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17th European country to join #eHealth co-operation for personalised health care
Croatia has become the 17thEU country to sign the European Declaration on linking genomic databases across borders that will improve understanding and prevention of diseases, allowing for more personalised treatments, in particular for rare diseases, cancer and brain related diseases.
The signature took place in Brussels during a kick-off meeting to launch the implementation of the Declaration. The Declaration is an agreement of co-operation between the countries that want to provide secure and authorized cross-border access to national and regional banks of genetic and other health data, in accordance with all EU data protection rules.
This eHealth initiative will also keep the EU at the forefront of personalised medicine globally, fostering scientific output and industrial competitiveness. The Declaration was originally launched on 10 April 2018 during the Digital Day and has been since then signed by Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the UK.
Read more about European digital health initiative here and in the recent press release.
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