A European Semester on health? - Piloting Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan to address inequalities

Organised by Cancer Patients Europe & Central European Oncology Group, supported by MSD
Health inequalities are a persistent reality in Europe. The challenges of implementing EU health initiatives are a reality too. The session will discuss whether the European Semester - an established mechanism to coordinate the EU's economic and social policies - could play a catalyst role in social convergence, health prevention and health care with cancer as a pilot, and better respond to the social and health needs of people from different socio-economic groups.
Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan has been a key pillar of a stronger Health Union. The inequalities registry offers a European-wide data set to measure progress in implementation. In this session, a wide range of stakeholders from the institutions, civil society, public and private sector will discuss the potential of a European Semester for Health, the challenges and whether the Commission’s achievements on cancer could serve as a test case.
SPEAKERS
Alina Comanescu, Founder, Community Health Association Romania
Marilys Corbex, Senior Technical Officer, WHO Regional Office for Europe
Silvia Ganzerla, Policy Manager, EuroHealthNet
Josephine Mosset, Young Forum Gastein
Alexander Roediger, Associate Vice President, Global Oncology Policy, MSD
Christoph Zielinski, President, Central European Cooperative Oncology Group
VIDEO INPUT
Vytenis Andriukaitis, Member, European Parliament
MODERATOR
Antonella Cardone, CEO, Cancer Patients Europe