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Community-based scheduled screening and treatment of malaria in pregnancy for improved maternal and infant health: a cluster-randomized trial (COSMIC)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: May 31, 2017,

Pregnant women are very susceptible to malaria infection and Malaria in Pregnancy (MiP) is a major cause of maternal anaemia and low birth weight (LBW) that leads to infant mortality, poor growth and development. In low transmission areas, malaria can become severe, resulting in maternal and foetal death. In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) MiP is responsible for 8–14% of LBW, 3–8% of infant deaths, highe ...
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Establishing the value and business model for sustainable eHealth services in Europe - VALUeHEALTH (VALUeHEALTH)

Start date: Apr 1, 2015, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

VALUeHEALTH will establish how eHealth interoperability can create and deliver value for all stakeholders, for a sustainable market in scaling up cross-border services. We will develop an evidence-based business plan for interoperability, beginning with CEF support and then sustainable revenue streams for developing and operating self-funding priority pan-European eHealth Services beyond 2020.Our ...
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African Vector Control: New Tools (AvecNet)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

The AvecNet consortium will develop practical solutions to the current limitations of vector control strategies in Africa using a combination of translationally-aware, state of the art science and end user analysis to ensure successful development and uptake of the new and improved approaches to malaria control and elimination. Our carefully balanced, multidisciplinary team of European and Africa ...
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Expanding Health Data Interoperability Services (EXPAND)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

This TN aims to address the challenge of moving from a set of point-solution pilots to a large-scale deployment of cross-border facilities that support Member States in delivering their local eHealth plans and providing cross-border care. In particular, the objective of the Network is to maintain and expand already existing available infostructure resources and act as a catalyst for real operatio ...
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UNIversal solutions in TElemedicine Deployment for European HEALTH care (United4Health)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

United4Health aims to exploit and further deploy innovative telemedicine services implemented and trialled under the RENEWING HEALTH project. A limited number of interventions have been selected from the basket of those already validated or under validation in RENEWING HEALTH; they will be trialled in 14 regions to guarantee aggregation of data and comparability of results. All service solutions a ...
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"Neutralizing antibodies against botulinum toxins A,B,E" (ANTIBOTABE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Feb 28, 2015,

"Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs), the most toxic substances known, are susceptible for use as bioweapons (listed as class A agents by CDC). Currently licensed animal derived antibodies or F(ab’)2 preparations, are at a high risk of inducing adverse effects and their privately-owned stockpiles are limited. In this project, we will target the most lethal types of BoNTs: A (subtypes A1 and A2), B (B1 a ...
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Health Education and Community Integration: Evidence based Strategies to increase equity, integration and effectiveness of reproductive health services for poor communities in Sub Saharan Africa (INTHEC)

Start date: Mar 1, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2014,

Objectives: The research aims to improve the delivery of reproductive health (RH) services in Tanzania and Niger by generating new evidence about effective ways to strengthen the provision, uptake, equity and effectiveness of adolescent reproductive health (ARH) programmes. Background: Poor adolescent reproductive health (ARH) continues to be a major cause of morbidity and worsening poverty for th ...
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Smart Open Services - Open eHealth Initiative for a European Large Scale Pilot of Patient Summary and Electronic Prescription (epSOS)

Start date: Jul 1, 2008, End date: Jun 30, 2014,

Description SOS project becomes Smart Open Services for European Patients (epSOS) to better reflect the focus on patient needs.Patient summaries and ePrescriptionsPatient summaries and electronic prescriptions (ePrescriptions) are two key services that enable high quality medical care. Such health records provide health professionals with ...
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Supporting the European eHealth Governance Initiative and Action (SEHGovIA)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Jun 30, 2014,

Initiated by the EU Member States and supported by the European Commission the EU eHealth Governance Initiative was set up in 2009. This political initiative will be supported by two different instruments: the proposed Joint Action – eHealth Governance Initiative and the Thematic Network SEHGovIA. Defined areas of work of the eHealth Governance Initiative are legal issues, semantics and technical ...
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Supporting the Use of Research Evidence (SURE) for Policy in African Health Systems (SURE)

Start date: Jun 1, 2009, End date: May 31, 2014,

Inadequate access to and use of research evidence to inform health policy limits the achievement of universal and equitable access to healthcare, hinders quality improvement and makes it difficult to use healthcare resources wisely. Poorly informed decision-making about health policies and systems is one of the reasons why services fail to reach those most in need, health indicators are off track, ...
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Assessing the impact of fee exemption on maternal health in West Africa and Morocco: new tools, new knowledge (FEMHealth)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Mar 31, 2014,

There is a growing consensus that maternal health outcomes can only be improved through policies and programmes that combine interventions to address the different causes of ill health and target multiple groups. Such policies and programmes are complex in nature as they involve coordination between different tiers in the health system and multiple actors including communities, health workers and ...
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EUROPEAN PHYTOSANITARY RESEARCH COORDINATION II (EUPHRESCO)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Mar 31, 2014,

