European Public Health Challenges. Special-concerns: The programme shall focus on reducing social inequalities in health and include measures that address telemedicine and e-health policy, healthy lifestyle of children and youth and community based care for mental health. No more than 50% of the total eligible expenditure of the programme shall be available for infrastructure (hard measures). The possibility of pre-defining project(s) shall be explored during the concept note phase. Bilateral ambitions: €300,000 shall be allocated to the programme from the fund for bilateral relations. This does not prevent the Joint Committee for Bilateral Funds from allocating additional funds to the programme.
European Public Health Challenges. Special concerns: The programme shall focus on strengthening primary healthcare as well as universal access to healthcare and the reduction of social inequalities in health with emphasis on health status of the Roma population. The programme shall include measures addressing outreach to vulnerable groups and remote areas through community nurses and ambulatory medical services. The programme shall include measures addressing prevention and control of communicable diseases and take account of challenges related to anti-microbial resistance. The programme shall include measures to address neuro- cognitive disorders through community-based services. The programme shall include measures to improve the quality of access to paediatric oncology and haematology services. No more than 50% of the total eligible expenditure of the programme shall be available for infrastructure (hard measures). The programme shall be implemented through calls for proposals as well as pre-defined projects. The possibility of further developing the results of projects funded by the ‘Public Health Initiatives’ programme under the EEA Financial Mechanism 2009-2014 shall be explored in the development of the concept note. The National Focal Point and the Programme Operator shall at the latest by the submission of the programme concept note, submit a plan to ensure adequate programme management capacity of the Programme Operator. This programme shall contribute to the improvement of the situation for the Roma population and shall contribute towards the target set in section 2 ‘Specific concerns’ of this Annex. Bilateral ambitions: € 200,000 shall be allocated to the programme from the fund for bilateral relations. This does not prevent the Joint Committee for Bilateral Funds from allocating additional funds to the programme. Pre-defined projects:
European Public Health Challenges. Special-concerns: The programme shall support prevention of communicable and non- communicable diseases as well as antimicrobial resistance. The programme shall support mental health promotion and prevention of mental illness with particular emphasis on children's mental health and well-being. Civil society empowerment in the health sector, including user involvement in strengthening the role of patients shall be supported. The programme shall address social inequalities in health with a special focus on the health needs of the Roma population. Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic shall act as Programme Partner and shall be actively involved in and effectively contributing to the development and implementation of the programme. Bilateral ambitions: € 125,000 shall be allocated to the programme from the fund for bilateral relations. This does not prevent the Joint Committee for Bilateral Funds from allocating additional funds to the programme.
