Interim evaluation of the EU4Health Programme 2021-2027

The Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS) welcomes the substantial growth of the EU4Health programme in view of the Recovery and Resilience Facility that allowed to allocate a significant budget to build better resourced, equal and resilient health systems across Europe.

EURORDISRare Diseases Europe is a non-profit alliance of over 1000 rare disease (RDs) patient organisations working together to improve the lives of 30 million people living with a RDs in Europe. A EU public health priority due to the unmet needs of RD population, added value of the EU action, RDs have been consistently supported by EU funding programmes, thus helping improve lives of people with RDs, advance…

The European Society for Paediatric Oncology (SIOP Europe, or SIOPE) is the only pan-European organisation representing all professionals working in the field of childhood cancers. The rarity and specificity of childhood cancers combined with their high overall burden in Europe require funding opportunities specifically addressing this disease area.

The European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) is the leading European public health NGO, advocating for better health in Europe. With its 70 members from 18 EU countries, EPHA is active in all policy areas that affect health, including those impacting the social, environmental, political, and commercial determinants of health. EPHA ACKNOWLEDGES 1.

Mental health is of central concern to Europes youth. - The OECD Health at a Glance Europe 2022 report found that COVID had a disproportionate effect on young peoples mental health - deepening Europes pre-existing youth mental health crisis.

The European Pharmaceutical Students Association (EPSA) is an umbrella organisation representing over 100,000 pharmacy and pharmaceutical students from 35 European countries. EPSA is actively involved in various healthcare initiatives in Europe, including projects focused on public health, European elections, digital health, mental health, access to medicines, and pharmaceutical education.

ProMIS - Programma Mattone Internazionale Salute - is an institutionalized network whose aim is to foster the internationalisation process of regional health systems and creating links and synergies between policies and institutions.

With the implementation of the Healthier Together Initiative, the European Commission has rightfully placed emphasis on non-communicable diseases, earning widespread commendation. However, the initiative's scope is confined to four specific disease categories (diabetes, cardiovascular, respiratory, and neurologic diseases), overlooking Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD).

ALAN Maladies Rares Luxembourg asbl, the national rare disease alliance of Luxemburg is pleased with the importance given to health and health care by the EU Commission which is illustrated by the unprecedented budget of the current EU4Health Program. Furthermore, we welcome the broad scope of objectives which covers multiple areas which are key for the rare disease community.

EIT Health welcomes the opportunity for to provide feedback on the interim evaluation of the EU4Health programme 2021-2027. EIT Health ask the European Commission to consider the following points as they proceed with the next phase of the programme: Continue to build upon best practices identified by previous projects, and where appropriate foresees the utilisation of established networks and ecosystems such as EIT…

After four years since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is still a pressing need to strengthen Europe's public health (PH). For EU4Health to truly make health systems crisis-proof", it must approach workforce challenges systemically. Silos and short-term thinking pose a threat to population health, necessitating broader, holistic partnerships with stakeholders.

ISCA overall commends the value and relevance of the EU4Health programme 2021-2027 at the stage of interim evaluation. We applaud the efforts to focus on PREVENTION of disease and PROMOTION of healthy lifestyles, as required by the Objective a) of the EU regulation 2021/522.

The EU Structural Heart Disease (SHD) Coalition recognises that the EU4Health program, with its substantial 5.3 billion budget for the 2021-2027 period, stands out as unparalleled financial support from the EU in the health sector. This program sends a clear signal that public health is a top priority for the EU and serves as a key instrument in advancing the vision of a European Health Union.

The European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) appreciates the EU4Health programme as one of the EUs key instruments to have a positive impact on public health. In particular, we would like to highlight the positive impact of actions in the field of Substances of Human Origin (SoHO), which contribute to improving the quality and safety of SoHO based treatments, including medically assisted…

Childhood Cancer International Europe (CCI-E), the biggest pan-European childhood cancer patients, parents and survivors organisation, welcomes the EU4Health programme as one of the main instruments to pave the way to a European Health Union, and to improve the health of EU citizens, especially children and adolescents with cancer.

EU4Health is effective in exchanging information between health stakeholders and European Commission. We recognise that EU4Health is delivering interesting communication tools and policy documents, but they mostly concern already researched and funded diseases.

This is much needed work and I think it would be useful to report on rates of cancers associated with diet/lifestyle: Head and neck cancers Lung cancers Bladder cancers Breast, ovarian and colorectal cancers This will inform policy makers if interventions are working, if there are pockets within the EU that require targetted health promotion and equally enable robust audit to see if interventions are working.

Born Free is a conservation and animal protection Charity. We appreciate this opportunity to provide feedback on the EU4Health programme which was adopted in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has clearly demonstrated the need to effectively address the risks associated with the human-animal-environment interface, to prevent, mitigate, and respond to the emergence of zoonotic disease spill overs.

As a network against poverty, we would like to point out something we have been calling for attention for years, namely the huge use of pesticides, of neonicotinoids, including the very dangerous glyphosate. People on low incomes cannot buy organic products and therefore rely on mass sprayed products and meat from the livestock industry. This has a huge impact on them and their children.

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our comment is very positive because the psychological aspects of health are finally taken into account. We promote, for example, mesh work among patients and their caregivers, and we see that doctors and nurses are now also more receptive. This helps to make those who are ill better and even recover some of the European wool that has otherwise been abandoned as a special waste.

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The program has certainly responded to the objectives of the programme WP, and the generating impact is certainly of a very good level. Perhaps some points could be more stressed: - serious pilot experiences in teleassistance, telemonitoring, teletutoring with regards to mental health, including digital psychology - pilot studies "evidence based" regarding experiences on daily-life management about fragile targets…