EuroHealthNet responds to EU4Health consultation on 2025 work programme priorities
EuroHealthNet has responded to the European Commission’s policy consultation on the EU4Health Annual Work Programme 2025. The EU4Health Programme is the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and aims to build a strong European Health Union by supporting legislative and non-legislative Union health priorities.
The aim of this survey is to seek the opinion of stakeholders about current and future Union health priorities and strategic orientations and on key health needs to be addressed through the EU4Health Annual Work Programme 2025, providing inputs for reflection on the 2025 programme and beyond.
EuroHealthNet contributed to the consultation on the 2025 EU4Health Annual Work Programme by emphasising the need to integrate behavioural and cultural insights into crisis preparedness, enhance stakeholder engagement in policymaking, and address non-communicable diseases, climate change, and health equity. Actions should focus on financial models and investments for health promotion/disease prevention by transitioning to health-promoting systems, continuing best practice exchange and facilitating better collaboration with non-health sectors to address the underlying social, environmental and commercial determinants. Investments in key settings, such as schools and workplaces are essential in creating healthier living environments.
We underscore the program’s role in promoting collaboration and new ways of working together and the need for continued investments in health against the current backdrop of foreseen budget cuts in the EU4Health programme.
Read the consultation response here.
