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EU and FAO join forces to take action on food waste and antimicrobial resistance

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The EU and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations join forces to take action on food waste and antimicrobial resistance. The Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Vytenis Andriukaitis and the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) José Graziano da Silva, today agreed to ramp up collaboration between […]

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European Commission adopts acts on good manufacturing practices for medicines

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The European Commission adopted two legal acts aimed at improving patient safety in the EU through good manufacturing practices (GMP) that ensure the highest quality of medicines for human use. The first act is an implementing directive that sets out principles and guidelines of GMP in medicines where the manufacture or import is subject to a manufacturing

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Germany promotes G20 initiative against antimicrobial resistance

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The German government’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is dedicating up to EUR 500 million in the coming decade to support the G20’s international research initiative devoted to fighting antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The initiative was announced in the G20 leaders’ final declaration at the end of the G20 summit in July. The BMBF’s

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European Commission Initiative on Breast Cancer

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European women’s probability of developing breast cancer over a lifetime is approximately 1 in 8*. A woman’s individual risk of breast cancer may be higher or lower than this average, depending on a number of factors, including age, family history, reproductive history (such as menstrual and childbearing history), race/ethnicity, and others. The ECIBC is developing

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Electronic Health Record Alert Improves HCV Screening and Treatment

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In a recent study, screening rates for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among baby boomers increased fivefold in the year following implementation of an electronic health record (EHR)-based prompt for primary care physicians. The prompt also led to dramatic increases in follow-up specialised care for infected patients, according to the Hepatology study. To read more: Electronic

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Key facts about falls

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has updated its fact sheet on falls. Key facts include: Falls are the second leading cause of accidental or unintentional injury deaths worldwide. Each year an estimated 646 000 individuals die from falls globally of which over 80{ddf8d179d1bf712bb2a88ff2ad95ebdf63eaa5463c845d2f093b25848387ba96} are in low- and middle-income countries. Adults older than 65 years of

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Towards tobacco-free generations

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Towards tobacco-free generations: stopping second-hand smoke and smoking initiation among children  Several Member States in the WHO European Region are moving towards becoming “tobacco-free”, which means having a smoking prevalence of 5{ddf8d179d1bf712bb2a88ff2ad95ebdf63eaa5463c845d2f093b25848387ba96} or less. To achieve this, countries must address a number of tobacco-related issues that specifically impact children, and work to protect children from

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Development of a draft global action plan to promote physical activity

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Further to the decision of the 140th session of the Executive Board to request the WHO Director-General to develop a draft global action plan to promote physical activity, the WHO Secretariat is hosting an open web-based consultation on a first draft from 1 August 2017 to 22 September 2017. Physical inactivity is one of the

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7{ddf8d179d1bf712bb2a88ff2ad95ebdf63eaa5463c845d2f093b25848387ba96} of antibiotics in the EU are taken without prescription

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A study published today on antimicrobial resistance and the causes of non-prudent use of antibiotics carried out by Nivel (NL) as part of the EU-funded project ARNA, estimates that 7{ddf8d179d1bf712bb2a88ff2ad95ebdf63eaa5463c845d2f093b25848387ba96} of antibiotics taken in the EU are taken without a prescription. The highest rates of non-prescription use of antibiotics are in Romania (20{ddf8d179d1bf712bb2a88ff2ad95ebdf63eaa5463c845d2f093b25848387ba96}) and Greece

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