scholarly journals Strengthening the EU’s Response Capacity to Health Emergencies: Insights from EU Crisis Management Mechanisms

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 808-820 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne-Laure BEAUSSIER ◽  
Lydie CABANE
Keyword(s):  
Crisis Management ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Electricity Sector ◽  
Banking Union ◽  
Border Health ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Health Threats ◽  
Response Capacity ◽  
Potential Applicability

What could a European Union (EU) response mechanism to health emergencies look like in the context of a more integrated Health Union? Despite an increased EU role in the preparedness, monitoring and coordination of health emergencies over the past two decades, Member States’ responses to the first wave of COVID-19 were surprisingly uncoordinated. In light of calls to improve cooperation regarding future health emergencies, this article discusses the creation of EU surveillance, preparedness and response mechanisms for health emergencies. Using insights from previous research and secondary literature, we highlight gaps in the existing serious cross-border health threats regulatory framework and discuss opportunities for further EU action. Based on a comparison with other EU crisis management mechanisms (the Banking Union, risk preparedness in the electricity sector and food safety), we discuss different crisis decision-making and coordination models and their potential applicability to the health sector. We then formulate several propositions to strengthen Decision 1082/2013/EU on serious cross-border health threats to streamline ex ante pandemic preparedness and organise emergency responses.

scholarly journals Tracing Individuals under the EU Regime on Serious, Cross-border Health Threats: An Appraisal of the System of Personal Data Protection

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 700-722 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrycja DĄBROWSKA-KŁOSIŃSKA
Keyword(s):  
Data Protection ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Border Health ◽  
Health Security ◽  
Personal Data Protection ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Health Threats ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Eu

AbstractThe article tackles the issue of personal data protection in case of tracing (looking for) individual persons who have been exposed to health risks pursuant to the EU Decision 1082/2013 on Serious, Cross-border Health Threats. This problem exemplifies just one among many challenges of the health-security nexus in the EU. That is, it regards a certain trade-off between the limitation of individual rights and securing populations’ safety. The text appraises the safeguards for the (lawful) limitation of the right to data protection after an in-depth examination of the provisions of the Health Threats Decision, its implementing measures, the reports on its operation, and in light of the general EU data protection laws. In conclusion, it claims that a number of improvements are needed because of the incompleteness, and the insufficient coherence and transparency of the EU regime for health threats. The established shortcomings are, at least in part, caused by the new EU “integrated approach” to health and security. In effect, an overall philosophy of reforms of public health policy in the name of “all-hazards security” applied in the Health Threats Decision can result in a reduction of the adequate level of protection of individuals’ personal data.

scholarly journals Stosowanie unijnych przepisów o transgranicznych zagrożeniach dla zdrowia a ochrona danych osobowych w UE

2017 ◽  
Vol 107 ◽  
pp. 53-81
Author(s):  
Patrycja Dąbrowska-Kłosińska
Keyword(s):  
Data Protection ◽  
Current System ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Border Health ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
The Us ◽  
Health Threats ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Eu

APPLYING THE RULES ON CROSS-BORDER THREATS TO HEALTH AND THE PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA IN THE EUThe paper concerns a possible conflict between the scope of data protection of individuals, including their medical data, and the necessity of preparing and reacting to serious cross-border health threats at the EU level, for example, to pandemics. The case-study of Mr Andrew Speaker, who was ordered not to leave the US by the US Centre for Disease Prevention and Control because of his TB infection, but was travelling through Europe in 2007, provides an illustration to problematic legal issues. The text presents EU regulatory tools which aim at preventing the spread of infectious diseases and other serious cross-border health threats as provided by Decision 1082/2013 and the relevant provisions ensuring data protection of individuals in this context. The objective of the extensive normative analysis of the current regulatory framework is an attempt at assessment whether the current system of EU rules can offer an effective protection of personal data when the provisions on pandemics’ prevention are applied.

scholarly journals The European Union Joint Procurement Agreement for cross-border health threats: what is the potential for this new mechanism of health system collaboration?

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natasha Azzopardi-Muscat ◽  
Peter Schroder-Bäck ◽  
Helmut Brand
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Health System ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Border Health ◽  
Security Of Supply ◽  
Administrative Burden ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Joint Procurement ◽  
Health Threats ◽  
Gradual Development

AbstractThe Joint Procurement Agreement (JPA) is an innovative instrument for multi-country procurement of medical countermeasures against cross-border health threats. This paper aims to assess its potential performance. A literature review was conducted to identify key features of successful joint procurement programmes. Documentary analysis and a key informants’ interview were carried out to analyse the European Union (EU) JPA. Ownership, equity, transparency, stable central financing, standardisation, flexibility and gradual development were identified as important prerequisites for successful establishment of multi-country joint procurement programmes in the literature while security of supply, favourable prices, reduction of operational costs and administrative burden and creation of professional expert networks were identified as desirable outcomes. The EU JPA appears to fulfil the criteria of ownership, transparency, equity, flexibility and gradual development. Standardisation is only partly fulfilled and central EU level financing is not provided. Security of supply is an important outcome for all EU Member States (MS). Price savings, reduction in administrative burden and creation of professional networks may be particularly attractive for the smaller MS. The JPA has the potential to increase health system collaboration and efficiency at EU level provided that the incentives for sustained commitment of larger MS are sufficiently attractive.

Development of a mechanism for the rapid risk assessment of cross-border chemical health threats

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte Hague ◽  
Rob Orford ◽  
Tom Gaulton ◽  
Eirian Thomas ◽  
Lisbeth Hall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Health Threats

scholarly journals Cross border health care in Europe

BMJ ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 318 (7192) ◽  
pp. 1157-1158 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Kanavos ◽  
M. McKee ◽  
T. Richards
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Border Health ◽  
Cross Border

scholarly journals Modelling Compliance Threats and Security Analysis of Cross Border Health Data Exchange

2019 ◽  
pp. 180-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mike Surridge ◽  
Ken Meacham ◽  
Juri Papay ◽  
Stephen C. Phillips ◽  
J. Brian Pickering ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Exchange ◽  
Security Analysis ◽  
Health Data ◽  
Border Health ◽  
Cross Border
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