Organised by the European Health Forum Gastein and the European Health Union initiative In light of the multiple crises facing the continent, this plenary will examine where Europe stands now, and in what ways a true European Health Union can offer solutions to the challenges with which the continent is confronted. Can a European Health Union better equip Europe to deal with these crises and address the complex interplay of forces behind them? The shocks experienced in recent years could serve a...
Jan 12, 2023•1 hr 37 min•Season 2Ep. 30
Organised by the European Health Forum Gastein Human civilisation is in the midst of a fragile and difficult time, facing a complex set of interconnected challenges. How can we manage and tackle this complexity, and move forward effectively? The concept of One Health recognises the interplay of the four spheres of people, plants, animals and their environment in shaping health and well-being, and offers a paradigm for addressing the interconnected threats. Yet One Health thinking has been around...
Jan 12, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 29
Organised by the European Health Forum Gastein It feels like Europe is lurching from one crisis to another: against the backdrop of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and debates about how to build forward better with a green recovery, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has precipitated a new range of wicked and complex challenges, from humanitarian and refugee crises to economic shocks and a cost-of-living crisis borne from soaring energy, food and fuel prices. Some of these crises were predicted and u...
Jan 12, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Season 2Ep. 28
Organised by Net4Care, the South-Eastern Europe Health Network, and the European Health Union initiative For many years, and further accelerated by the COVID19 pandemic, countries across Europe have been encouraged to transform their health systems to improve patient access to good quality and affordable care services that are person-centred and digitally enabled. Despite their specific challenges, countries in Central, Eastern, and Southern Europe CEE have shown to create local health transform...
Jan 12, 2023•1 hr 36 min•Season 2Ep. 27
Organised by All Policies for a Healthy Europe The COVID-19 pandemic represented a watershed moment in demonstrating the fundamental need for transversal societal resilience in health. The EU was quick to rise to the occasion with tailored crisis preparedness and response measures as the first building blocks of a European Health Union. However, the crisis also led to the collective realisation that a focus on citizen wellbeing across all EU policymaking is possible and shows true promise. Since...
Jan 12, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Season 2Ep. 26
Organised by the European Commission Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE) A new EU Global Health Strategy is being shaped as we speak, with a European Commission communication to be released before the end of 2022. The Strategy will steer the European community’s action points up until 2030 - a time of daunting health and geopolitical challenges. As the wide-reaching public consultation for the Strategy draws to a close, what do stakeholders in the EU and beyond, not least i...
Jan 12, 2023•1 hr 32 min•Season 2Ep. 25
Organised by the European Public Health Alliance & the European Climate Foundation What do we know about the quality of the air Europeans breathe every day when indoors, and how does it compare to WHO guidelines? What are some significant sources of air pollution indoors? Should policy focus on regulating these sources or setting emission standards? While outdoor air quality has been regulated at the EU level for many years, indoor air quality remains largely outside the legislative framewor...
Jan 11, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Season 2Ep. 24
Organised by MSD and the London School of Economics and Political Science Recent scientific and technological breakthroughs in cancer care mean that patients now have the potential to live longer and better lives; however, demographics and the socioeconomic impact of cancer continues to affect individuals, families, and societies. Panellists spanning academia, advocacy, and policy will explore whether Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan is a case example for the Health Union to respond to the societal ...
Jan 11, 2023•1 hr 32 min•Season 2Ep. 23
Listen to members of the NLO network discuss the EHFG programme through the lens of marginalised communities, interview relevant experts, and envision what must be done to make sure nobody is left outside when creating a true European Health Union. The overarching question asks what needs be done to make sure nobody is left outside the healthcare system? The conversation will be built on sharing reflections of the day, related to conference sessions as well as overall observations and ideas....
Jan 11, 2023•46 min•Season 2Ep. 22
Organised by MSD & The European Social Insurance Platform (ESIP) The Von der Leyen Commission has announced a full revamp of the rules around the pharmaceutical sector in Europe, with the headline commitment that the EU will find treatments for unmet needs and will ensure that EU citizens, regardless of where they live, have access to the best medicines. All actors in the European healthcare systems agree with these objectives. But will they agree on how to achieve them? In this interactive ...
Jan 11, 2023•1 hr 46 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Organised by Porter Novelli Health Healthcare systems are struggling to find solutions to the mounting pandemic of inequity of healthcare provision. Debilitating inequalities of access to care are spiralling, which is a critical barrier to delivery of equitable care. Solving health inequalities in healthcare does not wholly lie with any one stakeholder. Sustainable success and solutions will only be delivered through clarity of goals, innovative and inclusive community-based programmes, consciou...
Jan 11, 2023•1 hr 34 min•Season 2Ep. 20
Organised by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, national governments took complex policy decisions for the good of public health and with the aim to limit transmission and save lives. Some of these public health measures raised difficult ethical questions about proportionality when individuals’ freedoms were restricted in the name of the common good. In this session, we will look at the lessons learned from the current pandemic and...
Jan 11, 2023•1 hr 34 min•Season 2Ep. 19
Organised by Thermo Fisher Scientific As the COVID-19 dust slowly settles, we are reminded of public health enemy number one: the rising burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Existing efforts to prevent NCDs are clearly not sufficient to weather the socio-economic storm caused by ageing populations and lowering fertility rate. Societies shall face economic and resource challenges in the prevention of inequitable healthcare. The most effective solution to ensure sustainable and fair healthc...
Jan 11, 2023•1 hr 30 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Organised by Gesundheit Österreich GmbH (Austrian National Public Health Institute) in the framework of the Austrian federal "Agenda Health Promotion" The COVID-19 pandemic and the climate crisis have reminded us once again that health promotion and building community capacity for health are crucial building blocks for the long-term well-being of our society, for solidarity and for resilient and responsive settings and health systems. They provide new approaches for sustainability and contribute...
Jan 11, 2023•1 hr 33 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Organised by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finland The Economy of Wellbeing (EoW) is a policy and governance approach which puts people and their wellbeing at the centre of decision-making. The EoW covers material factors, such as housing, income and jobs, and factors related to quality of life such as education, skills, health, gender equality and security. In the long term, an EoW aims at strengthening equity, societal resilience and environmental sustainability. The COVID-19 expe...
Jan 11, 2023•1 hr 36 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Organised by European Sepsis Alliance (ESA), Sponsored by Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) Despite being the most common cause of death from infections, including COVID-19, sepsis is not yet sufficiently known amongst lay people and health professionals. One in five deaths worldwide is caused by sepsis. Low awareness rates make it difficult for patients and clinicians to detect sepsis symptoms in time and respond adequately. However, sepsis can be easily treated. Early recognition and cost-eff...
Jan 11, 2023•1 hr 31 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Organised by Affordable Medicines Europe As healthcare budgets become increasingly under pressure from a number of factors, not least the rising cost of pharmaceuticals have caused concern for healthcare payers and therefore attracted much attention from policy-makers in a continent where access to universal health is the guiding principle. As the EU prepares for a thorough revision of the pharmaceutical legislation, the question is if and how the EU can deliver for healthcare payers and ultimat...
Jan 11, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Listen to members of the NLO network discuss the EHFG programme through the lens of marginalised communities, interview relevant experts, and envision what must be done to make sure nobody is left outside when creating a true European Health Union.
Jan 10, 2023•45 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Organised by Austrian Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection & the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies Health systems are facing significant challenges from a fiscal sustainability perspective. Reasons range from the growing health and long-term care demands of an ageing population to costly technological progress in medical services and the impact of pandemics. To cope with rising health expenditures, the availability of funding is key to en...
Jan 10, 2023•1 hr 34 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Organised by Takeda in partnership with the European Society for Organ Transplantation Organ donation is one of the truest acts of solidarity. Yet, policies and practices in donation, transplantation, and aftercare differ across Europe, resulting in unequal transplantation access and disparate patient outcomes. The European Health Union must strive for equity in access and quality of care no matter where patients live, creating a level playing field across the bloc. Building upon the EU Action P...
