Events

Join ECRPA in their launch event to raise awareness for End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) which is a common occurrence in 1 out of 10 Europeans. This occurs as a result of most Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) patients being unaware of their condition. No signs or symptoms of CKD are shown at an early stage, […]

On 11 December, EUREGHA High Level Conference will be held in Brussels. This year's theme will be "Linking Chronic Diseases and Frailty; Creating Synergies and Collaboration between Efficient Policies for Disease Prevention and Management at European and Subnational Level". Introductory remarks will be given by Mr Xavier Prats Monné, Director-General of the Directorate General for […]

The 7th JA-CHRODIS Executive Board Meeting was held in Madrid (Spain) on 2nd February 2016. The meeting took place in the premises of the National School of Public Health (Escuela Nacional de Sanidad), located inside the ISCIII campus, Pavilion 7, Room 9-10. Practical information can be found here. Agenda Presentations Minutes Overview Documents JA-CHRODIS Work Packages - […]

JA-CHRODIS is organising its 2nd Advisory Board meeting in Madrid (Spain) on the 3rd February 2016. Click here to view the minutes Click here to view the final agenda Click here to view the presentations Overview Documents JA-CHRODIS Work Packages – 2015 Summary The Sewing Thread of JA-CHRODIS: Bringing the exchange and transfer of practices […]

JA-CHRODIS is organising its 2nd Governing Board meeting in Madrid (Spain) on the 3rd February 2016. Read the minutes of the meeting Check out the final agenda and the questions to facilitate discussion Click here to download the presentations Overview Documents JA-CHRODIS Work Packages – 2015 Summary The Sewing Thread of JA-CHRODIS: Bringing the exchange and […]

The 3rd WP6 meeting took place in Madrid, on the 5th of February 2016 Meeting minutes A. Prados-Torres Presentation G. Onder Presentation

The conference will bring together researchers, clinicians and managers from around the world who are engaged in the design and delivery of integrated health and social care. They will share experience and the latest evidence about integrating Public Health, Health and Social Care and the New roles and Possibilities for Hospitals, producing Positive and Curative […]

The 8th JA-CHRODIS Executive Board meeting was held in Brussels (Belgium) on 15-17 June 2016. The meeting took place in the Flemish Ministry of Welfare, Public Health and Family and in the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). More information can be found on the agenda. Minutes of the meeting are also available. Presentations T. Kunkel […]

The third Governing Board meeting took place in Brussels, Belgium, on the 16th of June 2016. It was held at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). Downloads Meeting agenda Minutes Presentations WP2 - Overview of the Progress Made WP4 - The CHRODIS Platfrom for Knowledge Exchange WP5 - Good Practices in the Field of Health Promotion […]

JA-CHRODIS organised its 3rd Advisory Board meeting and its 9th Executive Board meeting in Bratislava (Slovakia) on the 21st-22nd of September 2016. Minutes Agenda Presentations WP1: JA-CHRODIS - Objectives and Achievements WP2: Dissemination Activities WP3: Evaluation WP4: The Chrodis Platfrom for Knowledge Exchange WP5: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention WP6: Multimorbidity WP7: Diabetes JA-CHRODIS at the […]

JA-CHRODIS is organising a series of webinars to present the work and the outcomes of the Joint Action. The opening webinar took place on Tuesday 4th of October from 14-15 h (CET) and aimed to give a general overview of what JA-CHRODIS is. Carlos Segovia, JA-CHRODIS coordinator, presented the background, figures, objective and challenges of addressing […]

JA-CHRODIS Health Promotion: Good practices and transferability in the field of health promotion and chronic diseases prevention across the life cycle The second JA-CHRODIS webinar took place on Tuesday, 11th of October, from 14-15h (CET). Alexander Haarmann from the German Federal Center for Health Education (BZgA), task leader of the Health Promotion and Disease Prevention work […]

