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!