The EU Commission produced a short video to inform patients about their rights, and to advise them on things they should consider before going abroad for treatment. You can also find a leaflet, the principal Questions&Answers on the Directive and the list of the National Contact Point.
For your convenience, we have provided a letter to request the informative leaflet 'To know before you go'. Complete it and send it directly to:
At European level, Active Citizenship Network addresses the EU Institutions so that they become facilitators and guarantors in:
A successful experience of International cooperation realized in Colombia by United National Development Program and Cittadinanzattiva supporting citizens to improve the quality of their participation in Public services and Health. Read the article published in Spain. For more information, click here
It is the responsibility of the Spanish courts to do whatever lies in their power to guarantee to consumers the high level of protection pursued by the Directive.
The Patients' Forum organized by Active Citizenship Network and Pain Alliance Europe last 22-23 October, 2013 it was the occasion to develop concrete proposals for the improvement of pain management in Europe: recommendations against pain, according to the patients point of view, for a good Health policy on chronic pain relief.
It has been published by EuropeAid the ban "Promoting sexual and reproductive health and rights - Universal Access to Reproductive Health" part of the program Investing in people. The call has a budget of 28 million euro and will expire, for the submission of Concept Notes, December 10, 2013. The overall objective of the notice is to contribute to poverty reduction and improved welfare of the populations of developing countries through better informed choices about reproductive health and family planning.
The President of the Association of Cancer Patients and Relatives EL.A-ZO, member of the Cyprus Alliance Initiative - EYCA 2013, started on 22 of May 2013 his strike outside the Presidential Palace with a request for the Government: to create a State Radiotherapy Department at the General Hospital of Nicosia. Cyprus is the only country in Europe that has no State Radiotherapy Department.
Letter-Appeal of Cittadinanzattiva to avoid misleading a provision that threatens the safety of patients. The proposed regulation on medical devices voted by the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) of the European Parliament in the case it would approve the provisions on the reprocessing of single-use would take us back to a time when they used the glass syringes.
The number of infringement procedures in Europe continues to decrease but nonetheless still remains high: in 2012 alone the European Commission initiated an average of 3 ½ per day, with member states – as is the case for Italy and Portugal – summoned by Brussels in compliance with the Community regulations of 3 times a month.
The maintenance of Italian school buildings is “woefully inadequate”, according to the 11th annual report on safety, quality and accessibility to school from Cittadinanzattiva.