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European Human Biomonitoring Initiative (HBM4EU)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2021,

The overarching goal of the European Human Biomonitoring Initiative (HBM4EU) is to generate knowledge to inform the safe management of chemicals and so protect human health. We will use human biomonitoring to understand human exposure to chemicals and resulting health impacts and will communicate with policy makers to ensure that our results are exploited in the design of new chemicals policies an ...
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Cofund on Biotechnologies (CoBioTech)

Start date: Dec 1, 2016, End date: Nov 30, 2021,

"The ERA-Net “Cofund on BioTechnologies” (CoBioTech) aims to better use synergies between current mechanisms of biotechnology research funding in Europe, to highlight the benefits of a bio-based economy for society, and to thus maintain and strengthen Europe’s global lead in modern biotechnology.The co-funded call will focus on application-oriented research in:a) Synthetic biology approaches to de ...
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Automated diagnostic platform, data management system and innovative communication tool, for improving the impact of malaria vector control interventions (DMC-MALVEC)

Start date: Feb 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2020,

Malaria is a life-threatening disease causing more than 500,000 deaths every year in sub-Saharan Africa. Prevention of the disease is best achieved by vector control which relies on the use of insecticides. Monitoring mosquito vector populations is an integral component of control programmes and a prerequisite for effective interventions. Several individual methods are used for this task, However, ...
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Transfer of Organisational innovations for Resilient, Effective, equitable, Accessible, sustainable and Comprehnsive Health Services and Systems. (TO-REACH)

Start date: Dec 1, 2016, End date: Nov 30, 2019,

In order to strengthen the sustainability and resilience of health services and systems a unique consortium of governmental and funding organizations plus research institutes, has expressed the ambition to systematically learn from the organisation of care in other settings. Overall objective of TO-REACH is to provide groundwork for an ERA-NET that will contribute to the resilience, effectiveness, ...
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EuroMix

Start date: May 15, 2015, End date: May 14, 2019,

Euromix aim to develop an experimentally verified, tiered strategy for the risk assessment of mixtures of multiple chemicals derived from multiple sources across different life stages. The project takes account of the gender dimension and balances the risk of chemicals present in foods against the benefits of those foods.Important concepts for this new strategy are prioritisation criteria for chem ...
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Modernizing Health Education in Universities

Start date: Oct 15, 2015, End date: Oct 14, 2018,

Overall wider objective of the project is supporting public health in Uzbekistan by modernization of Curriculum of Health Sciences in universities of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan and therefore following steps will be undertaken: adapting, modernizing, restructuring health sciences education, and bring innovative teaching technologies into training process as multimedia and audio-visual components; el ...
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EUROpean network for transnational collaborative RTD projects in the field of NANOMEDicine (EURONANOMED II)

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

Nanomedicine, the application of nanotechnology to health, is a fast-growing field with a large potential for improving diagnostics and therapeutic solutions in many diseases. The EuroNanoMed II (ENM II) consortium, with 20 partners from 17 countries and regions, aims to foster the competitiveness of European nanomedicine actors through the support of translational research projects enhancing tran ...
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Genetic studies of pre-eclampsia in Central Asian and European populations (INTERPREGGEN)

Start date: Nov 1, 2011, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

Pre-eclampsia, one of the most dangerous cardiometabolic complications of pregnancy, claims the lives of 50,000 mothers and almost one million babies annually. Pre-eclampsia and other hypertensive disorders of pregnancy remain the second most common cause of maternal death. The incidence of pre-eclampsia in Central Asian countries is over twice as high as in western Europe. Inter-population differ ...
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Innovative tools and strategies for surveillance and control of dengue (DengueTools)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Apr 30, 2016,

Current surveillance systems and control efforts are clearly insufficient to combat dengue in endemic countries and to prevent spread to previously uninfected areas (including Europe). We will focus on the following aspects of the call: better diagnosis, surveillance, prevention as well as prediction and/or prevention of the spread of Dengue fever to previously uninfected regions (including Europe ...
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Safe Implementation of Innovative Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (SIINN)

Start date: Aug 1, 2011, End date: Jul 31, 2015,

The primary aim of the SIINN ERA-NET is to promote the rapid transfer of the results of nanoscience and nanotechnology (N&N) research into industrial application by helping to create reliable conditions. In order to strengthen the European Research Area and to coordinate N&N-related R&D work, the project has the aim of bringing together a broad network of ministries, funding agencies, academic and ...
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Autoimmunity: Computer Aided Diagnosis (A.I.D.A)

Start date: Oct 31, 2012, End date: Apr 29, 2015,

Italo-Tunisian cooperation for research and innovation in the health sector through the application of ICT aimed at the diagnosis of Auto-Immune diseases. Expected Results: Improvement of organisational processes and decision- ...
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Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever; Modern Approaches to Diagnostics, Surveillance, Prevention, Therapy and Preparedness (CCH Fever)

Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Mar 31, 2015,

Over the last years, large outbreaks of Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) in several European countries and neighbouring areas are on the rise. This disease poses a great threat to public health due to its high mortality rate, modes of transmission and geographical distribution. Climate changes and observation of the CCHFV vector in central Europe alarm the European community as we can ...
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Social services on both sides of the border

