PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release In Celebration of World Continence Week 2018 (#WCW2018), the European Institute of Women’s Health (EIWH) calls for increased awareness of the issues urinary incontinence poses for patients, their families and caregivers. 20th June 2018 — Annually, World Continence Week (#WCW) is held by the World Federation of Incontinence Patients…
Press Release – Women and Ovarian Cancer in the EU Policy Brief
PRESS RELEASE For Inmediate Release In Celebration of European Week Against Cancer 2018, the European Institute of Women’s Health launches its latest policy brief, “Women and Ovarian Cancer in the EU,” and calls on Europe to urgently tackle this silent killer. 25th of May 2018—European Week Against Cancer (EWAC) is held from the 25th…
Press Release – World Ovarian Cancer Day 2018
PRESS RELEASE For Inmediate Release In Celebration World Ovarian Cancer Day 2018, the European Institute of Women’s Health announces its forthcoming latest policy brief, “Women and Ovarian Cancer in the EU,” in order to raise awareness about and to reduce the burden of ovarian cancer across Europe #WOCD. 8th of May 2018—Since 2013, World Ovarian…
Eurohealth Conference and Programme: Right from the Start!
Right from the Start Right from the Start: Promoting a Life-Course Approach to Gender Equity in Health European Institute of Women’s Health 21st Anniversary Expert Conference, European Economic and Social Committee, Brussels, Belgium, 4-5th December 2017 About the EIWH Founded in 1996, the European Institute of Women’s Health (EIWH) is a non-governmental organisation…
Right from the Start: Life Course Approach to Gender Equity in Health
Initial Announcement Right from the Start Right from the Start: Promoting a Life-Course Approach to Gender Equity in Health European Institute of Women’s Health 21st Anniversary Expert Conference European Economic and Social Committee Brussels, Belgium 4-5th December 2017 Details following this week.
Marrakesh Treaty adopted by EU Parliament
..Blind Union Prepare for Fight over Publisher ‘Compensation’ European Parliament today finally adopted the legal instruments to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty on access to reading material for the visually impaired. The treaty, adopted by the members of the World Intellectual Property Organization in 2013 and effective since last year, was subject to controversies due to…
Physical activity worldwide reveals an activity inequality
Worldwide activity inequality for women! To help curb the global pandemic of physical inactivity and the resulting 5.3 million deaths per annum, it is necessary to understand the basic principles that govern physical activity. There is a lack of large-scale measurements of physical activity patterns across free-living populations worldwide By leveraging the wide usage of…
Health Research Award in aspects of Sex and Gender
BIH Excellence Award for Sex and Gender Aspects in Health Research The application deadline is October 15, 2017 The evaluation committee for the award is composed of internationally recognized experts in Gender Medicine and will meet in November. You can find detailed information about the review process and the evaluation criteria on the BIH website:…
Rare diseases:
Rare diseases: improving access, care and diagnosis People with a rare diseases face challenges as such diseases can take time to be diagnosed. Patients can go through years of testing and mis diagnosis before seeing a specialist who knows what care they require. About 5% of rare diseases have therapies with few cures, at best…
eHealth – a tool providing political and economic advantage!
Can eHealth give a political and economic advantage? A study commissioned by Michał Boni,MEP attempts to explore the eHealth development rate among European countries and how various outcomes and solutions might contribute to more cost efficient healthcare systems. The study was presented at the European Parliament (EPPE) on the 8th June 2017. The study authors…