Sometimes an article appears that really frustrates and annoys me. This is one!
Europe to double e-health research
19 Feb 2009
Viviane Reding today announced that the European Commission will double funding for e-health research over the next two years.
The European Commissioner for Information Society and Media said that over the next two years the Commission will invest €163m in e-health research. The funding will be channelled through its framework seven funding call.
Speaking by video link to the e- Health 2009 conference in Prague the Commissioner said the current economic crisis facing Europe had not deterred investment in e-health research but “put the long term benefits of e-health into sharp focus”.
More here:
http://ehealtheurope.net/news/4591/europe_to_double_e-health_research
The EU has invested heavily in e-Health research heavily over the last decade and a doubling shows just how it is valued and has apparently contributed to attract the additional funds.
This is quite a lot on money. 1 Euro is $A1.96397 so it is $A320 Million over 2 years. On a proportional basis (based on Nominal GDP) the figure would be $A20M+
I believe Australia would be very lucky to be spending that amount on dedicated e-health research from Government funds.
If so, this is another gap we should address. A doubling of what we are spending would be nice!
David.
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