Developing a care model for multimorbid patients The third of JA-CHRODIS Webinar series focused on the work of the Multimorbidity work package and took place on Tuesday, 18th of October, from 14-15h (CET). Background Life expectancy in the EU is higher than ever before, due in part to good and improving healthcare. However, the co-occurrence of […]

Diabetes: a case study on strengthening health care for people with chronic diseases The JA-CHRODIS final meeting on Diabetes was held in Rome on the 20th-21th of October 2016. The conference aimed to draw key lessons from the activities and achievements of the WP on diabetes. Different sessions addressed the prevention and management of chronic diseases, […]

Addressing the burden that diabetes places on individuals and health systems The fourth JA-CHRODIS webinar will focus on the results of the Diabetes work package and will take place on Tuesday, 25th of October, from 14-15h (CET). Background 32 million EU adults (8.2%) had diabetes in 2013, and this number could rise to 38 million […]

The last multimorbidity expert group meeting will take place on 4 November, in Treviso, Italy. More information will follow soon.

JA-CHRODIS held a pre-conference workshop "Who can benefit from JA-CHRODIS? The results from the European Joint Action to tackle chronic diseases" at the last EPH Conference on the 10th of November. The workshop aimed to analyse how and to what extent the outputs of JA-CHRODIS can have an impact on the prevention and care of chronic diseases. […]

JA-CHRODIS organised a workshop at the European Parliament on 28 November. The workshop had a specific focus on good practices in diabetes management that have been collected by JA-CHRODIS partners. It also provided the opportunity to present the CHRODIS Platform, the online tool where decision-makers, caregivers, patients, and researchers across the EU can find and share the […]

On 29 November, JA-CHRODIS held its 4th Governing Board meeting, which took place in Brussels, Belgium. The presentations are now available DOWNLOADS Agenda (.pdf) Carlos Segovia - CHRODIS Plus (.pdf) WP2 - Dissemination of results of JA-CHRODIS (.pdf) WP3 - Evaluation (.pdf) WP4 - The CHRODIS Platform (.pdf) WP5 - Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (.pdf) WP6 - […]

Las Vegas will be the host city of the Chronic Disease Prevention & Management in Primary Care conference from 2-5 March 2017, organised by Contemporary Forums.  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), chronic diseases and conditions, such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, type 2 diabetes, obesity, and arthritis, are among the most […]

Meeting venue: Centro  Studi Achille e Linda Lorenzen -  Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Treviso, Italy  Date: February 13-14, 2018     Implementation workshop February 13th  2018 (starting at 2 p.m.) and February 14th (ending at 1 p.m.) Workshop aims to define the common methodology and process for the cross-national implementation pilots Agenda February […]

Location: Bruxelles - Fondation Universitaire, Rue d’Egmont 11 – 1000 Brussels (Belgium)   AGENDA Tuesday 20th March 2018 h 14.30 -18.00 14.30 –15.00 Welcome and registration 15.00–15.10 Presentation WP8: Employment and Chronic Diseases in Europe: linking to Pathways Recommendations Dr. Matilde Leonardi, Leader WP8, FINCB 15.10–15.35 Presentation Task 8.1 “Training tool for employers and the employment […]

Adaptation and implementation of intersectoral good practices:  Lombardy Program “Workplace Health Promotion: the WHP Lombardy network” The Italian Joint Action Chrodis good practice "Lombardy Workplace Health Promotion Network" is a public-private partenrship that promotes a healthy lifestyle through different actions and information that target healthy eating, smoking cessation, increased physical activity, alcohol reduction and safe […]

The workshop was held on 4-5 June in order to provide the partners with pilot actions operational support for developing the Pilot Action Plan based on the Guideline for the pre–Implementation phase, and instructions on how to use the Quality Criteria Recommendation Tool. Representatives from Task 2 (Task 2: Piloting the Quality Criteria and Recommendations […]

The main intention behind this site visit was to demonstrate and share learning from the Active School Flag (ASF) initiative as part of  Joint Action CHRODIS-PLUS  And what were the main learning outcomes of this site visit? To gain an understanding of the background policy and programme context to ASF-  To gain an understanding of: The […]

