In the framework of the media partnership with Epidemiology and Public Health Research (EPHR), a journal focused on research and reports discussing about public health, epidemiology and progress that have been made to enhance societies' healthcare internationally, Active Citizenship Network has published, last December 2021, a manuscript entitled “Influenza vaccination at the time of Covid-19: From the Italian case history to the “EU Flu Day”, discussing about how the national (Italian) and European contexts managed the administration of flu vaccination during the Covid-19 pandemic. To do this, the article puts forward the results emerged from the civic survey on the supply of flu vaccine doses conducted by Cittadinanzattiva in September 2020 across Italy and introduces the second EU survey entitled "Addressing the challenges of concomitant deployment of COVID-19 and influenza vaccination" launched by ACN on the occasion of the EU Flu Day 2021.
Active Citizenship Network has published in March 2022 a manuscript entitled "Supporting Non-Communicable Disease Patients in Time of The Covid-19 Pandemic: From Motivating Them to Qualifying the Role of Their Caregivers"on the international peer-reviewed Journal of Women Health Care and Issues, that aims to publish scholarly articles describing clinical examinations, investigative studies and practices related to etiology, diagnosis, treatment and prevention. In this context, the article published by ACN explores the impact of the pandemic on patients suffering from non-communicable diseases (NCDs). More in particular, the article discusses about the role of caregivers across Europe as invisible actors who informally help patients in the shadow, with considerable expenditure of physical and mental energy.
The pdha.eu website is now officially ready to receive all of the innovative and exciting digital health solutions for improving care and quality of life for patients and their caregivers that participants will submit! The window for the Call for Applications has been activated on 7 June at 11.00 pm CET and will remain open until 6.00 pm CET on 8 July. Winners will be announced at the European Pdha 2022 Virtual Award Ceremony on 10 November from 4.00 pm to 5.00 pm CET, and for the second year in a row, Active Citizenship Network is involved in the Jury. To apply click here. To know more:PDHA'S origins and mission
Active Citzenship Network has recently published, on 11 April 2022, a new manuscript dealing with the topic of therapeutic adherence entitled “Encouraging Across Europe the Civic & Patient Advocacy Groups’ Engagement in The Implementation of National Resilience and Recovery Plans to Reduce the Burden of Covid-19 Pandemic on NCDs Patients’ Therapeutic Adherence”on the International Journal of Epidemiology and Public Health Research, a peer-reviewed journal that encompasses all aspects of epidemiology and community health. The article examines the data emerged from the EU civic survey “The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on non-communicable and chronic patients’ therapeutic adherence across Europe”, conducted by ACN in the second half of 2021, which show the inadequate attention of institutions and the main stakeholders in relation to access and continuity of care for non-Covid-19 patients.
The media partnership between Active Citizenship Network and Geneft,an online global open access publication company encouraging innovative and original works primarily in the area of health and medicine, was established to facilitate the exchange of good practices on the issues that are pertinent to them and to support each other’s activities at the European and international level in common areas of interest.
If you missed the EU training seminar “ATMPs revolution: empowering leaders of EU civic and patients’ advocacy groups” here you can find the recording link and all the documents related to the #VITA project (Value and Innovation of Advanced Therapies), including the presentations of the speakers: prof. Andrea Grignolio, prof. Andrea Cicchetti and Leire Solis from IPOPI.
The training dealt with three main topics:
Over the last years, ACN has established a media partnership with Syncsci Publishing, a company dedicated to publishing high quality articles that provide innovative and scientific research findings to scholars worldwide. ACN and Synsci have agreed on the opportunity to work together in a media partnership to support initiatives that educate citizens, patients, physicians, and relevant stakeholders, and to submit potential manuscripts on the topic of public health and the aspects related to it, including, but not only, vaccination, NCDs, chronic pain.
Active Citizenship Network has formalized a new media partnership with Health Europa Quarterly, a publication established in 2017 and committed to highlighting the latest trends and developments in health and healthcare from across Europe. ACN and Health Europa work closely together with the aim to disseminate and spread awareness on common interests and to support each other on initiatives carried out in the area of health and healthcare.
Active Citizenship Network has established a media partnership with Innovation News Network, a publication dedicated to innovation & sustainability all around Europe and worldwide in different fields including environment, energy, mobility, health. Active Citizenship Network and Innovation News Network have agreed to become media partners in order to collaborate on issues pertinent to them and disseminate relevant content covering common fields to help keep Europe’s citizens informed.
The Swedish patients’ association FOKUS Patient, which is an official partner of Active Citizenship Network, organized three digital seminars from 19 to 21 April at lunchtime, from 12:00 to 13:00 CEST, dedicated to the right to information and the right to consent, which are Articles 3 and 4 of the European Charter of Patient’s Rights, drafted by Active Citizenship Network in 2002. The aim of the seminars was to address the relationship between access to information and patients’ rights in a Swedish context.