“Synergies for integrated care”, 28th-29th October, Rome
The Health4EUkids project represented by the Scientific Responsible of the project Dr. Apostolos Vantarakis, participated on the showcase event on ‘Synergies for integrated care’ of the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA) on 28th and 29th of October in Rome (Italy) which co-organized in collaboration with the Joint Action on increasing Capacity building for National Focal Points – JA NFP4Health, the Horizon Europe Partnership for Transforming Health Care Systems – THCS, the Joint Action on cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and diabetes – JACARDI and the Horizon Europe Health National Contact Points – HNN3.0.
The event focused on synergies by implementation, fostered by the clustering activities promoted by HaDEA. Moreover, harvested the main lessons learned coming from synergies by design, directly promoted at call level by the EU funding programmes managed by the Agency.
Within the overarching theme of integrated care, the presentations and discussions centered around the prevention of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes as well as the promotion of mental health.
The 2-day event held in Rome gave the possibility to the participants to create solid bridges between different communities of practice and promote collaboration to respond to future calls for proposals.
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The “HEALTH4EUkids” Joint Action aims to implement health promotion and prevention strategies for child obesity across European countries. It seeks to share best practices and research findings, particularly focusing on the initiatives Grunau Moves from Germany and Smart Family from Finland. The project involves knowledge transfer, cooperation between member states, policy development, and the promotion of healthy lifestyles in families and communities. Its goal is to prevent childhood obesity, increase physical activity and healthy diet, and ensure the sustainability and transferability of successful practices to other member states.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s EU4HEALTH Programme under the Grant Agreement no 101082462
