On 14 October, the Council provided a positive opinion on the European Commission’s EU4Health Work Programme for 2026, which will support the implementation of programmes such as the EU Safe Hearts Plan, Critical Medicines Act and the European Health Data Space.
With an overall budget exceeding EUR 680 million, funding is allocated as follows:
Crisis Preparedness: EUR 429,695,911
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention: EUR 47,095,000
Cancer, Cardiovascular and Other Non-communicable Diseases: EUR 28,588,000
Health Systems and Healthcare Workforce: EUR 111,030,000
Digital: EUR 46,150,000: EUR 1 million for DI-g-26-26 Call for proposals for designing the ecosystem for multimodal Artificial Intelligence driven prevention and early detection of neurodegenerative diseases
Other Actions: EUR 18 125 831: EUR 1.8 million for OA-g-26-91 Call for proposals for operating grants in 2027 to non-governmental organisations: financial contribution to the functioning of health non-governmental organisations implementing one or more specific objectives of Regulation (EU) 2021/522
Further details on the 2026 Work Programme are available at:
https://health.ec.europa.eu/publications/2026-eu4health-work-programme_en
