Non-communicable diseases share common risk factors such as smoking, pollution, alcohol consumption and unhealthy diets. However, all of these can be addressed by embracing a harm reduction approach. This webinar will look at how the EU Beating Cancer Plan can be a major opportunity to tackle non-communicable diseases by adopting a harm reduction strategy as a key part of it.
Programme:
15:00 | Opening Address by MEP Maria Spyraki
15:10 | Speakers’ presentations
- Christos Stylianides, former European Commissioner for Crisis Management
- Emma Calvert, Food Policy Officer at BEUC - The European Consumer Organisation
- Prof Hendrik Van Poppel, Adjunct Secretary General of the European Association of Urology (EUA)
- Konstantinos Poulas, Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Immunology, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras
15:40 | Q&A moderated by Spyros Pappas
16:15 | Event close
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