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EU Research for Health
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The EU has two research and innovation support activities for the period 2021-2027:

  1. Horizon Europe: Health Program - €8.24 billion. This program consists of research support activities.
  2. EU4Health Program - €5.7 billion. This program is an EU response to COVID-19 and 3 other priorities.

Horizon Europe: Health Program

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​With €8.24 billion for 2021-2027, the goals include improving and protecting the health and well-being of citizens of all ages by improving knowledge to prevent, diagnose, monitor and treat disease.

This requires the development of advanced health technologies, the reduction of health risk factors and the promotion of good health in all circumstances.

Finally, this cluster also aims to help health systems become more efficient, affordable, equitable and sustainable, including to prevent and address poverty-related diseases.

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  • health throughout the life course
  • environmental and social health determinants 
  • non-communicable and rare diseases 
  • infectious diseases including poverty-related and neglected diseases
  • tools, technologies and digital solutions for health and care including personalised medicine
  • health care systems

EU4Health 2021-2027


With €5.3 billion for 2021-2027, this Program has 4 priorities:
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  1. To give a Response to the COVID-19 crisis and reinforcing the EU’s resilience for cross-border health threats
  2. Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan
  3. Supporting the European Pharmaceutical Industry
  4. To pursue the Health system digitalisation
 
The reduction in the number of antimicrobial resistant infections and the improvement of vaccination rates will also be enhanced.
In addition, European initiatives for rare diseases will be expanded and international cooperation on global health threats and challenges will continue to be pursued.
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The goals are:

  1. To improve and foster health in the Union
    • disease prevention & health promotion
    • international health initiatives & cooperation
  2. To tackle cross-border health threats
    • prevention, preparedness & response to cross-border health threats
    • complementing national stockpiling of essential crisis-relevant products
    • establishing a reserve of medical, healthcare & support staff 
  3. To improve medicinal products, medical devices and crisis-relevant products
    • making medicinal products, medical devices and crisis-relevant products available and affordable
  4. To strengthen health systems, their resilience and resource efficiency
    • strengthening health data, digital tools & services, digital transformation of healthcare
    • improving access to healthcare
    • developing and implementing EU health legislation and evidence-based decision making 
    • integrated work among national health systems

The EU programme is involving EU countries (for priorities and policy consistency and complementary), stakholders ( professionals and civil society) and EU Institutions.
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The implementation and funding opportunities of the EU4Health program are managed and published by the Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA).​