Jan 10, 2023•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 11
Organised by the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe The Oslo Medicines Initiative (OMI) was launched in 2020 as a collaboration between the WHO European Region and the Government of Norway, as part of the European Programme of Work, United Action for Better Health. The OMI underscores the importance of collaboration between the public and private sectors, and other key stakeholders, to develop potential joint solutions for improving access to novel medicines. This session will ...
Jan 10, 2023•1 hr 31 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Organised by CSL Behring with participation of European Haemophilia Consortium Health data is pivotal to expand disease knowledge, progress R&D and innovation, strengthen and adapt healthcare systems, inform policies and practices; and ultimately improve patients’ lives – all the more so in the area of rare diseases. How will the European Health Data Space (EHDS), a major pillar of the European Health Union, allow us to build a robust and harmonised European health data ecosystem for rare di...
Jan 10, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Organised by the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe & the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the centrality of health and care workers to deliver quality health services and to build resilient health systems. We will take the opportunity of this session to present the main findings of the WHO European report on health and care workforce “Health and care workforce in Europe: Time to act”. At the same time, we look forward...
Jan 10, 2023•1 hr 36 min
Organised by Novartis International AG It has been several decades’ worth of shooting for the moon: why haven’t we made it yet? Despite the freedom of movement afforded by the EU, care is still defined nationally and locally – by the language, the systems and platforms, and by policies. Data mobility is set to revolutionize European healthcare by enabling individuals to become more active and empowered participants in their future digital lives. But for as many exciting opportunities as there ar...
Jan 10, 2023•1 hr 34 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Organised by the Oncology Platform of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations & European Cancer Organisation & European Cancer Patient Coalition Can the European Health Union be real and tangible, grounded in solutions that have been proven to work? We will discuss cancer as an inspirational case study on what successful collaboration across Europe can look like to tackle health challenges. If successfully implemented, the “Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan” with...
Jan 10, 2023•1 hr 33 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Organised by the European Commission Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD) Climate change is a global challenge which will exacerbate social inequalities, reduce food and water security and increase the incidence of the transmission of pathogens. The ongoing trend of global climate change has introduced new pressures and significant consequences for human health. Urgent action is needed at the European and global level to minimise the ramifications of this threat and increase ...
Jan 10, 2023•1 hr 33 min
Organised by SafeConsume, Toxosource, EuroHealthNet/FEAST project, and the Danish Committee for Health Education Our increasingly globalised, commodified and centralised food systems have an enormous impact on health, environmental conditions, and social equity and rights in Europe and the rest of the world. The urgency for a transition to sustainable – and health-promoting food systems is self-evident. There’s been substantial support and constructive engagement with the EU Farm to Fork Strateg...
Jan 10, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Studies have shown that 10–20% of individuals who caught COVID-19 may experience continued symptoms for weeks to months or even years after their original infection, equating to millions of people worldwide. In fact recently published data just from the WHO European Region revealed that 17 million individuals experienced ongoing COVID-19 symptoms for at least three months during the first two years of the pandemic. This phenomenon, known as “Long COVID”, or "Post COVID-19 Condition", has been as...
Jan 10, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Organised by the Catholic University of Portugal, Sponsored by Sanofi Can the use of gamification of digital tools and modeling lead to better policymaking? What are the ethical considerations around automation of policy making processes? We are looking forward to debating such issues and presenting a case study. The “Let’s Control Flu” project – a partnership between the Catholic University of Portugal (scientific work and project management) and Sanofi (sponsoring) – is seeking to assess the e...
Jan 10, 2023•1 hr 31 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Organised by Young Forum Gastein & European Health Parliament Long-standing shortages and unequal distribution in health workforce capacities, coupled with scarce resources for health services and unprecedented increases in personnel workloads have created conditions for an evoking European health workforce crisis. As we embark on the journey towards a true European Health Union, it is essential to recognise the importance of the health workforce by placing their mental health first rather t...
Jan 10, 2023•1 hr 32 min•Season 2Ep. 1