1st Governing Board meeting of the Joint Action CHRODIS PLUS (2017-2020). The purpose of the meeting: create a common vision, to provide strategic guidance and thoughtful sounding board for the JA_CHRODIS PLUS discuss and agree on Terms of Reference and Operating Procedure of the Governing Board. Date: Tuesday, 19 June 2018, Time: 8:00 – 16:00 Location: […]

We had a privilage to participate at the presentation of our partner organization University of Ulm where the mHealth application is being developed and used by the patients who have developed tinnitus. Dr. Ruediger Pryss along with Wilfried Schlee delivered a interesting and inspiring presentation on the application development as its everyday practical use. The […]

The event of site visit organized under the auspices of Joint Action Chrodis+ was held on August 13-14th in Helsinki, Finland, hosted by THL.  The event provided a platform for deeper approach understanding of the methodology  of JOGG implementation both at local and national level. Selected elements of JOGG will be adapted and implemented within the Health Promoting […]

Context: On November 20 and 21, two important meetings were organised by CHRODIS PLUS at the Andalusian Health Service (SAS) headquarters in Seville: a workshop by Work Package 4 – Integration to National Policies and Sustainability, and then the Executive Board meeting. After the Executive Board meeting, members of the EB visited a primary health centre […]

Focus of the event: Ensuring that implementation projects meet patients’ expectations, empower the target population and train to promote empowerment Event organised by the European Patients’ Forum The workshop took place on December 3rd - 4th 2018 in Belgrade, Serbia Objective of this workshop was to set standardized pathways for the implementers of the Quality Criteria Recommendations Tool and to […]

This expert meeting was organized in a collaboration between WP6 and WP8. Objectives of the event to address the problems of chronic patients with multi-morbidity, to define how the employment might impact on the care process of these patients, and to make aware the employment sector of their situation. Millions of European with non-communicable diseases will […]

Webinar: "Health Promotion and Primary Prevention in 21 European Countries. A Comparative Overview of Key Policies, Approaches, Examples of Good Practice, and Gaps and Needs. A report prepared by the CHRODIS PLUS joint action" takes place. Date: Friday 15 March 2019 from 09.30 to 10.30 CET Brussels time. Webinar was free and open to the […]

The study visit in Zagreb presented the work of Croatian Institute of Public Health in the field of diabetes registries. Well established electronic patient registries improve quality indicators of diabetes control at population level due to better insights in patients' health status, improved health care delivery and better patient complience as well as continuous organisational […]

This workshop is to evaluate internally the implementation activity of the Greek partners involved in CHRODIS PLUS. This workshop offers an opportunity to the partners to invite policy makers, polititians andvpatients to discuss the value of this project and to build a strategy to sustain the project results after the CHRODIS PLUS project. A site […]

LINK TO SOCIAL EVENT - BOAT RIDE Events for CHRODIS PLUS partners: beneficiaries, implementing partners, collaborating and associated partners Location: Hotel Benczur, Budapest, Benczúr street 35, 1068 Hungary   Work Package 5 workshops   Work Package 6 workshop Work Package 7 workshop Work Package 8 workshop     Link to CHRODIS PLUS General Assembly: 14 May 2019 […]

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF JOINT ACTION CHRODIS PLUS 14 May - Tuesday 08.30 - 14.00 Location: Hotel Benczur, Budapest, Benczúr street 35, 1068 Hungary On behalf of Joint Action CHRODIS+ we would like to thank all partners for taking part at the General Assembly. Down below you may find the presentations as well as the picture […]

On behalf of Joint Action CHRODIS+ we would like to thank you for your participation at the Conference https://youtu.be/58GiFsDGPiU The event was co-funded by the European Health Programme. Miklós Szócska Semmelweis University of Hungary Former Hungarian Minister of Health https://youtu.be/EtaTAnbkQCo Antonio Sarria Santamera, Chrodis Plus Coordinator   Wojciech Kalamarz Head of Unit for Health Determinants […]

