Be active on vaccines!
The event organized last 28 of February by Active Citizenship Network at the European Parliament took place in a very favorable European context for vaccination: the European Commission on-going public consultation on strengthening the cooperation against vaccine preventable diseases and the motion for resolution on vaccine hesitancy in the European Parliament.
PATIENTS’ RIGHTS HAVE NO BORDERS…AS WELL AS RISKS!
May 3rd 2016, 16:30 - 18:30
Room ASP A7H1 - European Parliament, Brussels
Interpreting available (IT - EN)
Programme
16:00 - 16:30 Registration & Accreditation
Meeting point: Altiero Spinelli (ASP) entrance from Place du Luxembourg
Chair:Stephen McMahon - Irish Patients Association
16:30 - 16:50 Welcome address and keynote presentation
- MEP David Borrelli (Italy) - Co-Chair of the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy Group (Italy) and co-founder of the MEPs Interest Group “European Patients' Rights and Cross-Border Healthcare”
- Mariano Votta - Director of Active Citizenship Network
16:50 - 17:30 What happens to citizens travelling abroad for treatments?
- Jo Maes - European Patients Empowerment for Customised Solutions, Netherlands
- Gábor Pogány - Hungarian Patient Forum, president of the Hungarian Federation of People with Rare and Congenital Diseases Network (HUFERDIS), Hungary
- Maria-Louisa Busuttil - Malta Health Network, Malta
- Aurélien Perez - European Commission - Cross-Border Healthcare & eHealth Unit
17:30 - 17:40 Presentation and official launch of the European communication campaign
- Sonia Belfiore - Project Manager, Active Citizenship Network
17:40 - 18:20 To what risks do patients expose themselves? How to recognize them? Who should they contact?
- Paul Vincke - Managing Director of European Healthcare Fraud and Corruption Network
- Lore Aerts - SOLVIT case handler
- Catherine Donohoe - Irish National Contact Point
- Jean-Luc Laffineur - European Citizen Action Service (ECAS), Belgium
18:20 - 18:30 Debate & closing remarks
- MEP Therese ComodiniCachia (Malta) - Group of the European People's Party and member of the Interest Group
- Antonio Gaudioso, Secretary General Cittadinanzattiva, Italy
- Increasing consciousness and access to treatment, reducing the burden of cardiovascular diseases across Europe - AGENDA
- The commitment of Cittadinanzattiva-Active Citizenship Network in the oncology field at National and EU level
- European Pillar of Social Rights & the commitment of Cittadinanzattiva
- Increasing consciousness and access to treatment, reducing the burden of cardiovascular diseases across Europe - AGENDA
- European Pillar of Social Rights & chronic pain
- XIV European Patients’ Rights Day 2020
- European Pillar of Social Rights & COVID-19 emergency
- Increasing consciousness and access to treatment, reducing the burden of cardiovascular diseases across Europe - AGENDA
- European Pillar of Social Rights & childcare and support for minors
- XIV European Patients’ Rights Day 2020
- The role of the European Pillar of Social Rights ambassadors
- Increasing consciousness and access to treatment, reducing the burden of cardiovascular diseases across Europe
- THE ENGAGEMENT OF CITTADINANZATTIVA IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
- Increasing consciousness and access to treatment, reducing the burden of cardiovascular diseases across Europe - AGENDA
- The successful experience of Polart Circle
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