The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the vulnerabilities of national health systems and highlighted the urgent need for stronger, more resilient healthcare frameworks across Europe. In response, the EU4Health programme was launched to enhance crisis preparedness and tackle long-term health challenges in the European Union. Established by Regulation (EU) 2021/522, EU4Health aims to […]

Podcast by: European Health Union Now Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, the European Union (EU) has often received criticism for not having reacted strongly enough and for not taking more leadership in coordinating the response. On the other hand, the pioneering efforts around the negotiations and the purchasing […]

As we continue to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic and begin charting a recovery course, we can, and must, do better – now and in the future. This crisis calls for “more Europe” – a greater role for the European Union (EU) in health, a renewed concentration on our shared core […]

Implementation: 2020-2024, Southern Neighbourhood (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine*, and Tunisia), Eastern Neighbourhood (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine) and EU Enlargement countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo**, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey). On 27 March 2020, the European Commission Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement […]

Introduction by Dr. Andraž Teršek. Mental healthcare and the prevention of suicide are highly important problems of contemporarily society. Mental health is considered to be one of the biggest and most serious health problems in Europe, according to the statistical data of the WHO and EU Commission. During the 2020 […]