Members of the Governing Board and the Executive Board of the Joint Action Agenda of the meeting Objectives of the meeting to get accounted with the latest updates from the biggest JA tackling the burden non-communicable diseases and review innovative practice examples that are implemented by concrete pilot site in the different CHRODIS PLUS work packages; […]

On June 7th 2019, Carmen Rodriguez-Blazquez (ISCIII) and Elisa Poses-Ferrer (AQuAS) visited San Jose de la Rinconada primary care center in Seville. Visitors received information on the Andalusian Comprehensive Healthcare Plan for Patients with Chronic Diseases (which includes training activities to health professionals), and the way Individualized care plans for multimorbid patients are completed within […]

  On the 10th of June 2019 the Spanish Policy Dialogue took place in Madrid, Spain. Please find detailed information and pictures about the event below.   Title of the policy dialogue:  ALTERNATIV35. Health Impact Assessment. Alternatives for effective implementation of Article 35 of the Spanish Public Health Act 33/2011   Extended explanation:  This policy […]

On 21th June 2019, Carmen Rodriguez-Blazquez and Maria João Forjaz (ISCIII) held a visit to Aragon Health Sciences Institute (IACS), in Zaragoza, Spain. The primary care centre Actur-Norte and the Chronic Care Unit at Royo Villanova Hospital were both visited. The implementation team presented the three main strategies of the practice: training of professionals in […]

View Agenda Thursday 19 September 2019, 14.00 – 15.00 CET, Brussels time The webinar is publicly available in the Public Health website: https://ec.europa.eu/health/policies/videos_en#anchor0 under the title '19 September 2019 Second Webinar of the CHRODIS PLUS joint action - Employment and chronic conditions in Europe'  Download recording link: https://ecwacs.webex.com/ecwacs/lsr.php?RCID=530565c03288f3db79841ccf6feeb1f3    Webinar invitation The "Chronic Diseases and Employment" work package […]

This high level conference highlighted the results of the current and previous EU Health Programmes and presented the new approach in the future Multiannual Financial Framework for 2021-2027. The event was hosted by Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health, and is organised by the Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency with support by the European […]

Click here to read the rationale and aims of this policy dialogue Download the introductory presentation of the event AGENDA Welcome Massimiliano Salini, MEP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CE6gJ22eHU Chrodis Plus Joint Action Rokas Navickas, VULSK Lithuania, Chrodis Plus Scientific Coordinator https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGY9ayxxc40   Employment and Chronic Conditions: a European Challenge The Chrodis Plus Toolbox Matilde Leonardi, FINCB Italy, Chrodis Plus WP8 […]

Congress programme Congress registration We are happy to announce that on 12-14 November 2019 the European Patients’ Forum will hold the first ever European Congress on patient involvement. This event will be driven by leading representatives of the patient community, and patient experts, in the capital of the European Union. The event will also provide […]

The Chrodis Plus policy dialogue held in Budapest, Hungary on 18 February 2020 has addressed the role of AI and BI solutions in medical decision support solutions. National screening programs are potentially the most profitable public services in the health system, with the highest per-unit cost. There is a strong social interest in the efficient […]

The session is part of the online conference 'EHFG 2020: Dancing with elephants: New partnerships for health, democracy, business' organized by the European Health Forum Gastein.  On the surface, the steps to closing the gap between research findings and existing clinical practice are simple: 1. Identifying good practice; 2. Piloting; 3. Scaling-up. However, promising initiatives […]

ON BEHALF OF JOINT ACTION CHRODIS PLUS WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION AT THE CONFERENCE Key conference materials will be made available soon here. PRESS RELEASE Over its 3-year lifespan, the aim of CHRODIS PLUS Joint Action (2017-2020) was to support Member States in overcoming the burden of chronic diseases by […]