Bulgaria
14th European country to join the #eHealth co-operation for data sharing to personalize health care
Bulgaria is the 14th country to sign the European Declaration on linking genomic databases across borders that will improve understanding and prevention of disease, allowing for more personalized treatments, in particular for rare diseases, cancer and brain related diseases.
The signature took place in Sofia at the Shaping Europe’s Digital Future conference that is dedicated to High-Performance Computing. The Declaration on linking genomic databases across borders is an agreement of co-operation between the countries that are committed to collaborate to provide secure and authorized access to national and regional banks of genetic and other health data.
Enhanced co-operation between member states will help to overcome lack of interoperability and fragmentation of initiatives across the EU, while guaranteeing highest European standards for personal data protection. This will also keep the EU at the forefront of personalized medicine globally, fostering scientific output and industrial competitiveness.
The Declaration was originally launched on 10 April 2018 during the Digital Day and signed by the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the UK.
Read more about European digital health initiative here and in this press release.
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