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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 Sara Wiener, Austria (Greens)
How to join the group
Contacts
EU Affairs Project Management
Andreea Botos
- UEG Brussels Office
- M: +32 4719 133 13
- T: +43 1 997 16 39
