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The “Living Longer, Better” Conference report on chronic diseases

On 11th of May, European COPD Coalition (ECC) organised with with the support of European Heart Network (EHN), the European CanCer Organisation (ECCO), the European Respiratory Society (ERS) and the International Diabetes Federation – European region (IDF - Europe), a conference to nurture the debate initiated by the EU reflection process on chronic diseases. The 5 organisations, all members of the European Chronic Disease Alliance (ECDA) presented positions and recommendations on how to best prevent, treat and enhance research on chronic diseases at the European level, to engage in the debate, share ideas with like-minded organisations, peers, EU policy makers and the media – so to make policy proposals to support a comprehensive approach of the chronic diseases.

View the report here

01 Aug 2012

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