tobacco is the single largest cause of avoidable death in the European Union accounting for over half a million deaths each year and over a million deaths in ... — last modified 07 August 2006, 18:06 CET — filed under: Health, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- Excise duty on tobacco products - guide
- The European Commission presented on 16 July a Report and a proposal for a Directive to amend the current EU excise duty legislation on tobacco. The draft EU ... — last modified 16 July 2008, 21:51 CET — filed under: Health, Consumer, Finance — Relevance: 1%
- Tobacco control in the EU: questions & answers
- The majority of European citizens are in favour of smoke-free policies, according to the results of a new Eurobarometer on Tobacco presented by the European ... — last modified 22 May 2007, 12:29 CET — filed under: Health, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- Smoke-free options - Green Paper
- Green Paper - Towards a Europe free from tobacco smoke: policy options at EU level — last modified 31 January 2007, 22:50 CET — filed under: Employment, Consumer, SMEs, Health, Living & Working in EU — Relevance: 1%