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Tackling online disinformation: EU proposes a Code of Practice

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The Commission is proposing measures to tackle disinformation online, including an EU-wide Code of Practice on Disinformation, support for an independent network of fact-checkers, and a series of actions to stimulate quality journalism and promote media literacy. The recent Facebook/Cambridge Analytica revelations demonstrated exactly how personal data can be exploited in electoral contexts, and are […]

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EU steps up efforts to increase availability and boost healthcare data sharing

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The European Commission has put forward a set of measures to increase the availability of data in the EU, building on previous initiatives to boost the free flow of non-personal data in the Digital Single Market. Data-driven innovation is a key enabler of market growth, job creation, particularly for SMEs and startups, and the development

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EU Best Practice Portal

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Identifying, disseminating and transferring best practices is a priority for the EU in order to support the progress towards health promotion and non-communicable disease prevention in Europe to reach the Sustainable Development Goal 3.4 and the nine UN/WHO global voluntary targets. This portal is a “one-stop shop” for consulting good and best practices collected in

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Blood, Tissues and Cells legislation needs to keep pace with developments

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The evaluation of the EU legal frameworks on blood, tissues and cells found that the majority of the respondents consider that the legislation had made blood, tissues and cells safer in the EU. However, they also find that the legislation is not up-to-date with scientific, technological, epidemiological or societal developments and that the process of updating is not flexible

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Agreement on first ever EU legislation to monitor and report CO2 emissions from heavy-duty vehicles

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The new rules are part of the EU’s Strategy on low-emission mobility and Communication on delivering on low-emission mobility laying out actions for a fundamental modernisation of European mobility and transport Accelerating the shift to clean and sustainable mobility is essential to improve the quality of life and health of citizens and contribute to the

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EU legislation makes Blood, Tissues and Cells safer

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The open public consultation evaluating the EU legal frameworks on blood, tissues and cells has found that that the majority of the respondents, who included both individual citizens and various groups, such as professional societies, donor and patient organisations and national authorities, consider that the legislation had made blood, tissues and cells safer in the EU. Most respondents find

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World Tuberculosis Day

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Globally, tuberculosis remains the single most deadly infectious disease. In 2016, there were over 10 million new tuberculosis cases and 1.7 million deaths worldwide. The European Union fully supports the international effort to address this, including the commitment made in Riga in March 2015 to fully eradicate tuberculosis by 2050; the 2017 “Berlin declaration”; and

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Greater efforts to protect people from vaccine-preventable diseases

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The WHO European Region has made real, but uneven, progress towards EVAP goals and objectives, including measles and rubella elimination. As of the end of 2016, 42 of 53 countries had interrupted endemic measles transmission. However, following a record low of around 5000 cases in 2016, the disease rebounded in 2017, affecting more than 21

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Health Systems in the EU: Commission publishes report on Primary Care

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The EU Expert Group on Health Systems Performance Assessment (HSPA) has published its report “A new drive for primary care in Europe: rethinking the assessment tools and methodologies” to help policy makers and health practitioners to set objectives and measure progress towards improving primary care services for the benefit of patients. The report examines core aspects of

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