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Programme Category
EU Competitive Programmes
Programme Name
EU4Health Programme 2021-2027
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
Identifier Code
EU4H-2024-PJ-02-2
Call
Call for Proposals to increase health literacy for cancer prevention and care – CR-g-24-39
Summary
The main objective of this action is to support health literacy for cancer prevention and care, to improve health literacy and to focus on reducing inequalities in cancer prevention and care.
Detailed Call Description
The action should aim to:
- improve health literacy of citizens, of patients of all ages, as well as of healthcare professionals;
- improve health literacy of citizens on cancer prevention and provide them access to adequate and reliable health information in order to empower them to make informed decisions supporting healthy lifestyles and improving health for all citizens of all ages;
- improve health literacy of patients by providing adequate, reliable, and timely information on their diagnosis and treatment to achieve their disease understanding and active involvement in the treatment; improve health literacy in palliative care;
- improve health literacy education of health professionals:
- raising awareness of the impact low health literacy can have on people at risk of cancer and cancer patients;
- providing healthcare professionals with health-literacy-friendly communication techniques to support their interactions with cancer patients.
Provide access to reliable, accurate and easy-to understand information to:
- improve access to reliable, accurate cancer information in different languages, with attention to varying digital and literacy skills and accessibility;
- improve access to reliable, accurate information on the internet, to combat misinformation available online / in social media to educate and protect citizens and patients from misinformation on the Internet and social media;
- support cancer literacy in relation to emotional impact and psychosocial distress of cancer patients;
- build a ‘Virtual library’ on communication in cancer prevention and care;
- reduce medical jargon and improve education using plain language, easy-to-understand written materials, including visuals to provide more culturally and linguistically appropriate health education and enhanced web-based information.
Promote health literacy, exchange of information and best practices to:
- introduce a cancer health literacy day to raise awareness and promote its importance;
- support the generation and dissemination of evidence and good practices, including at population level;
- gather lessons learned to enhance health literacy in general, for example, through the establishment of cancer literacy projects;
- get an overview of health literacy programmes developed within healthcare systems and in the community;
- reflect on the role of health literacy in cancer prevention and care, potential gaps, and recommendations for action;
- promote collaboration and exchange of information, innovations and experience on cancer health literacy between Member States and other relevant stakeholders.
This action contributes to the implementation of the Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan.
Call Total Budget
€5.000.000
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
The costs will be reimbursed at the funding rate fixed in the Grant Agreement (60%).
You can apply for a higher project funding rate (80%) if your project is of ‘exceptional utility’, i.e. concerns:
- actions where at least 30% of the budget is allocated to Member States whose GNI per inhabitant is less than 90% of the EU average or
- actions with bodies from at least 14 Member States and where at least four are from Member States whose GNI per inhabitant is less than 90% of the EU average.
Indicative project budget: €1.000.000
Thematic Categories
- Audiovisual sector and Media
- Education and training
- Health
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Educational Institutions
- International Organisations
- Legal Entities
- Local Authorities
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Semi-governmental organisations
- 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).
- eligible non-EU countries:
Consortium composition
- Applicants – specific eligibility criteria: 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, social media outlets press and journalist association, Member States’ authorities.
- Consortium composition – Specific eligibility criteria: Applications may be either by a single applicant or a consortium (no minimum requirement).
Call Opening Date
18/06/2024
Call Closing Date
10/10/2024
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