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SUMMARY:A Call for an EU Budget that Delivers for Health, Cancer, and Rare Diseases
DESCRIPTION: Cancer, childhood cancer and rare diseases remain a major public health threat across the European Union.\n \nEvery year, 2.7 million people are diagnosed with the disease, 1.28 million die from it, and an estimated €49 billion in productivity is lost to it. Childhood cancers, although all rare, remain a public health burden as the leading cause of death by disease in children over 1 year old in Europe, with over 6,000 lives lost annually. The European Union now has an opportunity to reduce this devastating impact over the coming decade.\n \n\nBuilding on the momentum of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan and growing parliamentary awareness of unmet needs in rare diseases, a cross-party coalition of European decision-makers gathered on the eve of World Cancer Day to send a clear message: the EU must continue to reach higher in the fight against cancer, childhood cancer and rare diseases.\n \nThe European Parliament Intergroup on Cancer and Rare Diseases published a position paper, a vital rallying cry, outlining political consensus on the future of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan and the need to preserve its legacy in the EU’s next long-term budget. This is Europe’s chance to lead the world in cancer care and control.  \n \nThe meeting took place on Tuesday, 3 February, between 10:00 and 11:30 CET, in Room 5E2. 
LOCATION: Room 5E2, European Parliament, , 
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