"Poor oral health has a detrimental effect on youth’s quality of life, their performance at school and their success in later life. Youth who suffer from poor oral health are 12 times more likely to have restricted-activity days than those who do not. European Ministers have asserted that the needs of EU citizens must be the centre of attention in the development of high quality health related information services and that the widespread availability of high quality health information creates the potential for citizen empowerment. Empowerment as an educational process is designed to help people develop the knowledge, skills, attitudes and degree of self-awareness necessary to effectively assume responsibility for their health-related decisions and is a key element of health literacy. Health literacy is recognized as a critical component of high-quality health care. The goal of the Com4You was to develop a community-based learning model to enhance the health literacy of young population and to demonstrate how the implementation of the model can help improve knowledge, attitudes and behavior related to oral health and oral status and level of hygiene of young population, especially of underserved youth. The project also demonstrated how the goal can be achieved by largely mobilizing community resources. As good practice, the model was implemented and demonstrated in one of the Member States most affected by oral diseases among children, that is Romania. The main objectives were: 1. Supporting the implementation of Youth community-based oral health education initiative by:2. Providing understanding of oral health education tailored to the local conditions.The project partners are organized in a hierarchical structure, undertaking the main responsibilities in the public health within the project scope. At the top level, EU level, the European Dental Hygienists Federation (EDHF), responsible for the overall coordination and dissemination of the activities within the project, at the national level, the Institute of Public Health Bucharest (INSP), a specialized agency of the Ministry of Health, providing scientific, technical and methodological support to health policy-making, TES an ideal youth organization and AFRA a consulting company in the field of oral health education, at the academic level, Karolinska Institute, Sweden, one of Europe's largest and most prestigious medical universities, and the Medical University, Romania UMF ""Carol Davila"", the project coordinator, at local level DGSPC representing in the project youth from deprived groups. The project produced four Intellectual outputs developed in project's activities that are grouped in 6 work packages:WP1: Inventory of needs and requirements and Baseline data analysis.WP2: Development of curricula and educational and training material for target groups and stakeholdersWP3: Mobility and Training activities. Pilot study for oral health education of youthWP4: Dissemination of results, Exploitation and Sustainability WP5: Quality assuranceWP6: Project management, coordination and organization. The methodology for developing the YCBL model consisted in following phases: (1) identification of target groups and stakeholders, (2) creating networks and alliances and communication channels, (3) establishing the baseline report for each target group, (4) defining roles and contribution of stakeholders, (5) developing E&T material and information material, (6) pilot phase, evaluation and tracking the progress, (7) dissemination of outcomes, (8) evaluation and revision of the YCBL model, (9) Developing Guidelines for YCBL model implementation at national and regional/local levels. Results and outcomes, Tangible: (1) Database with the reference level, (2) YCBL model and YCBL implementation Guidelines, (3) Website, newsletters, publication materials, (4) YCBL Platform for communication and OER (5) E&T curricula and learning materials, (6) reports for each methodology phase, (7) Workshops and seminars for dissemination. (8) Demonstrated relationship between health literacy and oral health status. Intangible: (1) Enhanced knowledge and skills of children in oral health care, (2) Enhanced awareness and commitment of community for public oral health activities, (3) Improved participation of dental students to community activities. (4) Strengthened the links between national, academic and community institutions. Realized impact: (1) Oral health education was proposed to be introduced soon in the school education curriculum, part of integrated multiannual plan for oral health promotion, which was initiated by Ministry of Health and Romanian Presidency (2) Improved level of health literacy of young population, (3) Improved the enrolment in oral health education of deprived children, (4) Increased awareness on the contribution of community in oral health education.Long-term benifit: Improved oral health of youth."

Chronic infections represent a major cause of human cancer: on a global scale, they are responsible for an estimated 13% of human cancers. Helicobacter pylori (Hp), Hepatitis C virus (HCV), and Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) are responsible together for 75% of these cases, or 10% of total cancer burden [De Martel et al., 2020]. Occupation health surveillance is mandatory in all European countries: although the mechanisms of its implementation vary between the countries, these programs are in general aimed at diagnosing and preventing work-related diseases. Prevention of occupational cancers has therefore been a component of occupational health surveillance. In recent years, however, there has been a movement towards including in occupational health surveillance aspects of health promotion which are not occupational in a strict sense. This approach stems from several considerations: (i) the contact between the worker and the health professional in charge of the surveillance can be seen as a privileged opportunity for health promotion in general; (ii) through the worker, the health promotion initiative may reach other groups of the population; (iii) because of the periodic nature of the visits entailed by the occupational health surveillance, it is possible to efficiently implement follow-up mechanisms. The conceptual framework of the proposed research is based on the incorporation into on-going occupational surveillance schemes of primary prevention programs against infection with Hp, HCV and HPV. The overarching objectives of the proposed research are: - to conduct a series of pilot projects aimed at assessing the effectiveness (including cost-effectiveness) of incorporating primary prevention interventions against Hp, HCV and HPV into existing occupational surveillance systems in high-risk populations, including its impact beyond the workers directly involved in the pilot projects; - to identify barriers and bottlenecks for the implementation of such interventions. This action is part of the Cancer Mission cluster of projects on ‘Prevention and early detection'.

PANDEM-2 implements and demonstrates the most important novel concepts and IT systems to improve the capacity of European pandemic planning and response. Following the PANDEM project (with the same coordinator and many shared partners) and extensive subsequent stakeholder engagement, research and prioritisation, PANDEM-2 meets the real-world needs of public health agencies responsible for pandemics (‘pandemic managers’) and first responders across Europe. PANDEM-2 will enable and demonstrate the capture and integration of pandemic-relevant data from international systems (Go.Data outputs, EWRS, TESSy, etc.), participative surveillance (Influenzanet, Studybugs, etc.), fron laboratory (next generation sequencing) systems and from social media (Twitter, Reddit). This data will be accessible and can be analysed via an online dashboard, designed and built to support the specific needs of pandemic managers. Additional high-priority tools for pandemic spread prediction, visual analytics and resources management, including workforce capacity mapping, will improve preparedness and planning, and enable pandemic managers to be as well positioned as possible for a pandemic when it comes. In order to test the system, while also networking and building relationships across borders and organisations, pandemic managers and first responders from multiple Member States will work together in EU-wise demonstrations, planning and responding to several pandemic scenarios, from Ebola to SARS/MERS CoV, to pandemic influenza. Pandemic communications, highlighted as a key capability gap, will be addressed by resource creation, training and evaluation.