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Ethical Issues in public health surveillance

Tuesday, October 3, 2017 - 20:02

“Public health surveillance is the bedrock of outbreak and epidemic response”. With these words, Marie-Paule Kieny – WHO Assistant Director-General for Health Systems and Innovation – introduces the WHO guidelines on ethical issues in public health surveillance, a document targeted to a wide range of stakeholders involved in the constant monitoring of health threats.

Target: 
Decision Makers, Government and Public Health, Healthcare Professionals
Topic: 
Human Rights, Policy, Prevention, Stakeholders
Tags: 
ethical issues, ethics, policy

EU Directive 2011/24/EU on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare

EU Directive 2011/24/EU on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare: Legislation Guidance for Patient Organisations.

Target: 
Citizens, Decision Makers, Government and Public Health
Topic: 
Human Rights, Stakeholders
Tags: 
european union, Cross-borders, healthcare, patients’ rights, guidance

Registrations are open for the ASSET final conference

Monday, August 28, 2017 - 08:56

ASSET is close to its conclusion and a concluding conference will be held in Rome, on October 30-31, to present all the main outcomes of the project. This event will take place at the hotel NH Roma Leonardo Da Vinci and will be targeted to a selected audience of EU stakeholders and policy makers. It is conceived as a mobilization and mutual learning event at local, national and international levels on Science in Society related issues in epidemics and pandemics.

Target: 
Decision Makers, Government and Public Health, Healthcare Professionals, Industry & Commerce
Topic: 
Citizens' Mobilization, Epidemiology, Gender, Human Rights, Local Activities, Media, Microbiology, Mutual Learning, Policy, Prevention, Social Media, Stakeholders, Treatment, Vaccination
Tags: 
Event, science-in-society, pandemic, Preparedness, research

Why we still need to talk about AIDS

Tuesday, July 11, 2017 - 15:49

In 1347, Siena, a flourishing, beautiful city-state on Tuscany hills, was a leading world power for its age. Just one year later, plague had already killed almost half of its inhabitants, changing its history forever. That did not happen only there: the impact of the Black Death – as the Middle Age epidemic was named – involved all Europe, with huge human, economic, political and cultural consequences. A typical, extreme, example of how infectious diseases can influence the course of history.

Target: 
Government and Public Health, Healthcare Professionals
Topic: 
Epidemiology, Human Rights, Microbiology, Prevention
Tags: 
AIDS, hiv, participation, Stigmatization, science-in-society

Gender integration in Horizon 2020

Tuesday, June 20, 2017 - 09:04

Gender is considered a main issue in Horizon 2020, the largest ever EU Research and Innovation programme, with €80 billion worth of funding available over seven years. The European Commission has identified seven priority areas of societal challenges, with the goal targeting investment in research in these fields. They are:

Target: 
Decision Makers, Government and Public Health
Topic: 
Gender, Human Rights, Mutual Learning, Policy, Prevention, Stakeholders
Tags: 
gender, gender issues, science and society, clinical trials, Horizon 2020, research

Third ASSET Summer School: a fact, lots of news

Tuesday, June 13, 2017 - 12:08

As reported in the ASSET Strategic plan, the three Summer Schools on Science in Society related issues in Pandemics (2015, 2016, 2017) pose the main challenge of the collaborative project overall that is dealing with the intersectoral approach required by the management of Public Health Emergencies of International Concern (PHEIC), like epidemics and pandemics.

Target: 
Government and Public Health, Healthcare Professionals
Topic: 
Epidemiology, Gender, Human Rights, Local Activities, Media, Microbiology, Mutual Learning, Policy, Prevention, Social Media, Stakeholders, Treatment, Vaccination
Tags: 
Summer School, Vaccine, science-in-society, science and society, Social media, Vaccine hesitancy, risk communication

Summer School on Science in Society related issues in Pandemics – Third edition

Tuesday, May 30, 2017 - 09:00

The third edition of the ASSET Summer School will be held at the National Centre for Diseases Prevention and Health Promotion (CNaPPS) of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS) in Rome from May 30 to June 1, 2017. Pandemics (or more in general public health emergencies of international concern, PHEIC) as well as other major infectious disease outbreaks management do necessarily require a multidisciplinary approach. The ASSET Summer School focuses on

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Type: 
General event
Target: 
Government and Public Health, Healthcare Professionals
Topic: 
Gender, Human Rights, Media, Policy, Social Media, Stakeholders
Tags: 
Summer School

Third edition of the ASSET best practice award for general practitioners

Monday, February 27, 2017 - 18:33

ASSET AIM

ASSET – Action Plan on SiS Related Issues in Epidemics and Total Pandemics is a 4-year FP7 EU co funded project which aims to:   

Target: 
Healthcare Professionals
Topic: 
Human Rights, Local Activities, Prevention, Stakeholders
Tags: 
award, science-in-society

The winners for the ASSET best practice award

Thursday, February 23, 2017 - 16:30

The second edition of the ASSET best practice award for general practitioners has come to an end, with the assignment of the four grants to health professionals or groups of health professionals working in the primary health sector.

Target: 
Healthcare Professionals
Topic: 
Gender, Human Rights, Local Activities, Prevention, Stakeholders, Vaccination
Tags: 
gender issues, Vaccine, Vaccine hesitancy, Vaccine safety, Roma, Pregnancy

Science, ethics and politics. The third issue of the ASSET Paper Series

Monday, February 20, 2017 - 10:40

The third issue of the ASSET Paper Series focuses on some highly delicate topics that lie at the intersection of science, ethics, politics, and economics. In the first article of the collection, Donato Greco, epidemiologist and public health expert, discusses about the role and the management of national borders when dealing with both the spread of an infectious disease and the flow of migrants or refugees, citing the recent EU decision on such a matter.

Target: 
Decision Makers, Government and Public Health, Healthcare Professionals, Industry & Commerce
Topic: 
Epidemiology, Human Rights, Stakeholders, Vaccination
Tags: 
transparency, public health, epidemiology

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