Tag: healthcare

Government efforts to enact a controversial healthcare bill sparked protests, some violent, that mushroomed into demonstrations of broader discontent over the economy and national leadership.

Countries with paritarian welfare institutions - those in which pensions, health care and other social protection schemes are negotiated equally between employers and social partners - were significantly better able to cope with the financial and economic crises, Francesco Briganti of the European Association of Paritarian Institutions of Social Protection (AEIP) told EurActiv.hu in an interview.

"Today health is people's main concern, but health systems must face up to four challenges: pragmatism, transversability, accountability and sustainability. The future of our health depends on this," writes Orlando Monteiro da Silva, president-elect of the World Dental Federation, in an exclusive op-ed for EurActiv.

The EU must act to reduce the crippling economic burden of musculo-skeletal disorders (MSDs), accounting for almost half of all work absences and costing the bloc €240 billion each year, warned an alliance of politicians, doctors and experts in Brussels yesterday (30 September).

European cancer patients continue to suffer from a lack of access to quality information and are often lured by untrustworthy sources such as counterfeit online pharmacies. The EU must urgently establish a coherent and comprehensive strategy to allow patients to make informed choices, writes Jan Geissler, director of the European Cancer Patient Coalition (ECPC), in an April blog post.

Information and communication technology (ICT) is a vital component for the delivery of modern health care and ICT tools can play a key role in making patient care more efficient and streamlined, according to a March report by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).