Public Affairs
Advocacy
UEG is promoting digestive health, in order to advance treatment and prevention of diseases, reduce their socio-economic burden and achieve better funding across Europe.
A voice for digestive health in the European Parliament
The Digestive Health Group is a cross-party platform of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from different EU Member States. The group is chaired by MEP Antonio Tajani and counts 9 MEPs. The group aims to raising awareness of the need for better prevention, improved treatment and greater understanding of the causes of digestive diseases. It draws attention to the real-life impact of digestive diseases, their socio-economic burden and it fosters health literacy to strengthen the competence of citizens to manage their health.
Key topics include:
- Prevention & treatment of digestive diseases
- Promoting a healthy lifestyle
- Social and economic costs of (chronic) digestive diseases
- Nutrition/ marketing polices encouraging healthy lifestyles
- Mitigation of alcohol related harm
- Digestive cancers: implementation of quality-controlled screening programmes; increasing standards in cancer care
- Foster research on digestive health in Horizon Europe
Our supporters
MEP Antonio Tajani, Chair of the Group, Italy (EPP)
MEP Biljana Borzan, Croatia (S&D)
MEP Sara Cerdas, Portugal (S&D)
MEP Sirpa Pietikainen, Finland (ECR)
MEP Manuel Pizzaro, Portugal (S&D)
MEP Michele Rivasi, France (Greens)
MEP Rob Rooken, The Netherlands (ECR)
MEP Petra de Sutter, Belgium (Greens)
MEP Sara Wiener, Austria (Greens)
How to join the group
Contacts
EU Affairs
Andreea Botos
- UEG Brussels Office
- T: +32 4719 133 13
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EU Affairs
Jana Tenglerova
- UEG Brussels Office
- M: +32 4777 649 34
