EHUi

European Health Union initiative

The European Health Union initiative (EHUi) calls for a strong European Health Union where no one is left behind, solidarity and security for all Europeans is strengthened, and environmental sustainability ensured.

Goals

A European Health Union will:

1. Strive for the health and wellbeing of all Europeans, with no one left behind; 
2. Strengthen solidarity within and among Member States, based on the principle of progressive universalism, providing support, including universal health coverage, for all, but with particular attention to the needs of those who are disadvantaged; 
3. Ensure environmental sustainability, by adopting the European Green Deal^[1] and prioritising measures to promote One Health, the concept that links our health with that of the animals and plants with which we share this planet;
4. Provide security for all Europeans, protecting them from the major threats to health and from the vulnerability that is created by living a precarious existence; 
5. Enable everyone’s voice to be heard, so that policies that affect their health are created with them and not for them.

Manifesto

The above mentioned goals are presented in the Manifesto for a European Health Union. The Manifesto advocates for a stronger European Health Union and suggests policies and other measures on how the goals can be achieved.

The Manifesto is explained further here.

The case for a European Health Union

Watch the video to learn where the call for a European Health Union initiative commenced in 2020.

Would you like to support the Initiative? Please sign the Manifesto and strengthen our call for a better EU role in health.

We, as European citizens, call on our political leaders, meeting in the European Council, to take the next step, to commit to creating a true European Health Union.