Poland: a tough life for reproductive rights

A TrendSanità ebook takes stock of the reproductive issue in Poland: Maria Boratyńska, Professor of Health Law and secretary of the Bioethics Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences, summarizes -on the eve of the elections - the main issues on abortion rights and in vitro fertilization in her country

Who the Medical Associate Professionals are and why they are scary

Assistants often mistaken for doctors: they have existed in the UK for decades to at least partially counteract the shortage of medical staff. Today, however, despite plans to increase their numbers, they are becoming a problem

Shortages, EMA wants to improve monitoring

The European Medicines Agency recently launched the first version of a platform to automate and standardise data collection on drug shortages. Monica Dias, Head of Supply and Availability of medicines and medical devices at EMA, discusses it with TrendSanità

Make general practice great again

There is a shortage of GPs throughout Europe and it is not just a question of remuneration. According to Tiago Villanueva, President of UEMO, ways must be found to keep the younger generation within the general practice pathway

Antonio Decaro: «As president of the ENVI committee, I am concerned about the EU cuts on health and the environment»

Antonio Decaro, elected president of the largest committee in the European Parliament, the ENVI (Committee on the Environment, Public Health, and Food Safety), speaks for the first time in an interview with TrendSanità about the challenges of his mandate

The new role of the patient for the future of healthcare innovation

The European Patients' Forum aims, through its projects, at a more equal, inclusive and empowered healthcare by encouraging the involvement of patients in European healthcare decisions

Who Will Be the Next European Commissioner for Health?

Whoever is chosen will need to navigate the need to prepare for future health emergencies, promote equitable access to healthcare services, and address Europe's complex demographic and environmental challenges

New eurodeputies discuss future of European health

Stine Bosse (liberal) and Laurent Castillo (centre-right) highlight as priorities essential medicines, innovation, preventive health and a health committee

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

Former Ilva plant, interview with MEP Rosa D’Amato: «We need a European plan for “green” steel»

In the wake of the European Court of Justice’s historic ruling, Greens MEP Rosa D’Amato emphasises the need to close the Taranto steel plant, starting an economic reconversion of the area using the Just Transition Fund. The current political debate opposes the right to health and the right to work