Call for Proposals on radiation safety and quality of computed tomography imaging of children and young adults – (CR-g-24-42)
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Programme Description
The Programme aims to improve and promote health in the Union to reduce the burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases by:
- protecting people from serious cross-border health threats
- improving the availability, accessibility and affordability of medicines, medical devices and other crisis-related products in the EU
- strengthening national health systems
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Summary
The aim of the action is to enhance the quality and radiation safety of medical applications of ionising radiation in children, adolescents and young adults. Actions taken should in particular focus on computed tomography procedures in children and young adults and aim to reduce the associated risk of adverse secondary effects, such as brain and other types of cancer.
Detailed Call Description
This action should cover in priority head CT exams in children, adolescents and young adults. It can be extended to other body regions, as well as other imaging modalities involving ionising radiation, if there is a frequent clinical indication for paediatric imaging and improved justification and optimisation is considered achievable. This action could include conventional and interventional radiology, CT and nuclear medicine and could also include imaging procedures performed as part of radiotherapy treatments.
The activities carried out in this action should include the following:
- review of referral guidelines for imaging, clinical guidelines, and clinical decision support systems in use in Member States for justification of radiological imaging in children, adolescents and young adults and recommendations for improvement of these guidelines to the relevant actors;
- review of the equipment base and the access to dedicated paediatric imaging in Member States and recommendations for improvement of the equipment base to the relevant actors;
- development of guidance, protocols and tools for optimisation of paediatric CT exams, for the CT devices and the clinical indications that are the most used in Europe;
- the organisation of information and dissemination campaigns concerning recommendations, guidance, protocols and tools for justification and optimisation of paediatric imaging among the concerned hospitals and medical centres in all Member States;
- development of education and training curricula, material, and tools on radiation protection of paediatric patients, for the applicable professional groups;
- the organisation of a training of radiologists, radiographers, medical physicists, and radiology nurses in practical approaches to radiation protection of paediatric patients;
- the organisation of information campaigns about the benefits, risks and radiation safety of imaging in paediatric, adolescent and young adult patients, targeted at parents and young adults.
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Thematic Categories
- Education and training
- Health
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Associations
- Businesses
- Educational Institutions
- International Organisations
- Local Authorities
- NGOs
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- State-owned Enterprises
Eligibility For Participation Notes
In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:
- be legal entities (public or private bodies)
- be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
- EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs)
- eligible non-EU countries: listed EEA countries and countries associated to the EU4Health Programme (list of participating countries)
Other eligibility conditions:
- academia and education establishments
- research institutes
- hospitals, expert networks
- civil society organisations
- associations, foundations
- NGOs
- enterprises (incl. social enterprises and not for profit) in the field of public health
- private entities (for profit/not for profit)
- international organisations
- Member States’ authorities
Consortium composition:
- Proposals must be submitted by a consortium of at least 3 applicants (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities), which complies with the following conditions:
- minimum 3 independent entities from 3 different eligible countries are foreseen for the topics.
Involvement of radiologists, other medical specialists, and medical physics experts (MPEs) with at least 15 years of expertise in radiological imaging of children, adolescents and young adults. Previous involvement in the drafting or review of referral and clinical guidelines (radiologists and other medical specialists) and review and acceptance testing of medical equipment in health institutions (MPEs).
Non-eligible activities: Support for manufacturers producing medical equipment emitting ionising radiation.
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National Contact Point(s)
Ministry of Health, Department of European Affairs
Ms MAKRIGIORGI Elena
Email: emakrigiorgi@moh.gov.cy
EU Contact Point
For help related to this call, please contact: hadea-hp-calls@ec.europa.eu