Press Release 29 Jan 2025 Today, the “MEPs for Women’s Health“ group was re-launched in the European Parliament. It is a cross-party group aimed at addressing the challenges in women’s health across the EU. The initiative brings together Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) with a shared commitment to improving women’s health policies, ensuring access…
International Day Against Drug Abuse
International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, 26 June 2017 This day is an expression of the determination to strengthen action and cooperation to achieve the goal of an international society free of drug abuse. To underline this activity we present some outcomes of cooperation. I-TREND Project: Internet tools for researching new drugs in…
World No Tobacco Day – WHO Award for Ireland
World No Tobacco Day – WHO Award for the Department of Health, Ireland The World Health Organisation has awarded the Department of Health a 2017 World No Tobacco Day Award for its achievements in the area of tobacco control. Ireland is a world leader in tobacco control, and the team at the Department of Health…
Future of Healthcare in Ireland – Report
Final report of the cross-party Oireachtas Committee on the Future of Healthcare. Minister for Health, Simon Harris TD acknowledged the conclusion and publication of the final report of the cross-party Oireachtas Committee on the Future of Healthcare. The establishment of the cross-party Committee in June 2016 was one of the first actions arising from the…
Woman and e-Health Presentation to EPC
Woman and e-Health Presentation for the future of Health Information (by Kristin Semanick) Presentation at the European Policy Centre, Brussels, Belgium. PresentationEPC.pdf
Tests to identify gastrointestinal pathogens
Final guidance: tests identifying gastrointestinal pathogens Tests for people with suspected gastroenteritis Part of NICE’s diagnostics assessment programme, it does not recommend multiplex polymerase chain reaction tests (xTAG Gastrointestinal Pathogen Panel – Luminex; FilmArray Gastrointestinal Panel – BioFire Diagnostics; Faecal Pathogens B assay – AusDiagnostics) for routine use in the NHS in England. The tests…
Action for World Pneumonia Day
PRESS RELEASE – For Immediate Release The European Institute of Women’s Health Calls on Countries to Generate Action for World Pneumonia Day 12 November 2015 First held in 2009, World Pneumonia Day aimed to eliminate pneumonia, which killed more children each year than AIDS, malaria and measles combined at the time. Annually, approximately three-quarters of…
ie: Review of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Ireland: Review of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme In a Press Release Monday 20th July 2015, the Dept. of Health , Ireland gave results of a Review they carried out in collaboration with the HSE with input from Deloitte and Touche as external consultants. Based upon the experience of operating the Scheme over the…
.scot: Health boards to reduce cancer waiting times
Health boards to reduce cancer waiting times Health boards share over £4 million to reduce cancer waiting times after performance target drop and will help improve on diagnostic wait across country and provide local support. In the first quarter of 2015, 91.8 per cent of patients urgently referred with suspicion of cancer began treatment within…
ie: Review on health effects of community water fluoridation
HRB publishes review on health effects of community water fluoridation No definitive evidence that community water fluoridation has negative health effects. The Health Research Board(HRB) published an in-depth evidence review of existing research in relation to the health effects of community water fluoridation. The HRB has found no definitive evidence that community water fluoridation is…