EURO HEALTH Podcast
EURO HEALTH Podcast
Philippe Roux: Europe on the path to beating cancer
For this episode of the Euro Health Podcast, we had the honour of welcoming Philippe Roux, Acting Director for ‘Public Health, Cancer and Health Security’ Unit, and Head of Unit for ‘Cancer, Health in all Policies’ at the European Commission Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE), to have a conversation around the EU’s response to cancer.
In the past five years, the fight against cancer has been highly prioritised by the European institutions: both the European Commission and the European Parliament published ambitious initiatives for prevention and treatment. Philippe Roux is in charge of coordinating actions to tackle cancer in the European Commission, including the comprehensive Europe Beating Cancer Plan (EBCP), one of the key initiatives of the Commission in the area of health. One objective: fighting a disease that affects millions of Europeans through the promotion of healthy lifestyles, innovations in treatment, and improved accessibility to diagnosis and quality care.
We asked Philippe Roux to walk us through some of the most important initiatives contained in the Plan, from the improvement of health literacy to the reduction of risky behaviours. What were the biggest achievements reached so far? How are the European institutions working together towards this common goal, and what is the role of the Member States? How is the Commission responding to the suggestions and requests of citizens, collected during the public consultations? Listen to the episode to learn it and much more!
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Our guest for today, Philippe Roux, is a civil servant with decades-long experience in health policy. He started his career in the French social sector in the 80s, after which he worked in the European Commission in support of the development of the EU initiatives related to drug prevention. He later joined the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addictions (EMCDDA), where he contributed to the development of the framework and tools for the evaluation of the EU action plans on drugs.
His experience in the Directorate-General for Health (DG SANTE) in the European Commission started the Nutrition and Physical Activity team of on the coordination of the European Platform on Diet, Physical Activity and Health. He became Head of Unit for ‘Cancer, Health in all Policies’ shortly after the publication of the Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan, in 2022, with the responsibility to implement policies and organise activities to achieve the objectives of the Plan. He later became Acting Director for ‘Public Health, Cancer and Health Security’.
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Euro Health Podcast focuses on European health policy by giving voice to leading experts. Our goal is to contribute to the debate on better healthcare in Europe, from a policy and a scientific perspective. The podcast is hosted by Jiří Svoboda.
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