2021-27 EU Programmes for Health and Investment

Multi-billion-euro funding schemes will support research directly and indirectly Multi-billion-euro funding schemes will support research directly and indirectly The European Parliament has given its final approval to two 2021-27 EU programmes for bolstering health and investment activities that will make direct and indirect contributions to the bloc’s research capacity. The renewed InvestEU programme will use budget guarantees totalling €26.2 billion to mobilise private and national investments estimated to reach more than €372bn in four policy areas. — Read on www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-europe-politics-2021-3-meps-sign-off-eu-health-and-investment-programmes/

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Gitanjali Rao is a Kid of the Year

Gitanjali Rao was awarded the Top “Health” Pillar Prize for the TCS Ignite Innovation Student Challenge in May 2019 for developing a diagnostic tool based on advances in genetic engineering for early diagnosis of prescription opioid addiction.[1] Rao is the first person to receive TIME magazine's Kid of the Year designation. [2] More updates and helpful links at: https://wp.me/PckLJr-w

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General overhaul of the DRG system| Bibliomed Manager

The DRG system has many friends Financing and structural reform are interrelated. But what can be done if the countries do not follow them? The focus is on per-case flat rates. Even though the Institute for the Remuneration System in Hospitals (InEK) adjusts the DRG system annually, the deficiencies remain clearly visible. Hospitals are sometimes penalized for good medicine, for example by charging more minutes of ventilation. The false incentives have attracted harsh criticism from the medical profession, the health insurance funds and politicians. "Same price for same performance - this is the biggest nonsense that has…

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5 Countries We Can Learn from for Future Pandemics

ccording to the World Health Organisation (WHO), many countries have improved their response as the pandemic has progressed but the WHO Director-General says the world needs to be ready for next time. The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic, and other leaders of society to shape global, regional, and industry agendas. Incorporated as a not-for-profit foundation in 1971, and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Forum is tied to no political, partisan, or national interests.— Read on www.weforum.org/videos/19895-5-countries-we-can-learn-from-for-future-pandemics-according-to-the-world-health-organisation

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Open Science – European Commission

The European Commission has awarded a contract for the setting up of an open access publishing platform “ Open Science” for scientific articles as a free service for Horizon 2020 beneficiaries. The EU’s new open-access platform will levy a €780 article processing charge. — Read on ec.europa.eu/research/openscience/index.cfm More updates and useful links in our blog at https://medical-grants.com/useful-information-blog

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5 DAILY ACTIVITIES TO BOOST BRAIN HEALTH

According to several scientific studies, here are five things you could do on a daily basis that are good for your brain — and one that isn’t. — Read on — https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/5-daily-activities-to-boost-brain-health/amp More updates and useful links in our blog at https://medical-grants.com/useful-information-blog

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Evolution of Man

Paleoanthropology studies the origin and evolution of man and tries to reconstruct the history of biological and cultural changes experienced by our ancestors since the lines that have led to humans and chimpanzees split some six million years ago. One of the main bodies of evidence on which the study of human evolution draws is fossils of extinct hominid species. Read on - www.Instagram.com/p/B7-b7hnoTho/and https://www.technologyreview.com/s/615154/anthropology-what-we-have-learned-over-the-last-decade/ More updates and useful links in our blog at https://medical-grants.com/useful-information-blog    

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Informatics and Telematics in Health/ WHO

Informatics, and telematics if properly used, can increase the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of health services.It is hoped that this book will help the staff of health services to appreciate the way in which informatics technology has developed and the ways in which it may evolve in the future, as well as providing an overview of the many existing and anticipated uses of informatics in the health sector. apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/37201/9241561173-eng.pdf More updates and useful links in our blog at https://medical-grants.com/useful-information-blog

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