The European Week Against Cancer (EWAC) runs between 25 and 31 May. Under the EU4Health programme, HaDEA manages projects on cancer prevention, early detection, diagnosis and treatment and patients’ quality of life.

The European Mental Health Week continues. Under EU health and research programmes, the Commission has been investing in projects promoting mental health and aiming to prevent, diagnose and treat mental illnesses.

The European Mental Health Week has kicked off! Under the EU4Health programme, HaDEA has been managing projects to implement promising best practices to improve mental health and psychosocial wellbeing in migrant and refugee populations, with a particular focus on people from Ukraine.

HaDEA has published a Prior Information Notice (PIN) for a call for tenders to be funded under the EU4Health 2023 Annual Work Programme.

Are you interested in applying for calls under the EU4Health programme, Horizon Europe ‘Health’ or the food strand of the Single Market Programme? Check out the work programmes and indicative planning for 2023-2024*!

HaDEA has launched a call for tenders "Service contract to design, develop, deliver and maintain the European Health Emergency Response Authority (HERA) Advanced Technology for Health INtelligence and Action IT System (ATHINA)".

The European Immunisation Week 2023 runs from 23 to 29 April. The aim of the week is to raise awareness of the importance of immunisation in preventing diseases and protecting everyone’s health.

World Health Day is a global health awareness day celebrated every year on 7 April.
This year’s theme focuses on the importance of healthcare with its slogan “Health For All”.

The Commission has launched a targeted consultation on the EU4Health programme’s future priorities, orientation and needs.

Today marks Rare Disease Day. Rare or low-prevalence complex diseases affect the daily lives of around 30 million EU citizens. The European Reference Networks (ERNs) are virtual networks involving healthcare providers across Europe.

Discover more on the support to European Reference Networks (ERNs) from the Connecting Europe Facility Telecom Programme

HaDEA has published a Prior Information Notice (PIN) for a call for tenders to be funded under the EU4Health 2023 Annual Work Programme.

HaDEA has launched a Single Framework Contract to provide services to support the assessment of characterising flavours in tobacco products. The aim of this call for tenders is to support the implementation of the tobacco control policies.

On 1 February 2023, HaDEA held an info session for ​​​​​​​project managers, coordinators and financial managers of ongoing projects funded under the EU4Health programme. The recording of the info session is now available.

The newsletter provides an update on the service contract that aims at obtaining an overview of the methodologies and indicators currently in use to monitor the performance of vaccination programmes in all EU countries.

The Commission has launched a call for evidence to develop and finetune the initiative on a comprehensive approach to mental health.

An info session on the EU4Health call on vaccination against COVID-19 took place on 17 January 2023. To help applicants to prepare their submissions, the info session recording is now available

To mark the beginning of 2023, here’s a look at the current funding opportunities under the EU4Health programme.

This issue of the Medical Devices newsletter updates you on the updated implementation and preparedness plan on IVDR and the latest guidance available.