As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact Europe and the world, the need for European cohesion and global solidarity in health has never been stronger. Building on the conversations started in the EHFG webinar series Gastein goes online: Policy debates during the pandemic, we are proud to announce our first webinar in the framework of the European Health Union (EHU) initiative: Towards a European Health Union: A vision for more EU in health on December 9th 10:00 – 11:00 AM CET.

The webinar will introduce the EHU initiative’s Manifesto for a European Health Union and engage expert speakers and webinar participants in a candid dialogue about the Manifesto’s goals and how they may best be achieved. As the Conference on the Future of Europe charts a course for Europe’s road to recovery, can we take the current crisis as an opportunity to build a stronger, more participatory and more resilient European (Health) Union where the lives and health of everyone matter?

We look forward to your input! Submit your questions for the panel during the webinar using the Q&A function or e-mail us at info@ehfg.org before the event.

Details

Start: December 9, 2020

10:00 AM (UTC/GMT +02:00 - Europe / Vienna)

End: December 9, 2020

11:00 AM (UTC/GMT +02:00 - Europe / Vienna)

European Health Forum Gastein

Online event

Partners

European Health Union initiative

europeanhealthunion.eu

Speakers

Vytenis Andriukaitis

Special Envoy for the European Region

World Health Organization

Vytenis Andriukaitis

Dr Vytenis Andriukaitis is the WHO Special Envoy for the European Region, as well as former European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety (2014-2019) and former Minister of Health of Lithuania & Member of the Lithuanian Parliament for six mandates. He led the Lithuanian delegation to the Convention on the Future of Europe.
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Anniek de Ruijter

Associate Professor of European Law

University of Amsterdam

Anniek de Ruijter

Anniek de Ruijter, LLB, LLM, PhD is Associate Professor in health law with specific focus on EU and global health. She is a research fellow at the University of Amsterdam School of Law, Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance and on the board of the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development. She recently received a personal award of excellence from the Dutch Research Council for her research on ‘EU Constitutional Order for Responding to Major Health Disasters’.
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Ilona Kickbusch

Founding Director of the Global Health Programme

Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Geneva

Ilona Kickbusch

Prof Ilona Kickbusch is the Founding Director of the Global Health Programme at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. Professor Kickbusch’s key interests relate to the political determinants of health, health in all policies and global health. She established the Global Health Centre at the Graduate Institute and in this context advises countries on their global health strategies and trains health specialists and diplomats in global health diplomacy. She is a member of the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board and is co-chair of UHC 2030. She acts as Council Chair to the World Health Summit in Berlin and is a board member of the European Health Forum Gastein.
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Martin McKee

Professor of European Public Health

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Martin McKee

Martin McKee, CBE MD DSc FRCP FFPH FMedSci is Professor of European Public Health and Medical Director at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Research Director at the European Observatory, and Past President of the European Public Health Association (EUPHA). His work has been recognised by election to the UK Academy of Medical Sciences, Academia Europaea, and the US National Academy of Medicine. He has published over 1200 articles in peer reviewed journalists and is among the top 1% researchers by citations worldwide.
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Moderation: Michele Calabrò

Policy Adviser, EU4Health Civil Society Alliance Co-Lead & Young Forum Gastein Task Force Member

European Patients’ Forum

Moderation: Michele Calabrò

Michele Calabrò is Policy Adviser at the European Patients’ Forum where he leads the Forum’s activities on digital health policy and support advocacy activities on a number of other key topics. As EPF PA he also co-leads the activities of the EU4Health Civil Society Alliance (www.eu4health.eu) and coordinate EPF’s engagement with multi-stakeholder initiatives and with the European Parliament. Michele is also part of several youth health policy networks, including the Young Forum Gastein (2018, 2019, 2020 and currently active member of the YFG Task Force), the Young Coalition for Prevention and Vaccination and the European Health Parliament Alumni group.
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