Start date: Apr 4, 2013, End date: Jan 4, 2015,

Objective of the project The objective of the project was to improve the quality of life of people from disadvantaged groups in districts with sparse population in the Republic of Karelia and North Karelia. Main activities• Sociological base-line survey of efficient operating models in low threshold approach services and on needs of beneficiaries, comparing results of the situation in the Republic ...
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Health, environmental change and adaptive capacity: mapping, examining and anticipating future risks of water-related vector-borne diseases in eastern Africa (HEALTHY FUTURES)

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

The HEALTHY FUTURES project is motivated by concern for the health impacts of environmental changes. HEATHLY FUTURES aims to respond to this concern through construction of a disease risk mapping system for three water-related high-impact VBDs (malaria, Rift valley fever and schistosomiasis) in Africa, accounting for environmental/climatic trends and changes in socio-economic conditions to predic ...
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Capitalising Climate Change Knowledge for Adaptation in the Alpine Space (C3-Alps)

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

C3-Alps will synthesize, transfer and implement in policy and practice results of previous Alpine Space projects on climate change adaptation. The capitalisation approach aims at a) generating new and directly usable forms of state-of-the-art synthesis adaptation knowledge in the Alps, harmonised across sectors and useful to adaptation decision-makers, b) its effective and tailor-made communicatio ...
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Ultrafine Particles – an evidence based contribution to the development of regional and European environmental and health policy (UFIREG)

Start date: Jun 30, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

Air quality is a topic of concern for all citizens. It directly influences life-quality and span. In order to meet the challenges resulting from increased air pollution, regional authorities have to adapt to innovative interdisciplinary approaches. A little attention has however been paid so far to the measurement of ultrafine particles and to providing knowledge-based contributions to regional po ...
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Development of disease prevention and health promotion in two Karelias 2013-2014 (HEALTH IN FOCUS)

Start date: Dec 31, 2012, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

Objective of the projectOverall objective of the action is to increase health and well-being of people and to narrow the health gap between socioeconomic groups in the Republic of Karelia and in North Karelia, Finland.Main activities• Improvement of health communication and an increase of health knowledge among people through printed press, television, radio, websites and social media.• Models for ...
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Cross-Border Move for Health

Start date: Feb 4, 2013, End date: Dec 4, 2014,

Objective of the projectThe objective was to increase the knowledge of health and wellbeing of the children and the youth in North Karelia and in the Republic of Karelia and to increase the physical activity of adapted physical activity -groups in the area. Main activities1. Developing new practices for increasing overall physical activity.2. Producing education materials and reports of seminars.3 ...
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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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Collaborative HIV and Anti-HIV Drug Resistance Network (CHAIN)

Start date: Apr 1, 2009, End date: Mar 31, 2014,

CHAIN is a large scale integrating project aimed to effectively and durably combat new and existing anti-HIV drug resistance in clinical settings, with a special emphasis on Eastern Europe and in heavily affected resource-poor regions in Africa. This will be achieved through our pan-European network of surveillance and basic research activities, the involvement of all main actors in the field of H ...
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Arctic Health Risks: Impacts on health in the Arctic and Europe owing to climate-induced changes in contaminant cycling (ArcRisk)

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

Long-range transport of contaminants to the Arctic, the resulting exposures observed in Arctic human populations, and impacts of such exposures on human health have been the subject of considerable work in recent years, providing a baseline against which to compare future developments. Global climate change has the potential to remobilize environmental contaminants and alter contaminant transport ...
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EO in Malaria Vector Control and Management (MALAREO)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Jan 31, 2013,

"“In Africa today, malaria is understood to be both a disease of poverty and a cause of poverty."" Nevertheless, malaria is a preventable and curable disease. According to the Abuja declaration, the goal is to halve malaria mortality in Africa by 2010.” (WHO, 2008, Status Report on Malaria in the African region). This report also states that most of the African countries within the region are atte ...
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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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Demonstration of a study to coordinate and perform human biomonitoring on a European scale (DEMOCOPHESII)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Nov 30, 2012,

Background Human Biomonitoring involves collecting tissue samples, such as urine, blood, hair, saliva or nails, from volunteers and measuring chemical uptake and effect known as biomarkers in those indicators. For a given chemical, human biomonitoring surveys can highlight spatial trends of exposure, help uncover contributing lifestyle factors, and indi ...
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European coordination action on human biomonitoring (COPHES)

Start date: Dec 1, 2009, End date: Nov 30, 2012,

This proposal has been elaborated by a consortium of 35 partners coming from 27 European countries and including scientists, government institutions and authorities, NGOs and industry. The main goal is to develop a coherent approach to HBM in Europe as requested by ACTION 3 of the EU Environment and Health Action Plan through coordination of ongoing and planned HBM activities. The project will exp ...
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Europe against Cancer: Optimisation of the Use of Registries for Scientific Excellence in research (EUROCOURSE)

