Primary prevention courses for girls living in areas with higher risk of breast cancer

Call: Primary prevention courses for girls living in areas with higher risk of breast cancer

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Programme

Health Programme

Type of Fund

Action programme

Description of programme
"Health Programme "

The EU is required by its founding treaty to ensure that human health is protected as part of all its policies, and to work with the EU countries to improve public health, prevent human illness and eliminate sources of danger to physical and mental health.

The 3rd Health Programme has 4 overarching objectives. It seeks to:

Promote health, prevent diseases and foster supportive environments for healthy lifestyles taking into account the 'health in all policies' principle,
Protect Union citizens from serious cross-border health threats,
Contribute to innovative, efficient and sustainable health systems,
Facilitate access to better and safer healthcare for Union citizens.

The third EU health programme is the main instrument the European Commission uses to implement the EU health strategy. It is implemented by means of annual work plans which set out priority areas and the criteria for funding actions under the programme. The total budget for the programme is € 449.4 million.

Link

http://ec.europa.eu/health/programme/policy/index_en.htm

Call

Primary prevention courses for girls living in areas with higher risk of breast cancer

Description of call
"Primary prevention courses for girls living in areas with higher risk of breast cancer"

The project should identify a certain number of geographical regions in the European Union presenting higher breast cancer rates due to identifiable environmental factors. The selection of the pilot areas to implement the project should keep a geographical diversity and include several Member States.

The key objective of this pilot project is to establish the scientific evidence for environmental problems in relation to areas with higher breast cancer rates, with the aim to improve the situation for the citizens living in this area in a cross-sectorial manner.

Priority in the analysis and on the actions to be proposed should be given to youngest cohorts of age in full compatibility and complementary with the European Union breast cancer policy on prevention and early detection of breast cancer. The project will focus on soil and water contamination by polluting agents and include specifically illegal disposal of toxic waste as well as on industrial areas. The pilot project is targeted at areas, as described above, where breast cancer incidence rates are statistically much higher than average.

The project will be carried out in form of a study in order to review the evidence of polluting agents and their impact on health, specifically breast cancer with full scientific justification of any action proposed.

Link

https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/3hp/topics/pp-2-5-2016.html

Thematic Focus

Health, Research, Environment & biodiversity

Funding area

EU Member States

Select Origin of Applicant

EU Member States
Iceland / Ísland
Norway / Norge

Eligible applicants

Public Services, University, Research Institution

Project Partner

Yes

Project Partner Details

Proposals must be submitted by consortia of legal entities (with or without legal personality) established in at least 2 different EU Member States.

Project duration max

36 months

Type of Funding

Grant

Financial details

The total budget earmarked for the co-financing of projects is estimated at 500 000 €. The maximum possible rate of co-financing of the eligible total costs is 60%.

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