Alzheimer Europe has joined with members of the EU4Health Civil Society Alliance (EU4Health CSA), in supporting “Health4Europe”, a blueprint the next EU Health Programme, designed to strengthen the European Health Union and ensure that health remains a top political and financial priority in the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). Building on the current EU4Health Programme, Health4Europe sets how the EU can prepare for the health challenges of the next decade. It builds on the Commission’s 2024–2029 Political Guidelines, the Commissioners’ Mission Letters and on key priorities of the CSA. This includes crisis preparedness, access to healthcare, disease prevention, women’s health, digital transformation and civic participation.
Specifically, the EU4Health CSA proposal:
Introduces a newer, broader geopolitical and competitiveness angle that was not explicit in the EU4Health Programme.
Brings cross-sectoral prevention into focus.
Ensures the necessary instruments are available to meet the goals under the Roadmap for Women’s Rights.
Puts environmental health threats and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) into the resilience pillar.
Moves beyond civil society organisations (CSOs) consultation to institutionalised participatory governance.
The EU4Health Civil Society Alliance urges the European Commission and EU Member States to embrace this blueprint as a foundation for a stronger, healthier and more cohesive Europe. The blueprint is available at:
https://eu4health.eu/health4europe-a-blueprint-for-health-in-the-next-long-term-eu-budget/