HealthEquity 2020
Case examples
a4i project: Alliance for Inclusive Investment for care and social support (Resources will be available during 2021). Cross4Health project: Aerospace and energy as catalyst for biotechnology, ICT and medical devices for health innovation among SMEs Innolabs project: Leveraging cross capacity of SMEs building between ICT, Health, BIO and Medicine sectors for new emerging industries in […]
January 2021
Health Equity 2020
REDUCING HEALTH INEQUALITIES IN EUROPEAN REGIONS There are three main mechanisms through which socioeconomic health inequalities can be reduced: Reducing the inequalities in socioeconomic position itself, such as education, income, or wealth; Reducing the negative effect of a low socioeconomic position on health by improving determinants of health that are more prevalent among lower compared […]
July 2017
Health Equity 2020 Toolkit Resource Documents
The HealthEquity2020 project produced a comprehensive Toolkit developed by the Erasmus University Medical Centre. The Health Equity 2020 project Toolkit is designed to help European regions draw up evidence-based action plans to address socioeconomic health inequalities. The Toolkit documents are provided below.
July 2017
ESIF and health care investment
European Structural and Investment Funds in the health sector European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF, earlier called SF, Structural Funds) used in the health sector mostly financed direct health investments in the 2000-2006 and 2007-2013 SF periods. During this time the predominant SF investments focused mainly on capital expenditure for hospital and health facility renewal […]
July 2017
Reducing health inequalities
Dealing with health inequalities is not a new challenge. We have more than 30 years of experience in this field. Yet, inequalities remain a constant problem despite improvements in data, knowledge, policies, and interventions. In our communities, health inequity is a circle that needs breaking. It is both the catalyst and product of unequal economic, […]
July 2017