Fostering Synergies for Effective Prevention Strategies in Health and Care Systems

Europe's health and care systems are under a lot of strain and need to transform to respond to people’s current and future needs. A stronger emphasis on prevention, supported by an improved use of tools and data for a better quality of service, is crucial to address the increasing shortage of health and care workers, to meet the demands of an ageing population and reduce the workload of health and care professionals. The webinar "Fostering Synergies for Effective Prevention Strategies in Health and Care Systems" will bring together key European initiatives and stakeholders to discuss how to effectively implement prevention strategies, highlighting the importance of investment and collaborative efforts between researchers, policymakers, healthcare professionals and stakeholders to maximize the impacts of research in the field of prevention and ensure sustainable outcomes.

In particular the event will feature established Horizon Europe funded projects such as PROPHET, contributions from the European Partnership on Transforming Health and Care Systems THCS alongside two relevant Joint Actions funded under the EU4Health Programme namely the JAPreventNCD and JANE2.

Agenda:
10:00 – 10:05 Welcome and overview of the workshop goals

10:05 - 10:25 Investing in research in the field of prevention: the challenges of implementing cancer prevention programmes
- Andre Carvalho, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)

10:25 – 10:45 Personalised Prevention: A Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda 
- Stefania Boccia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - PROPHET project Coordinator

10:45 – 11.05 Innovate to prevent – Research and Innovation needs and actions to support the implementation of Prevention approaches for sustainable health and care systems
- Laura Motta, Coordinating Team European Partnership for Transforming Health and Care Systems (THCS)

11:05 - 11:25 Empowering Policy Makers to drive Integrated and Sustainable Preventive health approaches in the EU
- Knut-Inge Klepp, Scientific Coordinator of the Joint Action Prevent Non Communicable Diseases and
- Arnfinn Helleve, Leader of Work Package on policy measures “Regulation and Taxation” (JA PreventNCD)

11:25 - 11:45 The role of Network of Expertise to support healthcare professionals in implementing effective personalised prevention strategies to combat cancer
- Delia Nicoara, Oncology Institute “Prof. Dr. Ion Chiricuță” in Cluj-Napoca - JANE2 WP8 Leader

11:45 – 12:00 Discussion and Closing Remarks: Identifying Synergies and collaborative actions

Moderator: Michele Calabrò, Director of EUREGHA - European Regional and Local Health Authorities

Link to register: here.