About
"EU4Health" program 2021-2027. is the largest European Union health program to date, which was created in response to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients, medical and health personnel, and health systems in Europe.
Within this program, the European Union will invest 5.3 billion euros in measures to improve people's health in EU countries and other members of the Program.
Agreement
The agreement on the accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the EU4Health program was signed in Brussels on July 23, 2024.
The agreement was signed by the Minister of Civil Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dubravka Bošnjak, and the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakides.
The Council of Ministers of BiH supported the initiative of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of BiH, and the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina approved the conclusion of the International Agreement between the European Union and Bosnia and Herzegovina on the accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the EU4Health Program.
Objectives
The EU4Health Programme, established by Regulation (EU) 2021/522, brings EU added value and complements Member States' policies in pursuing four general objectives, which represent the ambitions of the Programme, and ten specific objectives, which represent the areas of action:
General objectives of the EU4Health Programme:
1. Improving and promoting health
-disease prevention and health promotion
-international health cooperation and collaboration
2. Combating cross-border threats to health
-prevention, preparedness and response to cross-border threats to health
-replenishment of national stocks of essential products needed during a crisis
-establishment of reserve medical, healthcare and support staff
3.Improving medicines, medical devices and products needed during a crisis
-ensuring the availability, availability and affordability of these products
4. Strengthening health systems
-improving health data, digital tools and services, digital transformation of healthcare
-improving accessibility healthcare
-development and implementation of EU health legislation and evidence-based decision-making
-integrated operation of national health systems.
Work programmes
The EU4Health programme is implemented through annual work programmes supporting a number of actions grouped under four main areas, with the fight against cancer being given the highest priority in a cross-sectoral context.
-Crisis preparedness
-Health promotion and disease prevention
-Health systems and health workforce
-Digitalisation
The programme will fund eligible entities, health organisations and non-governmental organisations in the Member States and in third countries associated with the programme.
The European Commission prepares, adopts and implements the annual work programmes and monitors and reports on progress towards the programme's objectives. It may also request the opinions of relevant decentralised agencies and independent experts in the field of health on technical or scientific issues relevant for the implementation of the programme.
The programme is implemented by the European Executive Agency for Health and the Digital Economy (HaDEA).
Funding and calls
Funding opportunities under the EU4Health programme are published by the Health and Digital Economy Executive Agency (HaDEA). Please visit HaDEA's calls for proposals and calls for tenders pages regularly.