Vaccines and Immunization

European Immunization Week 2013: Prevent - Protect - Immunize

As the European Immunization Week unfolds (22-27 April 2013), it is worth to re-emphasise immunization as a cost-effective public health preventive measure. It is particularly true in times of economic crisis and public spending cuts affecting essential health services needed to prevent the re-emergence of communicable diseases in Europe (and elsewhere). On an annual basis, for one week in April, all countries across the European Region unite under the European Immunization Week’s (...)

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Also about: Communicable Diseases , Economic crisis , health threats , prevention , Children health

European Parliament adopts Resolution on Antimicrobial Resistance

Following an own initiative report by Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Anna Rosbach (ECR, Denmark), the European Parliament voted on 11 December to adopt a resolution on the threat to health posed by Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). In the resolution, MEPs call for prudent use guidelines to reduce exposure to non-essential antibiotics in human medicine, veterinary practice, agriculture and aquaculture. The text emphasises the need to use antibiotics responsibly, to educate health (...)

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Also about: food, diet and nutrition , EU Institutions , Pharmaceuticals and Medicines , Health professionals , Healthcare services , food safety , health threats , antibiotic , farmers , health system , agriculture , food security

European Parliament Committee adopts report on the Microbial Challenge

The European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) voted on 6 November 2012 to adopt the own initiative report on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). The report, prepared by MEP Anna Rosbach (ECR, Denmark), was adopted by 62 votes to 0 following consideration of the opinion of the Agriculture Committee (AGRI) in October. The report aims to establish an action plan against the rising threat from antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Responding to the (...)

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Also about: Pharmaceuticals and Medicines , European Parliament , agriculture , data protection

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7th EAP- General Action Programme - THE 7TH ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMME (EAP) (updated on 18 March 2013) Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) – EP report - EU-wide plan to tackle the proliferation of AMR (updated on 22 March 2013) CAP reform – new regulations - Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) revision for 2014-2020 (updated on 5 April 2013) Car noise pollution - new EU regulation - sound level of motor vehicles (updated on 7 February 2013) Child poverty and well being - Council (...)

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*Updated* EPHA briefing on Antimicrobial Resistance

As consumption of antimicrobials has increased, the natural processes of adaptation and mutation have resulted in new, resistant strains of common diseases. Unresponsive to traditional treatments, these pose a major threat to public health, as demonstrated by the proliferation of regional and global pandemics. EPHA has updated its briefing on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) ahead of 2012 European Antibiotics Awareness Day (November 18) and in light of the European Parliament’s Own (...)

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Also about: Access to Medicines , Communicable Diseases , Pharmaceuticals and Medicines , antibiotic , pandemic preparedness , agriculture

European Parliament Agriculture Committee adopts opinion on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) report

The European Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI) voted on Thursday 11 October 2012 to adopt its opinion on the draft own-initiative report entitled ’Microbial Challenge: rising threats from antimicrobial resistance’.

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Also about: Pharmaceuticals and Medicines , antibiotic , European Parliament , agriculture

European Scientific Working Group on Influenza Flu Summit - Bringing all stakeholders on board

The second Flu Summit organised by EPHA member the European Scientific Working Group on Influenza (ESWI) took place on 23 March 2012. The event explored new concepts and ideas for bringing together all stakeholders in the fight against flu - both seasonal and pandemic. Taking off where the ESWI’s First Flu Summit wound up a year ago, the event once again brought together researchers and academics, policy-makers, NGOs, health professionals and industry representatives to debate a (...)

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Also about: Pharmaceuticals and Medicines , Health professionals , Research , Healthcare services , Avian Flu , H1N1 influenza , health threats , health system , Children health

Save the Date - 2012 ESWI Flu Summit

On 23 May 2012, the second edition of the European Scientific Working Group on Influenza’s (ESWI) European Influenza Summit will be held at the Albert Hall Complex in Brussels. The aim of this one-day free of charge meeting will be to provide all influenza partners with an informal platform to exchange good practices and to initiate concrete actions to improve public health protection against influenza. Please visit www.flusummit.org regularly to stay informed of all developments in (...)

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Also about: Pharmaceuticals and Medicines , Health Rights and Patients , Health professionals , Healthcare services , Avian Flu , H1N1 influenza , public health , health threats , health system , ESWI European Scientific Working Group on Influenza

European Immunization Week stresses need for better understanding of vaccination

On April 25, EPHA attended the European Voice lecture "Understanding Vaccination: what we have and what we need" organised as a part of the European Immunization Week 2012. The event’s objective was to shed some light on the latest developments in vaccine science. Dr Béhazine Combadière, research director and expert in innovative vaccine design and immunology at the Sorbonne University, (Paris) structured her lecture into two parts. The first dealt with what we have the history of (...)

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Also about: Development and Health , Health professionals , Healthcare services , Patient safety , public health , health system , Health-promoting environment

Access to healthcare for vulnerable groups in the EU in 2012

In their newest report on Access to Healthcare for Vulnerable Groups in the EU, Medicins du Monde provide an overview of the conditions of persons excluded from healthcare systems in the continent. A case for improved situation is made, especially given the consequences of the economic crisis on health and health-related issues. Medecins du Monde Access to Health Care for Vulnerable Groups in the European Union in 2012. The report’s key findings and messages are: poor (...)

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