HOPE joins the European Antibiotic Awareness Day 2010 campaign, taking place on 18 November. This year, the European Antibiotic Awareness Day will focus on hospitals. Its objective is to support efforts at national level to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use in hospitals through the development and dissemination of educational materials promoting prudent antibiotic use.

The Antibiotic Awareness Day is an annual European public health to raise awareness about the threat to public health of antibiotic resistance and prudent antibiotic use. The latest data confirms that across the European Union, the number of patients infected by resistant bacteria is increasing and that antibiotic resistance is a major threat to public health. Prudent use of antibiotics can help stop resistant bacteria from developing and help keep antibiotics effective for the use of future generations.

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control is providing the campaign communication materials, which provide a common visual identity and content to the campaigns across the EU Member States and help to make the messages more recognisable and consistent, thus more memorable.

More information:
http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/eaad/Pages/ToolkitsHospitalPrescribers.aspx

Gesundheitsstadt Berlin (Health City Berlin) has organised the European Forum on Oncology in Berlin on 28th and 29th October 2010.

The forum is a platform to share valuable information on research and treatment projects in Europe, in order to improve the quality of European research and health care in oncology. It has been attended by more than 250 health experts, representatives of politics, research, medicine and industry, especially from Germany, France, England, Italy and Spain.

More information:
http://www.forum-onkologie.eu/index.php?id=381&L=2

Healthcare systems all over the world are facing very similar challenges: demographic shifts, the impact of globalization and an increased burden of chronic diseases and expensive treatments, to mention some of the most important ones.

The Global eHealth Forum, which took place on 25-26 October 2010 in Hamburg, addressed these challenges.

The primary aim of the conference was to provide a cross-sector forum for approximately 200 representatives from hospitals and clinics, governments, health insurance organisations, service providers and the media. Policymakers, users, suppliers and implementation managers had the opportunity to exchange views and experiences and to discuss the requirements of a significant contribution of e-health for efficient, sustainable healthcare delivery. In the context, focus topics were interconnectivity, interoperability and standardization as well as quality management and process optimization.

More information:
www.global-ehealth-forum.com/

On 8 and 9 September 2010 took place the second international symposium on hospital procurement, organised by PG Promotion in partnership with ASSIAPS (International association for hospital buyers), ASFAH (French association of hospital buyers) and HOPE.

Focused on the central theme of “creating value with hospital procurement”, this symposium was an opportunity for the 400 expected participants to find out the latest news on current events, challenges and prospects of changes to procurement within the healthcare sector, whether public or private.

More information:
http://www.acheteurs-hospitaliers.com/index.asp

“EU integration and health systems: challenges and opportunities for patients, professionals and policy-makers” was the topic of the 2010 Observatory Venice Summer School.  The Observatory Venice Summer School brings together high-level policy-makers in a stimulating environment. It is organized by the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies and one of its partners, the Veneto Region of Italy. It draws on their experiences of promoting evidence-based policy-making and of providing a unique platform for European health policy debate in action.

More information:
http://www.observatorysummerschool.org/

In 2010, the HOPE Exchange Programme has been organised for the 29th time. The traditional HOPE Exchange Programme started on 17 May and ended on 17 June 2010.

The exchange programme 2010 has been closed by HOPE Agora in Copenhagen (Denmark) on June 14-17, 2010 on the topic "The chronic patient: a clinical and managerial challenge".

More information on HOPE Exchange Programme

More information and presentations HOPE Agora Copenhagen:
www.hope2010.eu

18th International Conference on Health Promoting Hospitals and Health Services
“Tackling Causes and Consequences of Inequalities in Health: Contributions of Health Services and the HPH Network”.

Main conference topics:

1. Which determinants of health inequalities can be successfully tackled by health and social services through health promotion?
2. What role can health and social services take in addressing inequalities in health across the life span?
3. How can health and social services contribute to reducing inequalities in the healthcare workforce?
4. Joint action for reducing causes and consequences of health inequalities: corporate social responsibility and beyond

Presentations:
http://www.hphconferences.org/archive/manchester10//proceedings.php