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MEPs Interest Group "European Patients' Rights & Cross-Border Healthcare" - II° term (2019-2024)
Civic societies & patient organizations join again with new MEPs to strengthen the protection of patients’ rights in the European framework
Digital health solutions to fight pain awarded at the European level
We are at the Second Edition of the European Civic Prize on Chronic Pain promoted by Active Citizenship Network and managing to carry out this work by expanding the number of experiences collected is a source of pride. For 40 good practices collected around Europe, there will be another 4,000 or 400,000 that we have missed, and in the end we hope so.
Towards the Inter-institutional Group “SDGs for Well-being and Consumers’ Protection”
As underlined in the context of the Annual European Citizen’s Energy Forum, when the global population will reach 10 billion, experts warn that the equivalent of almost three planets would be required to provide the natural resources needed to sustain current lifestyles – and this could be by 2050! A majority of EU citizens are now conscious of environmental issues and they are willing to make environmentally correct choices in their consumption.
ACN’commitment at the EU level on vaccination and AMR
Vaccination programs are facing considerable challenges, such as a decline in vaccination coverage in some countries, measles outbreaks and shortages in supply. In addition, misconceptions about vaccination can further shift the public focus from the individual and collective benefits of vaccination to distrust and vaccination hesitancy. A study presented at this year's EU-JAV Annual Meeting shed light on public behavior about vaccination on social media.
Job opportunity at ACN
Active Citizenship Network, the European branch of the Italian NGO Cittadinanzattiva, is looking for a maternity-replacement to be based in its Representative Office in Brussels, Belgium. The candidate will be accountable to the Director of European Affairs based in Rome, Italy.
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- “Active Citizens in Europe advocate for vaccination: encouraging reactions from European Institutions”
- From local to global: the role of the Sine Dolore World Park to enhance the patient's' right to avoid pain through the EU network of manager of good practices on chronic pain
- From therapeutic adherence to therapeutic alliance
- From the national to the EU level: increasing our commitment to energy policies!
- Pain Euro-Mediterranean Coalition (PEMeC) Aliança Euro-Mediterrânica da Dor
- The successful experience of Polart Circle
- National consultations: European active citizens for vaccination - 2019
- Active in Europe: Advocacy Prospects in the Aftermath of the European Elections
- The involvement of Active Citizenship Network in SIP
- Initiatives, tools & performing arts to increase participation: focus on healthcare
- The involvement of Active Citizenship Network in SIP SYMPOSIUM 2019
- Polart Circle
- European Civic Prize on Chronic Pain Second edition 2018-2019 Award Ceremony
- Improving patients’ rights in the age of the Cross Border Healthcare Directive
- European active citizens for vaccination - 2019
- Improving patients’ rights in the age of the Cross Border Healthcare Directive
- The Engagement of Cittadinanzattiva-Active Citizenship Network on Therapeutic Adherence
- From Citizen Involvement to Policy Impact (U-Impact)
- Our policy on patient safety: focus on Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
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