The Community Plant Health Regime (CPHR) aims to prevent the introduction, establishment and spread of regulated and quarantine plant pests. These pests pose increasing risks to European agriculture, horticulture, forestry and the environment. This is due to increased globalisation of trade (volume and diversity), but is exacerbated by climate change and EU expansion (increased pathways). In compa ...
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Research capacity for the implementation of genetic control of mosquitoes (INFRAVEC)

Start date: Sep 1, 2009, End date: Feb 28, 2014,

Mosquitoes transmit a variety of infectious diseases that cause a tremendous burden to public health. Due to climate changes and to the increase in international trade and tourism the threats posed by mosquitoes are increasingly affecting large parts of Europe, causing understandable concerns among the populations of many Member States. Control methods, mainly based on insecticide usage, are strug ...
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eHealth Innovation - Scaling up eHealth facilitated personalised health services: Developing a European roadmap for sustained eHealth Innovation (eHealth Innovation)

Start date: May 1, 2011, End date: Oct 31, 2013,

eHealth Innovation TN will develop consensus among stakeholders and recommendations to-wards making innovative integrated, and therefore interoperable eHealth services operational and deployed at large scale in Europe.The focus will be to analyse, achieve consensus on and deliver a detailed summary report on how to achieve in the medium-term more patient/person-centred health services for an agein ...
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REACT

Start date: Oct 19, 2010, End date: Oct 18, 2013,

Al amparo del eje 3 del Programa MAC, que contempla la cooperación transnacional de las RUP con los países terceros, el proyecto REACT pretende crear la Red Euroafricana de Emergencia Sanitaria, con un doble objetivo (1) Intensificar la cooperación intra-RUP en el campo de las emergencias sanitarias y (2) Extender esta experiencia y establecer lazos duraderos de cooperación con los países de la Gr ...
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Identification and development of vaccine candidates for Buruli Ulcer Disease (BuruliVac)

Start date: Mar 1, 2010, End date: May 31, 2013,

Buruli ulcer disease (BUD), caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, is a neglected bacterial infection of the poor in remote rural areas, mostly affecting children. BUD, the third most common mycobacterial disease in immunocompetent humans after tuberculosis and leprosy, is most endemic in West Africa, but cases have been reported from more than 30 countries. BUD is a mutilating disease leading to sever ...
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Coordination of national environment and health research programmes - Environment and health ERA-NET (ERA-ENVHEALTH)

Start date: Sep 1, 2008, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

"It is estimated that around 20% of the burden of disease in industrialized countries can be attributed to environmental factors, and the magnitude of the problem is perceived by the majority of Europeans. The assessment of health impacts is based mostly on scarce exposure data and limited information on the relationship between exposure and health. There is, therefore, a need to strengthen resear ...
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CALL for InterOPErability: Creating a European coordination network for eHealth interoperability implementation (CALLIOPE)

Start date: Jun 1, 2008, End date: Nov 30, 2010,

Description CALLIOPE - eHealth accross Europe. Collaborative, Interactive initiative for the successful deployment of eHealth in EUThe CALLIOPE Network is part of the Open eHealth Initiative, which is driven by Member States health administrations. It has been initiated by 17 health authorities and 10 organisations representing networks o ...
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Mise en place du Système de Crédits dans l'Enseignement Supérieur au Maroc

Start date: Dec 1, 2013,

S’inscrivant dans le processus de Bologne, le Maroc a adopté l'architecture pédagogique LMD depuis 2003. Le présentprojet s'inscrit dans le renforcement de la convergence des systèmes d'enseignement supérieur marocain et européen. Le projet vise la mise en place d’un système de crédits ECTS et du supplément au diplôme. L’alignement au système ECTS est de nature à promouvoir la lisibilité de notr ...
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Developing the competences and mobility of senior nursing staff to improve the quality of patient care in hospitals

Develop the competences of senior nursing staff in Europe : The new pilot project of the Leonardo da Vinci community programme aimed to develop and reinforce the competences of senior nursing staff in Europe by setting up tools for in-house training, based on a joint system of reference for the senior nursing staff profession jointly developed by the 7 participating countries. This project started ...
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Setting up of an interactive e-Learning programme in Medical Parasitology and Mycology dedicated to the professionals who work in non specialized clinical laboratories: e-MEDICINimage

The e-MEDICINimage project enabled the creation of a remote continuing education scheme in the health sector (medical biology) related to parasitology and medical mycology. These two training schemes are built exclusively on e-Learning techniques and each of them offers a unique curriculum available in 5 languages (English, Spanish, French, Polish and Portuguese). This scheme, associated with the ...
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Etude préalable a la création d’un hopital transfrontalier en Cerdagne

Il s'agit de: - calibrer une offre hospitaliere transfrontaliere par rapport a une demande de soins - identifier et proposer les solutions opérationnelles pour les points de blocage dans les différents domaines (institutionnel, juridique, financier, technique…) - définir les caractéristiques et les bases de fonctionnement de l’hopital transfrontalier (taille critique, prestation de services, organ ...
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