#EUPHW. Sănătate publică aplicată: Designing for equity – de ce inovația trebuie să înceapă cu contextul?

Problema este faptul că inovația este proiectată pornind implicit de la comunități care au deja:acces la tehnologie;încredere în instituții;competențe digitale;infrastructură medicală;timp și resurse pentru a naviga sisteme complexe.Însă multe comunități europene nu pornesc de la aceste condiții.De ce „one-size-fits-all” produce noi inegalități?În sănătate publică există tentația de a considera că o intervenție validată științific poate fi transferată aproape automat dintr-un context în altul. Experiențele recente arată însă contrariul.O campanie de prevenție care funcționează într-un oraș universitar din Europa de Vest poate avea rezultate complet diferite într-o comunitate rurală din Europa Centrală sau de Est. Un instrument digital performant poate accentua excluziunea dacă presupune competențe digitale pe care utilizatorii nu le au.

EU4Health projects supporting the development of orphan medical devices for children with rare diseases

Discover three EU4Health projects supporting the development of orphan medical devices for children.

EU4Health projects supporting patients’ involvement in Health Technology Assessments

The EU4Health programme is funding projects that are supporting the implementation of the HTA Regulation and its positive impacts on patients’ lives, by creating training to facilitate the involvement of patients in HTA processes. 

EuroHealthNet (@eurohealthnet.bsky.social)

A European partnership of public health bodies working to reduce health inequalities and improve health and wellbeing for all.

2025 European Public Health Week

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Stella Kyriakides (@SKyriakidesEU)

Our health, physical and mental, is priceless. This #EUPHW, we shine a light on this important fact, and work towards a better and healthier future for all our citizens. #HealthUnion

Episode 38 - Orla Condell - A Health Emergency Task Force

Listen to this episode from ECDC: On Air on Spotify. With the pandemic lessons in mind, steps are taken for Europe to be stronger and better prepared to tackle current and emerging threats of infectious diseases. ECDC’s new reinforced mandate gives the agency a stronger role to support the EU Member States with surveillance, joint preparedness and response planning and issue stronger guidance during emergencies. Orla Condell, an Emergency Preparedness and Response expert from ECDC, shares in this episode her insights on the process of building an EU Health Task Force to mobilise and deploy outbreak assistance teams and to strengthen preparedness capacities. For more on the EU Health Task Force visit the dedicated page here. For general information about ECDC, please visit ⁠⁠⁠ecdc.europa.eu⁠⁠⁠, or follow us on ⁠⁠⁠social media⁠⁠⁠.

Post COVID-19 condition

During the first wave of the global COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 reports began to emerge that some patients had persistent symptoms weeks or months following SARS-CoV-2 infection despite having laboratory recovery of acute disease.