EU workshop
3 October 2025 | 09:00 – 13:00
On 3 October 2025, Active Citizenship Network will host a closed EU workshop in Brussels, aimed at patient advocacy group representatives from among its partners. This high-level meeting is part of the 2025 project “Advancing Respiratory Care at the EU Level” and builds on activities that promote respiratory care across Europe, shifting the EU's approach to respiratory care from emergency-driven responses to integrated, long-term strategies embedded in broader health policies.
During the workshop it will be also presented the collaborative Call-to-Action: "Towards the Development of an EU Respiratory Health Plan", drafted by the EU Working Group on Respiratory Care, designed to promote the inclusion of best practices in the 2025 EU Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) guidelines, as well as strengthening institutional support for high-risk patient care and the prevention of non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
Also communication will play a central role, thanks to the #CareForAll 2025 campaign, which will raise awareness among policymakers and the public, amplify the voices of patients and civil society, and reinforce the urgency of treating respiratory care as a top EU health priority.
The initiative builds on the momentum of the activities carried out by ACN in 2023 through the EU project “Protecting the value of access to healthcare during and after the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe: focus on antivirals” and in 2024 through the EU project “Empowering & mobilizing PAGs on COVID-19 prevention & treatments for vulnerable target groups”, which laid the foundations through political engagement, awareness-raising campaigns and collaboration with Members of the European Parliament.
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