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EU4Health​​​
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The EU4Health programme gives a contribution to the long-term health challenges
by building stronger, more resilient and more accessible health systems.

2021-2027 Budget:  €5.75 billion
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​Programme
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Established by Regulation (EU) 2021/522, EU4Health brings an EU added value and complements the policies of the Member States to pursue four general objectives:
  • Improve and foster health
    • Health promotion and disease prevention, in particular cancer
    • International health initiatives and cooperation
  • Protect people
    • Prevention, preparedness and response to cross-border health threats
    • Complementing national stockpiling of essential crisis-relevant products
    • Establishing a reserve of medical, healthcare and support staff
  • Access to medicinal products, medical devices and crisis-relevant products
    • Ensuring that these products are accessible, available and affordable
  • Strengthen health systems
    • Reinforcing health data, digital tools and services, digital transformation of healthcare
    • Enhancing access to healthcare
    • Developing and implementing EU health legislation and evidence-based decision making
    • Integrated work among national health systems
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Work programmes​

EU4Health is implemented by annual Work Programmes supporting a broad range of actions that are clustered under four overarching “strands” with a cross-cutting focus on cancer:
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  • Crisis preparedness
  • Health promotion & disease prevention
  • Health systems & healthcare workforce
  • Digital

​Synergies and complementarities with other funds

Health challenges are cross-cutting by nature. EU4Health works together with other Union programmes, policies, instruments and actions:
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​Predecessor Programme
​3rd Health programme
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