Respiratory Health in Europe: Integrating Environment, Prevention and Access to Care

Social and environmental inequalities weigh heavily on respiratory health across Europe. During the Workshop on European Policies and Advocacy in Respiratory Care held in Brussels, organized by Cittadinanzattiva-Active Citizenship Network, Professor Guglielmo Trovato emphasized the need for an integrated approach linking environmental policies, prevention, and healthcare professional training to ensure equity and quality of care

Getting vaccinated to protect the heart: the new frontier of prevention

On the sidelines of the European workshop Active Citizens in Europe Advocate for (Adult) Vaccination, Marco Del Riccio (University of Florence) explains to TrendSanità why vaccination is increasingly recognized as a cardiovascular prevention strategy, with implications for public health and European policies

European Health Data Space: More Rights, More Control, More Equity

With the new regulation on the European Health Data Space (EHDS), the EU strengthens citizens’ digital rights. Fulvia Raffaelli (DG SANTE, European Commission) explains what changes in terms of access, control, and use of health data across Europe

In Brussels, the European challenge for the rights of people with an ostomy

Cittadinanzattiva-Active Citizenship Network and the Italian Federation of Incontinent and Stomised Associations (FAIS) have launched a European-wide project for the recognition of the rights of people with ostomy. New Civic Recommendations and the communication campaign "(In)visible" have been presented

The importance of immunisation in global health

Vaccines represent one of the most extraordinary discoveries in medicine, capable of preventing millions of deaths and significantly improving the quality of life globally. And where they are lacking, the difference is evident. An in-depth analysis with Stefano Vella, Adjunct Professor of Global Health at the Catholic University of Rome