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Citizens, doctors, first responders (Firefighters, Police, Carabinieri, Red Cross, Civil Protection, etc.) united to test innovative tools of the NIGHTINGALE project for responding to mass casualty emergencies. It was a powerful demonstration of collaboration! Special thanks to the volunteers from Cittadinanzattiva APS-Active Citizenship Network for participating and trying out new applications to interact with 112 emergency number and to engage and empower the bystanders on the scene.
Civil organizations and patients’ advocacy groups, together with healthcare professional associations call on European policy-makers to address the health workforce crisis by implementing solutions that prioritize the well-being of health workers, probably the main precondition for better protection of patients' rights across Europe. Read two articles written as a follow up of the celebration of the XVIII European Patients’ Rights Day by the ACN’s Director published on two peer-reviewed international journals Clinics in Nursing and International Journal of Medical Case Reports and Medical Research.
co-OPERATOR is an innovative Horizon EU4Health funded project that aims to develop a Country-Observatory to share best practices for vaccination promotion.
Indeed, European stakeholders face significant variability in addressing vaccination hesitancy and implementing COVID-19 vaccination campaigns among healthcare providers and the general population. Challenges include widespread hesitancy within the population and variations in the communication skills of healthcare providers. To address these issues, cross-country initiatives play a crucial role in knowledge-sharing, especially considering the observed differences in vaccine coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic.
ACN is happy to share the success of the organization of the FACILITATE project webinar on returning data to clinical trial participants! Missed it? Don't worry! You can now watch the recording and download the slides presented HERE.
The event garnered an impressive turnout, with participants from various sectors including patients and associations, pharma, academic research organizations, nurses, investigators, regulators, EU institutions, ethical bodies, data protection bodies, clinicians, etc..
ACN is pleased to announce the publication of our latest research on the project 'Civil Society promoting vaccination across the life-course'. Through focus groups in Italy, Spain, and France, we explored vaccination's importance throughout life. The project aimed to enhance collaboration with health stakeholders and engage citizens' and patients' associations across Europe to implement vaccination policies effectively. Insights from national focus groups held in 2023 revealed challenges such as a polarized approach to vaccination and communication issues causing confusion. Suggestions include advocating for personalized communication and leveraging digital tools to improve vaccination rates. The importance of evaluating vaccination campaigns was emphasized. Click here to read the full article just published by the international peer-reviewed "Journal of Medical Case Studies".
How Italy is addressing AMR during its G7 presidency? Welcome the new episode of the podcast series “Superbugs and You” while bidding arrivederci to AMR! This podcast – co-created by Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP-ASP) and the Antimicrobial Resistance Fighter Coalition (ARFC) - features clinicians, advocates, and policy leaders from Italy. The director of Active Citizenship Network and Responsible for EU Affairs at Cittadinanzattiva was involved in the podcast. Experts share the challenges and opportunities in implementing effective stewardship and clinical practice in the Italian healthcare system, as well as how effective policy can transform the landscape to battle AMR. To listen the podcast, click here. For further information, please read the appeal “Keeping AMR as a priority for the Italian G7 presidency” published by Active Citizenship Network.
Adult Immunization Board (AIB) country meetings are organized to discuss country specific aspects of adult immunization together with local experts. For these meetings, the Adult Immunization Board – led by the University of Antwerp and University of Florence - inviteslocal academics, health care professionals, public health representatives and policy makers to present on adult immunization strategies implemented in the country, as well as educational and communicative initiatives aimed at increasing adult vaccine acceptance and coverage rates.
In addition to Cittadinanzattiva's LinkedIn page in Italian, in January 2024 Active Citizenship Network's Linkedin page in English was also created, to offer updates to the many people who also follow us on this platform. This joins the long-standing active pages on social media FB, X and Youtube.
The European research project NUDGE, funded by the EU's Horizon 2020 research programme, investigated how intelligent behavioural nudges can be used to encourage consumers to save energy. On the occasion of the final event, organized in Brussels on 6 November in cooperation with the Baden-Württemberg Delegation to the European Union and titled “Saving energy through nudging – How can behavioural science be used to create energy-saving incentives for end consumers?”, the consumer perspective was represented by Anastasia Chatzipavlou, Director of EEKE-Union of Working Consumers of Greece, member and representative of the European Consumers’ Union (ECU) (in the picture together with ACN’ Director). EEKE is the Greek consumer organization partner of Cittadinanzattiva, the only consumer organization involved in the NUDGE consortium. To download the NUDGE posters, click here and here. Read more (in Greek).
As of the end of December 2023, the ENGAGE project has concluded its work after three and a half years of research, collaboration, and contribution to current understandings of societal resilience. The project aimed to link the informal resilience naturally inherent in citizens with the formal work of authorities to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from nature-derived and man-made disasters and was co-funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme.
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