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.
Do you want to know the opportunities that the new Directive provides citizens who want to be cured in another state? The DG SANCO has prepared a simple leaflet “'To know before you go” in different languages, and associations are invited to apply to receive one of it.
ACN drafted the “Manifesto for the implementation of the Right of European Patients to make an informed choice”, because it believes that the implementation of this principle, contained in the Directive (art. 4 § 1.b), shall allow all patients to access services better adapted to their personal requirements, both abroad and in their own country/region.
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.