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Activities and research plans related to Ecoinformatics
Ecoinformatics2006Ispra, JRC, 19 January 2006
DG SANCO Health Information UnitArtur FURTADO
Contents
The importance of Ecoinformatics
The role of SANCO
Ecoinformatics
Bridge between Information science and Environment, easing both research and management
Management of natural systems data (heterogeneous, scattered and uncoordinated)Access and integration of databases of environmental informationDefinition of entities and processes of natural systems in a language that computers can process (research in knowledge representation and semantics)Use of predictive models, analytical and planning tools
The Public Health Programme
Previous support for health monitoring now integrated in the Information strand of the PHP(former health monitoring, cancer, rare diseases, pollution-related diseases and injury prevention programmes)
Reliable, up-to-date and comparable information in a single accessible system
Eurostat (mortality and morbidity statistics) and the Lisbon (drugs), Copenhagen (environment) and Stockholm (communicable diseases) agencies have monitoring mandates [WHO, OECD]
Information strand objectives
Develop health indicators
Analyze and report on the health status
Provide information to citizens
Increase the evidence basis for policy making
Establish a sustainable health monitoring system
How SANCO and the EU PHP can help
Related activities under SANCO
Information diffusionon-line reporting of comparable data and indicators
http://europa.eu.int/comm/health/ph_information/dissemination/echi/echi_en.htm
Project support
http://europa.eu.int/comm/health/ph_projects/2002/monitoring/monitoring_2002_01_en.htm
Working Party Environment and Health
http://europa.eu.int/comm/health/ph_information/implement/wp/events_wp_en.htm
Information diffusion
Project reports placed on the Europa server160 + translated paper copies (available in some cases)Special reports on2002/3health status, nutrition, accidents and injuries2004 mental health, rare diseases2005 alcohol (due)
Conferences organisedCardiovascular disease, eHealth, workplace health, mental health rare diseases, health impact assessment
Public health Portal
Public health portal
Adding to the Europa server, a public health portal will be launched in April 2006
Providing an across the board picture of health issues at Community level
Funded under the PHP, with support from the IDA (interchange of data between administrations) programme
Linking to national and regional websites and involving civil society
EU Public Health portal
Operating structures
Network of Competent AuthoritiesRepresentatives of health authorities monitor the information strand
Seven working partiesIndicators, environment and health, mental health, accidents and injuries, lifestyles, mortality and morbidity, health systems
Health and Environment WPForum for H&E information and information needsH&E contractors, stakeholders, incl. international organisations and NGO [DG ENV, EEA and WHO]
Project support in related fields
Short list of Community Health IndicatorsOn-line and regularly update
Lisbon Strategy Healthy Life years indicatorOn-line and reported in the Spring Report
The example of the ECOHIS project
Development of Environment and Health Indicators for EU Countries2002-2004
Establish and validate a set of E&H indicators for EU
2 of indicators (PM10; road traffic injuries) included in ECHI short list http://europa.eu.int/comm/health/ph_information/dissemination/echi/echi_en.htm
All (17) included in ECHI long list
The example of the ENHIS2 project
Establishment of Environmental Health Information System Supporting Policy MakingWHO European Centre for E&H coordination
Implement an information system to identify and prioritise environmental health problems, monitor policy effects and facilitate inter-country comparisons and time trends analysis
Based on a set of E&H indicators and health impact assessment methods, it will contribute to an European E&H information system(4th Ministerial Conference on E&H, Budapest, 2004)
The example of the ENHIS2 project
Kick-start of the projectConnecting different data sourcesTechnical and institutional coordination
WHO (project coordinator)Involving cooperation between Eurostat, JRC, EEA,DG Env and DG Sanco
New projects - Call 2005
The impact of the 2003 heat wave on the EU populationRegional centre for fight against cancer, FR€ 300 k
Prioritization of building materials as indoor pollutionUniversity of West Macedonia€ 1 m
New projects - Call 2005
European system of urban indicatorsUniversity of Manchester€ 1,4 m
2006 agenda under the PHP
Work plan 2006High level of human health protection, through all EU policiesSelf-sustained coordination of policies among MS
Implement the European Environment and Health Action Plan 2004-2010 (PH aspects) - work on indoor air quality and report on the 1999 EMF Recommendation
Operate WG on environment and health to obtain operational indicators
In brief
Ecoinformatics as tool to better understand environment-health interactions
SANCO with keen interest in seeing research developed on the subject, with a Public Health perspective
More at
http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/health/ph_information/information_en.htm
Activities and research plans related to Ecoinformatics
Ecoinformatics2006Ispra, JRC, 19 January 2006
DG SANCO Health Information UnitArtur FURTADO
Back up slides
Former programmes
172 promotion projects, 5 mental health projects running for 2.4M€
EUPHIN: 1 running contract for 500,000€
54 health monitoring projects, 21 running for 6.4M€
24 rare diseases projects, 15 running for 2.4M€
82 injury prevention projects, 20 running for 2.9M€
A total of 62 running projects, 14.79M€
2005 funding round
18 Projects were selected for an amount of € 11.8 m were accepted
4 additional projects were selected on accidents and injuries and mental health for an amount of € 3.6 m
Several tenders were launched for Eurobarometers during 2005
Health Determinants Strand
A EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR
EXPOSURE AND DISEASE MAPPING AND RISK ASSESSMENT (EUROHEIS)
Objectives
Improve health information and health information system for exposure disease mapping and risk assessment
Status of project: finishedFunded: 1999 – 2003Coordinated by: Imperial college of Science UK
Projects on air quality
A EUROPEAN INFORMATION SYSTEM ON AIR POLLUTION AND HEALTH (APHEIS)
Objectives
to assess the health impact of air pollution in 26 cities. The study showed that pollution
continues to threaten public health and that even small reductions in air-pollution levels have clear health benefits. The next phase
will be to try to bridge the gap between research findings and decision making
Status of project: finishedFunded: 2000 – 2002Coordinated by: Institute de Veille Sanitaire FR
Projects on indoor air quality
TOWARDS HEALTHY AIR IN DWELLINGS IN EUROPE (THADE)
Objectives
to produce maps of pollutants in dwellings, and to review data, cost-effective measures and technology,
quality in dwellings, and legislation and guidelines on air pollution, recommend a strategy for implementation
Status of project: finishedFunded: 2001 – 2003Coordinated by: European federation of Asthma and Allergy FI
Projects on air quality
CRICTICAL APPRAISAL OF THE SETTING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF INDOOR EXPOSURE
LIMITS IN THE EU –INDEX-
Objectives
To create a network of European leading scientists in the area of indoor air pollution and herewith associatedhealth impacts in order to identify priorities and assess
the need for a Community strategy and action plan
Status of project: OngoingFunded: 2002 – 2004Coordinated by: JRC
Projects co-funded under Call 2005
Prioritization of building materials as indoor pollution
Study of an impact of the heatwave 2003 on European people
Why Ecoinformatics matters