Dear colleagues from the EUPHA-ECO section,

In the upcoming weeks, there will be several events prepared by the EUPHA-ECO section and it would be a pleasure if you could join us.

The EUPHA-ECO section will be chairing a webinar in the 22^nd September (14:00 – 15:30 CET) entitled “Economic burden of diseases: methodological pearls and pitfalls”. Don’t hesitate to bring your contributions and doubts on this interesting topic. You can register here to attend this free webinar with the following speakers and presentations:

Chairs:
João Vasco Santos (EUPHA Public Health Economics section)
Martin Dlouhy (Czech Society of Social Medicine and Health)

Presentations:

Alienor Lerouge (OECD)
“Estimating the burden of risk factors and diseases: the OECD microsimulation approach”

Martin Dlouhy (Czech Society of Social Medicine and Health Care Management / Prague University of Economics and Business
"Expenditure on Mental Health: macro and micro perspective studies from Czech Republic"

Marian Craig (Falcon Craig / HEDIC project) and Markus Schneider (BASYS / HEDIC project)
“Using an inclusive approach to measuring the economic burden of disease”

Filipa Landeiro (University of Oxford)
“Costing studies and large datasets”

Judit Simon (Medical University of Vienna / PECUNIA project)
“Methodological advances in multi-sectoral, multi-country economic analyses, the PECUNIA project”

EUPHA-ECO e-collection

Recently, an e-collection for the European Journal of Public Health was also produced by the EUPHA-ECO section alongside with the editorial entitled “Health, Public Health, and Health Economics”, which can be found here. It includes a discussion on the limits and contents of Public Health vs. Health Economics, also calling health economists to Public Health and to EUPHA.

EUPHA-ECO at EPH Conference

The 14th European Public Health Conference will also take place soon, from 10 – 12 November 2021, virtually and you can register here.

The EUPHA Public Health Economics section has been very active, having prepared 2 pre-conferences and 3 workshops

Pre-conference: ECON - Panel data econometrics: how to perform your analysis with R

Wed 10th 09:00-12:40 (pre-conference)
Organisers: EUPHA-ECO

Pre-conference: OBES - What simulation modelling of obesity can be offered to policymakers and practitioners? How can we improve its contribution?

Wed 10th 09:00-12:40 (pre-conference)
Organisers: EUPHA-ECO, Obesity Cobweb network

Workshop: The role of HTA for COVID-19 vaccines: present and future perspectives

Session 3.H on Thu 11th 09:00-10:00
Organisers: EUPHA-ECO, EUPHA-HTA, HTAi

Round table: Cross country COVID-19 policy learning: politics, arrangements and conditions for legitimate policy

Session 5.N on Thu 11th 13:50-14:50
Organisers: EUPHA-ECO, EUPHA-PHPP, EUPHA-PHMR, EUPHA-HIA

Workshop: Injury epidemiology, treatment, costs and legislation during the COVID-19 pandemic

Session 9.L on Fri 12th 11:30-12:30
Organisers: EUPHA-ECO, EUPHA-INJ, EUPHA-PHMR, EUPHA-EPI

Join the Network meeting

This year the Join the Network meeting will be on Thursday 11 November from 16:20 – 17:20 via Zoom.

Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87186487897?pwd=RUFXNHpkNXJLZFZUL2pzaWlkMlFIZz09
Access code is: 551498. Please do not share the link on social media!

We look forward to your participation in all these events! For further questions and suggestions please don’t hesitate to get in touch with me directly through my personal email (jvascosantos@gmail.com).

Kindest regards,

João Vasco Santos
EUPHA-ECO vice-president