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About the EU4Health programme

Overview and top priorities of the funding programme

€5.3 billion
Total EU4Health budget
For the funding period 2021-2027 in current prices
€715 121 072
2023 work programme (WP) budget
€555 207 978
2023 WP budget managed by HaDEA
€432 860 000 for grants, €122 347 978 for contracts
31
Countries
Eligible for funding under the EU4Health programme
143
Grants
Signed by HaDEA in 2021 and 2022
66
Contracts
Signed by HaDEA in 2021 and 2022

EU4Health is the EU’s largest health programme in monetary terms, with a budget of €5.3 billion in current prices. The EU4Health programme goes beyond an ambitious response to the COVID-19 crisis to address the resilience of European healthcare systems. EU4Health provides funding to national authorities, health organisations and other bodies through grants and public procurement, contributing to a healthier Europe.

Together, these proposals will ensure that the EU is healthier, more resilient, and better prepared. While implementing these actions, we will send a clear signal to European citizens that their health is our priority

Stella Kyriakides, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety

The EU4Health programme is a key pillar to the Commission’s work to strengthen the European Health Union and contribute to the EU's health priorities. The actions funded under the EU4Health programme pursue the following 4 goals and 10 specific objectives:

  • To improve and foster health in the Union
    • disease prevention & health promotion
    • international health initiatives & cooperation
  • To tackle cross-border health threats
    • prevention, preparedness & response to cross-border health threats
    • complementing national stockpiling of essential crisis-relevant products
    • establishing a reserve of medical, healthcare & support staff
  • To improve medicinal products, medical devices and crisis-relevant products
    • making medicinal products, medical devices and crisis-relevant products available and affordable
  • To strengthen health systems, their resilience and resource efficiency
    • strengthening health data, digital tools & services, digital transformation of healthcare
    • improving access to healthcare
    • developing and implementing EU health legislation and evidence-based decision making
    • integrated work among national health systems

EU4Health will also be investing in urgent health priorities:

and other areas:

  • the digitalisation of health systems
  • antimicrobial resistance
  • improved vaccination rates

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