Regulatory guidance for pharmaceutical companies to prepare for UK’s withdrawal from EU: The European Medicines Agency and the European Commission have published additional guidance to help pharmaceutical companies prepare for the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union. Companies are reminded to plan in advance for the situation that the United Kingdom will leave the […]
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Sexual abuse of children and adolescents is a gross violation of their rights and a global public health problem. It adversely affects the health of children and adolescents. Health care providers are in a unique position to provide an empathetic response to children and adolescents who have been sexually abused. Such a response can go
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The primary focus of food waste prevention should be to act directly at source by limiting the generation of surplus food at each stage in the food supply chain (i.e. production, processing, distribution and consumption). If this cannot be achieved, the best destination for food surplus, which ensures the highest value use of edible food
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The European Commission and its Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER) have published two Scientific Advices related to breast implants and health, requested by the European Commission. These are on: 1) new scientific information on the safety of PIP breast implants The first piece of advice concerns whether there is sufficient new scientific information
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A set of indicators will assist European Union Member States to assess their progress in reducing the use of antimicrobials and combatting antimicrobial resistance. These indicators have been established by the European Food Safety Authority, the European Medicines Agency and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, following a request from the European Commission. The indicators address both the
The European Medicines Agency has published a report on the sales of veterinary antibiotics in 2015 in Europe, which confirms the decreasing trend in most countries. This positive trend demonstrates that European Union guidance and national campaigns promoting prudent use of antibiotics in animals to fight antimicrobial resistance start to have an effect. Between 2011 and 2015
Sexual abuse of children and adolescents is a gross violation of their rights and a global public health problem. It adversely affects the health of children and adolescents. Health care providers are in a unique position to provide an empathetic response to children and adolescents who have been sexually abused. Such a response can go
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While many research institutions, care centres, non‐ governmental organisations, and governments within the EU conduct programmes and practices centred on mental health, it can be difficult to find information about them and to ensure their use and scale up in other settings. Good practices are a valuable resource contributing to sharing of knowledge and experience,
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During the meetings of the EU expert group on HSPA, several experts expressed their interest to look at specific practical topics that could be of interest to policy makers, e.g. how to present HSPA findings, simplicity of the communication vis-à-vis complexity of the analysis, etc. HSPA is a complex combination of activities that range from
On World Mental Health Day, the EU-financed Compass Consortium launched a new brochure on Good Practices for Mental health at work, in schools, and prevention of depression and suicide. The brochure gathers best practices from across the EU for the benefit of organisations seeking to improve the care that they provide in mental health and well-being
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