Subcommittee on Public Health

At the SANT meeting of 28 November, Teymur Noori, Expert on HIV at ECDC, presented an ECDC study on health-related quality of life among people living with HIV.

On 28 November 2023 members of the SANT committee by acclamation elected MEP Adam Jarubas (EPP, Poland) as its Chair.

On 7 November draft reports on Mental health and Non communicable diseases (NCDs) were voted in favor at the meeting of the ENVI committee.

In the period from 30 October to 1 November 2023, four Members of the Subcommittee for Public Health travelled for a mission to the United States.

At the SANT subcommittee meeting of 25 October, Dr. Isabelle Soerjomataram, Deputy Head of the cancer surveillance branch at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (WHO), presented the study on “Women, power, and cancer”. Presentation was followed by exchange of views on gender inequalities in healthcare, particularly in what concerns cancer.

On 25 October SANT held a hearing on ‘Tackling access to and security of supply of critical medicines’.