UEG Digestive Health Month Highlights Opportunities to Advance Treatment and Prevention of Diseases - Thierry Ponchon, MD, PhD
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UEG Digestive Health Month Highlights Opportunities
to Advance Treatment and Prevention of Diseases
Thierry Ponchon, MD, PhD
Chair, Public Affairs Committee
United European Gastroenterology (UEG)
Lyon, France
The first United European Gastro-enterology
(UEG) Digestive Health
Month took place in May. It was held
to raise awareness of digestive health
conditions in Europe and to highlight
opportunities to help advance the
treatment and prevention of related
diseases.
Among the initiatives organized by
UEG were two successful events held
in the European Parliament in Brus-sels,
Belgium. The events were held
around the World Digestive Health
Day and hosted by Members of the
European Parliament (MEPs), AND
drew attention to digestive health
conditions, many of which are often
ignored.
The first was held on May 26.
UEG and MEP Pavel Poc (S&D,
Czech Republic) hosted a Prevention,
Promotion, and Screening debate in
cooperation with the Association of
European Cancer Leagues (ECL).
Stakeholders, including representa-tives
from the European Union (EU)
institutions and leading European
health organizations and health pro-
Panel Discussion at Prevention Promotion and Screening UEG Event in the European
Parliament.
UEG Digestive Health and Children Exhibi-tion
in the European Parliament.
fessionals, discussed best practices and
challenges concerning the promotion
of cancer screening in Europe with a
focus on digestive cancers.
The number of digestive cancer
patients is growing every year. It is
therefore essential to raise awareness
that not all EU Member States have
implemented digestive cancer screen-ing
programs. In France, for example,
despite a population based complete
screening roll-out, population uptake
remains low.
Besides the public, all relevant
stakeholders (including policy makers,
health care professionals, and pri-mary
doctors) have to be targeted by
awareness activities. In addition, the
support of patient associations and
politicians is required to enhance the
impact of screening programs all over
Europe. A comprehensive investment
in research is necessary, especially with
regard to the diagnosis and treatment
of pancreatic cancer.
Participants agreed to support
the sharing of best practices and
will endeavor to continue raising
awareness of the fact that screening
programs are not yet implemented
in all EU Member States. It was also
agreed that the potential for a Written
Declaration concerning pancreatic
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