Introduction

The European Commission's EU Health Award will recognise and reward the efforts and achievements of European NGOs towards reducing the threat to human health from antimicrobial resistance. Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is one of the most challenging threats to human health. Each year, drug resistant infections result in an estimated 25,000 deaths and 1.5 billion euros in healthcare costs and productivity losses in the EU. Through the EU Health Award, the European Commission aims to draw attention to outstanding good practices by NGOs to reduce the threat to human health from AMR and encourage their wider replication throughout the EU.

Objectives

The call for applications focuses on reducing the threat to human health in fields such as: - Prevention of infection; - Appropriate use of antimicrobials; - Surveillance; - Tackling AMR from a specific disease perspective (e.g. Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS); - Other initiatives that can reduce the threat to human health from AMR.

Eligible activities

The applications must describe an initiative that is related to advocacy, awareness-raising, education/training or any other activity that contributes to the protection of human health. All the shortlisted candidates will be invited to a specific award ceremony or to another big event organised by the European Commission which will include the EU Health Award Ceremony. The winners will be invited to present their awarded initiative at one of the regular meetings and a biennial high-level meeting of the EU Health Policy Platform (fluency in English required) and to register in the EU Health Policy Web Platform. All the shortlisted candidates will be invited to the EU Health Policy Platform High Level Conference. All applicants will be invited to join the EU Health Policy Web Platform to discuss current and future pressing health issues with international, European, national and regional stakeholders and the European Commission.

Eligible applicants

The call is open to the participation of legally established non-governmental bodies, non-profitmaking and independent from industry, commercial and business or other conflicting interests. The applicants act at European, national or sub-national level. Only applications from entities established in one the following countries are eligible: a) EU Member States; b) Iceland and Norway; c) Countries which have a bilateral agreement with the European Union, in accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EU) No 282/2014 on the establishment of a third Health Programme for the Union’s action in the field of health (2014-2020).

Funding

The winner of the competition and the two runners-up will receive: - 1st prize: 20.000 Euro - 2nd prize: 15.000 Euro - 3rd prize: 10.000 Euro

More information at

http://ec.europa.eu/health/ngo_award/home/index_en.htm

http://ec.europa.eu/health/ngo_award/submit_your_project/index_en.htm

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