Division 3.4.2 Collect, analyse and disseminate health information (Annex — point 3.2.1)

Maintain and continue developing a European Health and Life Expectancy Information System in order to improve and harmonise calculations for and the development of the Healthy Life Years — HLY — structural indicator. The system is elemental in providing harmonised and reliable data for supporting policy-making with regard to health systems as well as monitoring the implementation and impact of policies. This activity seeks to ensure appropriate technical support for the calculation and further development of this key indicator in the coming years.

[Joint actions]

Integrate the perinatal health indicators into public health monitoring systems such as ECHIM (European Community Health Indicators Monitoring) and prepare its integration into the work of the European statistical system (Eurostat). Develop capacity at the European level and at national levels in order to achieve high level reporting. The aim is to have data and information on a routine basis on perinatal health, which is essential for complete coverage of the ECHI indicators, and which is an area of particular potential added-value for action at European level given the variations in perinatal health across the EU.

[Call for proposals for projects]

Impact of Structural Funds investments on health gains. The aim is to evaluate, for a number of pilot countries, how health considerations and impact were taken on board when designing and launching significant investments in other policy areas, such as transport, environment and ICT, over the period 2007/2013. This will help drawing lessons for the preparation of the next programming period 2014/2020 of the structural funds.

[Call for tenders]

Implementing DG Health and Consumers modules (tobacco, rare diseases, visual health, hearing health, mental health, patient rights) in the Commission survey tools (Eurobarometer).

[Call for tenders]