Italian support to the UfM/EuroMed Projects

Dr. Pasqualino Rossi DG for EU and International Relations

Head, Unit IV Ministry of Health - Italy

Rome, 19 May 2014

The Barcelona process:

Union for the Mediterranean - health

Main objectives:

Promoting sustainable development through improving human health;

Enhancing co-ordination of international activities between participants;

Improving their capacity to set priorities in health in the fields of communicable and non-communicable diseases;

Helping to ensure equal access to quality care on a sustainable basis for their populations by strengthening healthcare systems.

France Presidency Event:

Euro-Mediterranean Ministerial

Conference on Health

Cairo, Egypt

November 16-17, 2008

First step in a wider process of regional cooperation

in public health based on concrete projects

The «TRIGGER» Event

Euro-Mediterranean Ministerial Conference on Health

Cairo, Egypt - November 16-17, 2008

Objective:

To promote mutual cooperation and to develop

health programmes in order to strengthen

health systems and ensure effective response

to health needs among Euro-Mediterranean Countries

Focus on operative

projects

The «TRIGGER» Event

Euro-Mediterranean Ministerial Conference on Health

Cairo, Egypt - November 16-17, 2008

Communicable

disease

Non

Communicable

disease

Strengthening

Health

Systems

3 areas

The «TRIGGER» Event

Strengthen Health Systems

• Building a Mediterranean network for organ transplantation

• Assistance to bone marrow transplantation

• Pediatric cardio-surgery implementation

Italian proposals presented at the Cairo Conference

Non Communicable Diseases

• Cancer register implementation

• Cancer screening programmes

• Mediterranean network for the management of gluten intolerance

Communicable Diseases - EPISOUTH

• Strengthening network of surveillance & control of inf. diseases

Italian Initiatives/2

1. Identification of areas of interest

2. Call for tender

3. Possibility of EU-wide participation

Main features of 2011/2012 re-financing:

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Italian Initiatives

Progetto Partner Paesi coinvolti (non-UE)

Medicel – Network mediterraneo per la celiachia – Mediterranean Network for celiac disease

Laboratorio Europeo per lo studio delle Malattie Indotte da Alimenti (ELFID)

Albania, Bosnia Erzegovina, Egitto, Israele, Libia, Marocco, Montenegro, Palestina, Tunisia, Turchia

Sorveglianza epidemiologica per il controllo delle malattie neoplastiche nei paesi del Mediterraneo: dalla registrazione del cancro ai modelli statistici

Istituto Superiore di Sanità

Algeria, Egitto, Israele, Libia, Marocco, Palestina, Turchia

A population-based AMI register: assessing the feasibility for a pilot study to implement a surveillance system of acute myocardical infarction in mediterranean countries according to Eurociss recommendations

Istituto Superiore di Sanità

Egitto

Rete internazionale mediterranea per l’incremento della donazione di organi

Istituto Superiore di Sanità

Albania, Cipro, Egitto, Israele, Libano, Libia, Marocco, Tunisia, Turchia

Cancer screening and early diagnosis in the mediterranean area: costruzione di una rete di collaborazione tra agenzie internazionali e Ministeri della salute mediterranei per training e capacity building locali

Azienda ospedaliero universitaria San Giovanni Battista di Torino

Albania, Algeria, Bosnia Erzegovina, Cipro, Egitto, Giordania, Israele, Kosovo, Libano, Libia, Macedonia, Marocco, Montenegro, Palestina, Serbia, Siria, Tunisia, Turchia

Progetti di partenariato euro-mediterraneo in corso nel 2012

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Italian Initiatives - 2012

3 priority areas

1. Oncology (prevention, epidemiology)

2. Child & Maternal Health

3. Acute Respiratory Failure

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Progetto Beneficiario Paesi coinvolti (non-UE)

Cancer screening and early diagnosis in Mediterranean area: a multicollaborative coordination and training approach

Azienda Ospedaliera Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino

Albania, Algeria, Bosnia Erzegovina, Cipro, Egitto, Giordania, Kosovo, Libano, Libia, Macedonia, Marocco, Montenegro, Palestina, Serbia, Siria, Tunisia

Interventi in materia di salute materno-infantile

Laboratorio Europeo per lo Studio delle Malattie Indotte da Alimenti

Albania, Algeria, Arabia Saudita, Bosnia Erzegovina, Cipro, Egitto, Israele, Libano, Libia, Marocco, Montenegro, Palestina, Tunisia, Turchia

I registri tumori e la prevenzione primaria delle neoplasie associate, fattori di rischio noti nei paesi del Mediterraneo

Istituto Superiore di Sanità Algeria, Egitto, Israele, Libia, Marocco, Palestina, Turchia

Preparazione ed interventi finalizzati al contrasto alle situazioni cliniche che possono sviluppare un quadro di insufficienza respiratoria grave

Azienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo di Monza

Albania, Tunisia

Accordi stipulati nel 2012 e in corso nel 2013

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Italian Initiatives - 2013

4 priority areas

1. Woman’s health

2. Contrast to tobacco in youth

3. Mental Health

4. Contrast to emergencies from Comm

Diseases (Preparedness and planning)

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Accordi stipulati nel 2013

Progetto Beneficiario

I tumori femminili nei paesi del Mediterraneo: strategie per aumentare la consapevolezza e la partecipazione delle donne a interventi di diagnosi precoce/screening

Azienda Ospedaliera Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino

Iniziative per il contrasto al fumo di tabacco nei giovani

Istituto per lo studio e la prevenzione oncologica di Firenze

Rete del Mediterraneo per la preparazione alle malattie infettive emergenti e riemergenti (Rete MedPreMIER)

Istituto Superiore di Sanità

Demenze e malattia di Alzheimer nei paesi del Mediterrane (ALZMED)

Università degli Studi di Pavia

EuroMed – UfM Health Projects common milestones

Information Formation Networking Study visits

Epidemiological data collection

Drafting of guidelines

Dissemination Publications

National Health Systems growth in a partnership perspective

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EuroMed - UfM Health Projects

Main achievements

• Possibility to put in place technical groups able to overtake the serious social

problems that have involved many countries in this geographical area

• Involvement of 17 extra-EU countries : Northern-Africa (5), Middle-East (5),

Balkans (6), Turkey

• Publication of the results of some projects in prestigious international scientific

journals

• Important collaborations with WHO, IARC and other international scientific

organisations

• Institution of a specific Working Group by DGSANCO

• Stakeholders networking

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INVESTMENTES

OUTCOMES

Globally, a good…balance!

Many thanks

for your attention!