The EUCanScreen project aims to improve the implementation and effectiveness of cancer screening programmes recommended by EU. The project focuses on cervical, breast and colorectal cancers screenings and supports the introduction of new screening programmes on prostate, lung and stomach cancers.
Nearly 30 EU Member States are participating in the Joint Action.
Goals
The general objective of EUCanScreen is to assure sustainable implementation of high-quality screening programmes for breast, cervical and colorectal cancer, as well as for the newly recommended screening programs for lung, prostate and gastric cancers.
The project aims to increase the quality, timeliness and equity of cancer screening across the EU, ultimately to reduce the overall cancer burden and related inequalities.
Implementation
The work-plan of EUCanScreen is based on the results of previous and ongoing major EU initiatives in screening. The project is carried out through eleven closely interlinked work packages. A total of 29 countries participate in the consortium, including 25 EU Member States, Ukraine, Moldova, Norway and Iceland. The project is coordinated by the University of Latvia.
Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) is participated in several of the project’s work packages and in project coordination, evaluation and dissemination.
Funding
Funder: European Commission (Project 101162959)
Implementing agency for funding: European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HADEA)
Total project funding: 38 749 935 euros
Partners
THL's partner in Finland: Cancer Society of Finland
Coordinator: Latvijas Universitate, Latvia, screening(at)lu.lv
Partners within the consortium
Competent Authorities:
- Department of Health (IE)
- Gesundheit Österreich GmbH (AT)
- Heilsugaesla höfudborgarsvaedisins (IS)
- Helsedirektoratet (NO)
- Hrvatski zavod za javno zdravstvo (HR)
- Institut Catala d'Oncologia (ES)
- Institut National du Cancer GIP (FR)
- Institutia Medico-Sanitara Publica Institutul Oncologic (MD)
- Institutul National de Sanatate Publica (RO)
- Istituto per lo Studio e la Prevenzione e la Rete Oncologica (IT)
- Lietuvos Respublikos sveikatos apsaugos ministerija (LT)
- Ministério da Saúde - República Portuguesa (PT)
- Ministerstvo zdravotníctva Slovenskej republiky (SK)
- Ministry of Health (EL)
- Ministry for Health and Active Ageing - Government of Malta (MT)
- Ministry of Health of the Republic of Cyprus (CY)
- Narodowy Instytut Onkologii im. Marii Sklodowskiej-Curie - Panstwowy Instytut Badawczy (PL)
- Onkoloski institut Ljubljana (SI)
- Országos Korányi Pulmonológiai Intézet (HU)
- Region Syddanmark (DK)
- Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (NL)
- Robert Koch-Institut (DE)
- Sciensano (BE)
- Socialstyrelsen (SE)
- State Institution Public Health Center of The Ministry of Health Of Ukraine (UA)
- Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos (FI)
- Tervise Arengu Instituut (EE)
- University of Latvia (LU)
- Ústav zdravotnických informací a statistiky České republiky (CZ)
Affiliated Entities:
- Asociación Instituto de Investigación en Sistemas de Salud - Biosistemak (ES)
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (FR)
- ATS Pavia (IT)
- Azienda Ospedaliera Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino (IT)
- Azienda ULSS 4 Veneto Orientale (IT)
- Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale di Reggio Emilia (IT)
- Centre Communautaire de Référence pour le Dépistage des Cancers (BE)
- Centrum voor Kankeropsporing (BE)
- Deutsche Krebsgesellschaft e.V. (DE)
- Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum Heidelberg (DE)
- Dioíkisi 6is Ygeionomikís Periféreias Peloponnísou, Ioníon Níson, Ipeírou kai Dytikís Elládas (EL)
- Erasmus Universitair Medisch Centrum Rotterdam (NL)
- Fédération Hospitalière de France (FR)
- Folkehelseinstituttet (NO)
- Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori (IT)
- Fundació Institut Hospital del Mar d’Investigacions Médiques (ES)
- Fundación Instituto de Investigación Marqués de Valdecilla (ES)
- Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunitat Valenciana (ES)
- Health Service Executive (IE)
- Hospices Civils de Lyon (FR)
- Institut Gustave Roussy (FR)
- Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la Salud (ES)
- Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil, EPE (PT)
- Institutul Clinic Fundeni (RO)
- Institutul Oncologic “Prof. Dr. Ion Chiricuta” Cluj-Napoca (RO)
- Instytut Gruzlicy i Chorób Pluc (PL)
- Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri (IT)
- Istituto Superiore di Sanità (IT)
- Klinicki Bolnicki centar Zagreb (HR)
- Landlaeknisembaettid (IS)
- Leibniz-Institut für Präventionsforschung und Epidemiologie - BIPS GmbH (DE)
- Lietuvos sveitakos mokslu universiteto ligonine Kauno klinikos (LT)
- Ministero della Salute (IT)
- Nacionalni institut za javno zdravje (SI)
- Narodný onkologický ústav (SK)
- National Cancer Institute (UA)
- Nemzeti Népegészségügyi és Gyógyszerészeti Központ (HU)
- Paula Stradiņa klīniskā universitātes slimnīca (LV)
- Plateforme des Données de Santé (FR)
- Provincia Autonoma di Trento (IT)
- Regione Lombardia (IT)
- Regione Marche (IT)
- Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte (LV)
- Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (IE)
- Slimību profilakses un kontroles centrs (LV)
- State Institution “Vozianov Institute of Urology of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine” (UA)
- Stichting Bevolkingsonderzoek Nederland (NL)
- Stichting Kankerregister - Fondation Registre du Cancer (BE)
- Stichting Radboud Universitair Medisch Centrum (NL)
- Suomen Syöpäyhdistys (FI)
- Sveriges Kommuner och Regioner (SE)
- Tartu Ülikool (EE)
- UMIT TIROL - Private Universität für Gesundheitswissenschaften und Technologie GmbH (AT)
- Unicancer (FR)
- Unidade Local de Saúde de São João, E.P.E. (PT)
- Unidade Local de Saúde Santa Maria (PT)
- Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen (BE)
- Universitat für Weiterbildung Krems (AT)
- University of Cyprus (CY)
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (IT)
- Viesoji istaiga Vilniaus universiteto ligonine Santaros klinikos (LT)
Associated Partners:
- Azienda Sanitaria Locale Taranto (IT)
- Centre Bruxellois de Coordination pour le Depistage et la Prevention des Cancers (BE)
- Centrul National de Sanatate Mintala si Lupta Antodrog (RO)
- Institut Jules Bordet ASBL (BE)
- Instituto Tumori “Giovanni Paolo Ii” IRCCS (IT)
- Institutul Regional de Oncologie Iasi (RO)
- Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport (NL)
- MSB Medical School Berlin GmbH (DE)
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