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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
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- Initiatives, tools & performing arts to increase participation: focus on healthcare
- The Engagement of Cittadinanzattiva-Active Citizenship Network on Therapeutic Adherence
- Polart Circle
- Our policy on patient safety: focus on Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
- Improving patients’ rights in the age of the Cross Border Healthcare Directive
- TOWARDS HIGHER PATIENT SAFETY IN EUROPEAN HOSPITALS. Innovation in hygiene and sanification to reduce healthcare associated infections and antimicrobial resistance
- Improving patients’ rights in the age of the Cross Border Healthcare Directive
- The Engagement of Cittadinanzattiva on Vaccination
- From Citizen Involvement to Policy Impact (U-Impact)
- Dialogue between Medicines for Europe and Active Citizenship Network
- Active for Young Professionals
- Value Added Medicine Dialogue
- Joint Citizen Action for a Stronger, Citizen-Friendly Union (JoiEU)
- Active Citizens in Europe advocate for vaccination - Training Seminar
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