Start date: Apr 1, 2009, End date: Sep 30, 2012,

"EUROCOURSE will tackle fragmentation in the funding and usage of cancer registries in Europe. It will do so by exploring ways to link and integrate national/regional programmes aimed at supporting cancer registries and research carried out using registry data. At the same time EUROCOURSE is seeking to optimize the use of cancer registration data for the amelioration of cancer control and the stre ...
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EUROpean network of trans-national collaborative RTD in the field of NANOMEDicine (EuroNanoMed)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2011,

Nanomedicine is an emerging field with a large potential for developing public welfare and economic growth. Critical issues for bringing up this potential in Europe concern especially the maturity of the economic players and their capability to move effectively innovation from knowledge to industrial technology and to clinical and public health applications. Industrial players need therefore to co ...
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Adaptation to Climate Change in the Alpine Space (AdaptAlp)

Start date: Aug 31, 2008, End date: Aug 30, 2011,

Climate change is to a large extent constituted by increasing temperatures and changed precipitation patterns. Any change of these critical factors has implications on the frequency & extent of natural hazards. The uncertainties and the increase of natural hazards due to the impacts of CC requires concerted management in the Alpine Space. AdaptAlp will improve information on impacts of CC esp. on ...
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EUROBALTIC Civil Proctection Project II (Eurobaltic II)

Start date: Sep 25, 2005, End date: Jan 24, 2008,

EUROBALTIC II is the follow up of the BSR INTERREG IIIB project "EUROBALTIC Programme for Civil Protection in the BSR", which has established a general framework of cooperation in the area of civil protection, allowed common identification of risks and need for actions in the BSR, and resulted in a joint understanding among the project partners regarding priorities for addressing shortcomings in t ...
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Regional Collaboration for Minimising Pesticide Emissions in the Environment (CleanRegion)

Start date: Jan 31, 2005, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

The participating research institutes are strongly involved in the European Weed Research Society (EWRS) and have a long and extensive expertise on non-chemical methods of weed control.By linking these research institutions with the public authorities, CleanRegion supports the involved municipalities and cities in (1) developing alternative strategies for weed control, (2) developing improved poli ...
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moting Womens Health and Safe Motherhood (WHEALTH)

Start date: May 31, 2006, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

The main aim of the project WHEALTH is the promotion of gender specific and gender sensitive prevention strategies at national and regional levels. Specifically, the project aims at: • Raising awareness on womens health and safe motherhood (cervical and breast cancer, breastfeeding etc). • Providing access to health information, especially to women in island and remote communities. • Strengthening ...
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Integrated regional health care structures: e-health in the Baltic Sea Region (BSReHealth)

Start date: Jun 5, 2004, End date: Jun 5, 2007,

The project “e-Health for Regions“ aimed to create modern health care systems by building up modern structures and implementing e-Health solutions to make ‘health for all’ possible. Thereby the project partners contributed to optimise the cross-border medical care and to improve the quality of medical care.The European healthcare systems have to deal with the rising demand for services in addition ...
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Sustainable use and management of alluvial plains in diked river areas (SUMAD)

Start date: Sep 30, 2002, End date: Jun 29, 2006,

The rivers which are the central subject of this project are mainly diked in order to ensure sufficient flood protection. The alluvial plains between the dikes grow constantly due to sedimentation which leads to the problem that the flow profile originally calculated is decreasing. This development is additionally enhanced through the natural succession of the alluvial plains. The whole process mu ...
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"Drafting and adopting joint practicable concepts for the preservation, development and networking of selected living spaces of significance to the EU, taking Natura 2000 into special account." (Living Space Network)

Start date: Apr 30, 2003, End date: Dec 30, 2005,

The project has the following aims:1. The safeguarding and development of sufficiently large habitats in a cross-border alliance is imperative if the biological diversity of the Alps ecological system is to be preserved. This is made evident in particular in the pilot projects Cross-frontier running waters in the Alps and Protection of cross-frontier populations of bats in the Alps. In addition to ...
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The development of human resources, evidence base and quality standards in addictology (trans-disciplinary addiction science) in Georgia

Start date: Dec 1, 2013,

The project aims to increase the potential of Georgia to pursue a modern, evidence-based drug policy and thus to tackle the acute problem of drug addiction and its negative consequences by means of developing and implementing MA and BA curricula and a lifelong learning framework in addictology (addiction science). The project substantially broadens the current medical scope of addiction treatment ...
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ERAWEB II - Erasmus Mundus Western Balkans

Start date: Jul 15, 2013,

ERASMUS MUNDUS – WESTERN BALKANS 2 (ERAWEB2) is an international academic mobility project involving six EU universities and seven Western Balkan universities. Students and members of the faculty will benefit from the opportunity to study, teach and research abroad, while the participating universities will raise teaching capacities, build research expertise and gain international visibility. It i ...
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Social and Health care teachers against violence (HEVI 2008-2010)

..., universities of applied sciences, university colleges) in Finland, Ireland, Romania, Bulgaria, Germany and Estonia. Dissemination partners were representatives of the governmental bodies; Ministry of Health/Medical Professional Education centre/Latvia; Ministry of Health/Bulgaria; Ministry of Labor, Family and Equal Opportunities/NAFP/Romania; Ministry of Public Health/Romania and Ministry of So ...
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