The EU4Health Civil Society Alliance, which includes Alzheimer Europe, welcomed the vote by the European Parliament to increase the EU Health Budget and reverse cuts decided by Member States in September. Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) voted on 20 October 2022, restoring the EUR 200 million cuts by the Council to the EU4Health programme and adding a further EUR 25 million. The COVID-19 pandemic is not yet over, resulting in a need to support national health systems to become more resilient. MEPs affirmed the importance of investing more in health systems, and of ensuring the 2023 Budget can address health system recovery from the war in Ukraine, as well as from the pandemic, as effectively as possible. The EU4Health Civil Society Alliance hopes that, over the coming months, the Parliament and Council will agree to the continued need to invest in protecting health, improving health equity and supporting the resilience of health systems. See full details of the results of the vote, here:
