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The European Commission’s Health and Food Safety Directorate (DG SANTE) organised a high-level event to discuss on the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic for a stronger health security framework, proposed regulations on serious cross-border health threats, the ECDC and the new EMA Regulation. Currently, the Commission is preparing the main elements of the future new EU Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority, to be proposed by the end of 2021.<\/p>\n

Taking the first steps towards building the European Health Union<\/a> as announced by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in her State of the Union address<\/a>, the European Commission is putting forward a set of proposals<\/a> to strengthen the EU’s health security framework, and to reinforce the crisis preparedness and response role of key EU agencies, that include creating a pan-European integrated surveillance system, using artificial intelligence and other advanced technological means, and increasing coordination to allow for better preparedness planning and for the adoption of common response measures at EU level.<\/p>\n

At the event Stella Kyriakides, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, raised that the EU current proposals to deal with the pandemic and be prepared for the next ones will give the EU a more comprehensive toolbox for preparedness, risk assessment and early response. With stronger legislation in place the European Commission will be able to act and support the EU Member States with serious cross-border health threats when they arise. With the new measures, the response to it will be more coherent as they will use the same scientific basis.<\/p>\n

The new EU Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) agency, created in September 2020 and aiming to be an instrument to support better preparedness and response across the EU to further pandemics, will pinpoint the pharmaceutical products that need to be developed, produced and stockpiled in case of adverse events. Also, an EU health task force is to be set up, within the ECDC, with a team of flying experts that could be mobilised and deployed as quickly as possible to the Member States that need it in case of crisis. Finally, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) will be strengthened to monitor potential shortage of medicines and medical devices.<\/p>\n

For Wolfgang Philipp, Head of Unit, Health security and Vaccination (DG SANTE), who gave an overview on the COVID situation in Europe, and on some key elements of the EU health response, explaining that one of the lessons learned is that the EU needs more competences and a strengthened coordination, it is key to better anticipate and have better surveillance, better preparedness, better response to the crisis. Agnes Molnar, Deputy Head of Unit, Health security and Vaccination (DG SANTE), added that early warning; risk assessment; health response of the EU agencies; and international cooperation, are other lessons learned and key points for health preparedness and response to cross-border health threats. Therefore, the EU is now proposing a stronger and more comprehensive health security framework for the Union to prepare and respond to health crises. And the new HERA agency is setting out the main elements of the future health strategy \u2013 you can provide your input to the Inception Impact Assessment<\/a> on HERA launched today (Deadline: 24\/02\/2021).<\/p>\n

John Ryan, Director Public Health (DG SANTE), concluded that the European Commission wants to make sure to have a high level of preparedness not only in the EU but also internationally, being fully engaged in the reform of the WHO systems. The European Commission also feels that the international health regulations are the legal foundation for dealing with serious cross-border threats to health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The European Commission’s Health and Food Safety Directorate (DG SANTE)…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15457,"url":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=15457","url_meta":{"origin":13148,"position":0},"title":"EFN at High-level Conference on COVID-19 Lessons Learned and Looking Ahead to ensure a stronger EU Health Security Framework","author":"efn efn","date":"November 22, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The Directorate General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE) of the European Commission together with the Ministry of Health of Luxembourg is organising on 22 and 23 November 2022 a High-level Conference on\u00a0COVID-19 lessons learned and looking ahead to ensure a stronger EU Health Security Framework, that can be\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Latest News"","block_context":{"text":"Latest News","link":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?cat=35"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Elizabeth-John-Ryan-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Elizabeth-John-Ryan-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Elizabeth-John-Ryan-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Elizabeth-John-Ryan-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Elizabeth-John-Ryan-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7123,"url":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=7123","url_meta":{"origin":13148,"position":1},"title":"The second half of 2015 brings key policy topics & events for EFN","author":"efn efn","date":"September 1, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The second half of 2015 has fruitfully started with the planning of key topics to be debated and important policy events being organised, to which EFN will contribute: First of all, the EFN has been invited to participate as expert in the European Commission DG Internal Market TAIEX Workshop on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Latest News"","block_context":{"text":"Latest News","link":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?cat=35"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":13526,"url":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=13526","url_meta":{"origin":13148,"position":2},"title":"Ursula von der Leyen set out her vision for the year ahead to MEPs in Strasbourg.","author":"efn efn","date":"September 16, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Speaking to the Parliament, the European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, highlighted the European Commission achievements of the past year and presented the priorities for the year ahead, including continuing the vaccination efforts in Europe and speeding up vaccination globally, as well as strengthening the pandemic preparedness; leading the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Latest News"","block_context":{"text":"Latest News","link":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?cat=35"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":17222,"url":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=17222","url_meta":{"origin":13148,"position":3},"title":"Future of the European Health Union","author":"efn efn","date":"March 27, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Under the banner \u2018A Europe that cares, prepares, and protects\u2019, the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU aims to facilitate the reflection process on the future EU health agenda, to further develop and strengthen our EU Health Union. 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