Projects

Disparities in cancer screening, diagnosis and treatment; patient quality of life and end-of-life care present challenges across Europe. To reduce these disparities, BEACON looks to bridge information gaps between patients, policymakers, researchers and care providers in different countries.

In partnership with a network of consortium members, PRAISE-U works to ensure early detection and diagnosis of prostate cancer through customised and risk-based screening programmes.

TOGAS aims to provide the evidence-based knowledge needed to design, plan and implement gastric cancer prevention programmes. It will help policymakers across the EU incorporate gastric cancer screening into their healthcare priorities and balance effectiveness, feasibility and acceptability with po

As part of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan, SOLACE will support EU Member States with the implementation of lung cancer screening programmes and will provide a toolbox for individualised approaches. This will ensure access to screening for people from all social and economic groups.

Schools4Health aims to introduce and maintain a health promoting school (HPS) approach and other whole-school approaches to health in around 16 schools across the EU. It pays special attention to schools in deprived areas.

Boosting health and inclusivity in Europe, 'Inclusive Healthy Lifestyle Groups in Schools' (IHLGIS), is set to impact over 4 000 youths. With a focus on fitness, nutrition, and health education, we're fostering change across 100 schools in four countries.

The increasing prevalence of diseases like cancer and cardiovascular disease is mainly due to sedentary lifestyles, poor nutrition (with an increase in obesity) and poor mental health. RYHEALTH looks to instil healthy habits in childhood as the best way of improving health and preventing disease.

VH-COMSAVAC aims to scale up testing and vaccination among migrant and refugee populations with high viral hepatitis incidence. This will help to reach EU and World Health Organisation (WHO) goals for reduction of occurrence of hepatitis B and C and related cancers.

EUROHELICAN aims to combat gastric cancer in Europe via a H. pylori test-and-treat strategy. Objectives are: to evaluate feasibility in Slovenia, study long-term impact in Latvia, develop universal guidelines through expert collaboration and incorporate the strategy into healthcare priorities.