HEROES will bring various organisations involved in preventive health care, health promotion and road safety together to exchange information on working methods and share good practices on awareness-rising about road traffic risks for adolescents and young adults.
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The ultimate objective of the project is to improve information and knowledge for the development of better public health and patient-centred healthcare systems across Europe, by supporting exchanges of information, experiences and good practice among patients’ organisations and other key stakeholders to encourage the meaningful involvement of patients’ organisations in EU supported health projects at EU level and at national level.
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The strategic objectives of this project include a regular monitoring of the web in respect of novel recreational drugs and prompt implementation of a technical database on novel recreational psychoactive compounds/combinations, with the resulting data being made available to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction’s (EMCDDA) early warning system for possible dissemination to selected health professionals and health agencies.
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