Call: Support to Member States and stakeholders to address the chronic disease challenge

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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: 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.
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Call	Support to Member States and stakeholders to address the chronic disease challenge
Description of call "Support to Member States and stakeholders to address the chronic disease challenge"	The objective of this action is to identify and address key elements with a potential to reduce the burden of major chronic diseases and increase the sustainability of health systems. It should provide new evidence on economic and efficient means to achieve better health outcomes and to alleviate the burden on health and social systems if implemented at an appropriate scale in Member States. Proposed initiatives should generate impact when implemented, be transferable to other settings and elaborate incentives for implementation. They should have the potential to become relevant elements of national chronic disease strategies and add up to an integrated response to chronic diseases. Initiatives should help to reduce avoidable costs and burden for patients and health care systems.
Link	Link to Call
Thematic Focus	Research & Innovation, Technology Transfer & Exchange, Health, Social Affairs, Sports, Capacity Building, Cooperation Networks, Institutional Cooperation, Administration & Governance
Funding area	EU Member States Iceland / Ísland Norway / Norge
Origin of Applicant	EU Member States Iceland / Ísland Norway / Norge
Eligible applicants	Education and Training Centres, Federal State / Region / City / Municipality / Local Authority, Research Institution, National Government, University, Public Services, Other
Applicant details	Grant applications are eligible if submitted by legal persons. More specifically, the applicants must be legally established organisations, public authorities, public sector bodies, in particular research and health institutions, universities and higher education establishments. The application shall state the legal status of the applicant.
Project Partner	Yes
Project Partner Details	Applicants participating in a project proposal have to be different legal entities (i.e. independent from each other) from at least 3 countries participating in the Health Programme. Proposals which involve fewer applicants will be rejected.
Recurring Call	No
Project duration max	36 months
Type of Funding	Grants
Financial details	INDICATIVE AMOUNT Support to Member States and stakeholders to address the chronic disease challenge 2 500 000 €. Grants foreseen: one or more. The EU grant is limited to a maximum co-funding rate of 60% of eligible costs. In case of exceptional utility up to 80% can be granted.
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