Health Archives

The Slovak government announced budget consolidations to reduce the deficit; the move will significantly impact healthcare. Health Minister Zuzana Dolinková (HLAS) faces ongoing criticism from her coalition partners and the opposition - her role remains at risk.

The EU's increasing reliance on pharmaceutical production from non-EU countries, particularly India and China, has raised serious concerns, newly elected Czech MEP Ondřej Dostál (NI) said in an interview with Euractiv Czechia.

The United Nations says gender equality is catastrophically off track, and gender-based violence continues to scar society. Soccer is making a pitch to end domestic violence through engagement and education.

In Malta, where violence against women is still prevalent, more action is needed to change the reality - football stakeholders are playing a part in trying to achieve significant change.

Romania is starting to see changes in the way it reacts to domestic violence; it’s the result of a new partnership between the Romanian Football Association and a women’s rights NGO.

In Portugal, where domestic violence remains a largely underreported problem, there are high hopes football can play a vital role in changing society’s perception and reaction to abuse.

Olivér Várhelyi, Commissioners-designate for Health and Animal Welfare is not expected to get an easy ride at his European Parliament confirmation hearing. Still, if confirmed, Várhelyi has an opportunity to leave a generational diabetes legacy.

To help tackle violence against women, the EU has launched GOALSCORE, an innovative project aiming to raise awareness and promote football institutional support for gender equality.

Violence against women continues to scar our society, but the European Union continues to combat the phenomenon in all forms. Project GOALSCORE offers an opportunity to help through football, the world’s most loved sport.

The Belgian medicines agency, an important stakeholder in the revision of the European pharmaceutical legislation, is proposing improvements to the EU Pharma Package.

Two key decisions by Bulgarian courts have altered the hospital finance model, abolishing strict limits that often became an obstacle to providing quality medical care in one of the poorest EU countries.

GOALSCORE - GlObAL Social inclusion: innovative aCtiOns against gender diffeRencEs and prejudice in general