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EU workshop

Brussels, 14 October 2024 | 14:30 – 19:00

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has had a major economic, health and social impact across the countries of the WHO European Region, affecting hundreds of millions of people. Although the acute phase of the pandemic has been overcome, COVID-19 has left its burden on health systems; high rates of burnout and COVID-19-related illnesses among health care workers have caused workforce dropouts, exacerbating staff shortages, increasing waiting times for patients to access services, and requiring health services to treat those who experience persistent symptoms after acute infection. These mid- and long-term disabling symptoms are collectively known as the post COVID-19 condition (PCC) or, commonly, long COVID. WHO defines this condition as the continuation or development of new symptoms three months after the initial severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, with symptoms lasting for at least two months without other explanation. According to the recent WHO Report “Service delivery models for people with post COVID-19 conditions in selected European countries: summary report”, PCC can present with a range of symptoms and more than 200 of them have been reported in the literature: what are the most common symptoms and how to recognize them? Who to refer to?

Although the exact number of people affected is unclear, published evidence indicates that about 10-20% of individuals continue to have symptoms for weeks, months and years after acute SARS-CoV-2 infection. How to prevent? What role do vaccination policies against Covid infections continue to play also in light of new variants (i.e. KP.3)?

Models of organization and delivery of services and patient pathways for people with COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 syndrome: what is the situation in light of a recent WHO study in selected European countries?

One year after the end of the pandemic, prevention, immunization and treatment, along with adequate information, remain imperative to continue fighting COVID-19 infections, especially when they threaten the most fragile populations.

On the topic, thanks to the valuable collaboration of independent experts, Active Citizenship Network is organizing a full day of discussion, by invitation only and with limited number of participants, addressed to leaders of civic and patient associations interested in becoming even more engaged in the contexts in which they already work.

The initiative is part of the European project "Empowering & mobilizing PAGs on COVID-19," which is in continuity with what was carried out in 2023 (ABC) and, more generally, with our long-term commitment in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic at the national & at the EU level.

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