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The XV European Patients’ Rights Day has been celebrated with a virtual event by Active Citizenship Network with its traditional format of a big multi-stakeholder conference focused on the importance of the citizen organizations’ engagement and a multisectoral approach to take action on cross-border health threats, actual and future. The 2021 conference focused on showing and discussing examples of citizen’s engagement in health policies in this particular historical moment: a first day, dedicated to the health challenges faced by non-COVID patients and a second day, focused on the resilience of Healthcare Systems and the national immunization plans. Read more
As part of the 15th European Patients’ Rights Day, Active Citizenship Network - the European branch of Cittadinanzattiva - collected in a video the opinions of some representatives of the institutions, civil society and the scientific community, with the aim of launching a concrete message to the decision makers who took part in the Global Health Summit, held in Rome on May 21st, during the Italian Presidency of the G20.
The Summit was an opportunity to share the lessons learned from the pandemic and to define a common commitment to building a healthier, safer and more sustainable world. Global leaders and high-level experts discussed how to improve health security, strengthen our health systems and strengthen Europe's capacity to deal with future crises in a spirit of solidarity. In this context, Active Citizenship Network has also published a Manifesto with 10 recommendations addressed to institutions and signed by 50 associations from 18 countries, to underline the unmet needs of non-Covid patients. To see the video, click here.
Here you can find some examples of all the initiatives organized all around Europe. The European Patients’ Rights Day has become a regular appointment to improve patients’ rights in Europe and in each Member State. If you wish to add an event dedicated to the celebration of the European Patients’ Rights Day in your country, please write
In the age of COVID-19, the European Patients’ Rights Day (EPRD) on the 18th of April 2021 represented an opportunity to send messages of hope and commitment, from different healthcare stakeholders partners of ACN, on the protection of the health of European citizens. Here you can find the video messages received.
Among the contemporary challenges, the ability of cities and territories to transform themselves into inclusive, participatory and resilient contexts, able not only to adapt to changes, but also to cope with them through good planning in the use of resources and directly involving citizens, is becoming increasingly important.
Active Citizenship Network (ACN) is glad to invite you to the 15th European Patients’ Rights Day that will be celebrated with a digital conference on 5th & 6th May 2021 titled “The role of civic society and Patients Advocacy Groups for more resilient Health Care Systems. Lessons learned toward a European Health Union”.
The 2021 conference will focus on showing and discussing examples of citizen’s engagement in health policies in this particular historical moment: a first day, dedicated to the health challenges faced by non-COVID patients and a second day, focused on the resilience of Healthcare Systems and the national immunization plans.
Indeed, the COVID-19 pandemic is placing a huge strain on health systems, worldwide it forced to adapt, to innovate care management in some cases and it has had a major impact on citizens’ lives in several respects. One of the most important has been the limited access to different health services. Alternative organizational solutions are therefore needed to guarantee continuity and quality. Our commitment is to engage citizens and citizens’ associations across Europe to better know and implement health policies.
The COVID-19 pandemic had a major impact on citizens’ lives on several aspects. One of the most important has been the limited access to different health services. For Active Citizenship Network, the European branch of Cittadinanzattiva - a civic organization which promotes (since 1978 in Italy and since 2001 at EU level) citizens’ activism for the protection of everyone’s rights, maintaining the common good, and offering support to people in vulnerable conditions - it is not acceptable to respond to the immediate needs of citizens facing the Covid-19 pandemic simply by closing services. Instead, alternative organizational solutions are needed to guarantee continuity and quality.
The European Patients’ Rights Day has become a regular annual event on the European and national political agendas to inform, discuss and take commitments to improve patients’ rights in Europe and in each Member State. Every year, also thanks to the more than one hundred patient and civic associations of our network, the EPRD is celebrated in hundreds of cities and ways all around Europe (here there are some examples of the celebrations in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020).
We are looking for good examples of citizens’ engagement in health policies in this particular historical moment about:
On the occasion of the Annual European Patients 'Rights Day, "Together for Life" (TFL), historic national partner from Albania of ACN, celebrates its commitment to protect patients' rights with important legal awards.
Three children gained their rights after three years of efforts and commitment of "Together for Life" organisation in Albania to address the issue of children born with hearing problems.
The Administrative Court of Tirana decided to accept the request of the TFL's lawyer to compensate with 9,300,000 all the family of a 5-year-old patient with hearing problems, meanwhile for the second case the hospital decided to approve the agreement to include the child on the waiting list and the third case benefited from the surgery after one year of positive pressure on the public institutions.
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