The European Commission is organizing the first EU Summit on Chronic Diseases this week. ECDA welcomes the Commission’s initiative to organize the Summit, which we hope to be a step towards an EU framework to allow the EU to make a significant impact in reaching the United Nations goal of a 25 percent reduction in premature mortality from chronic diseases by 2025. A comprehensive EU framework is crucial in order to successfully tackle chronic diseases and such a framework must be developed by 2017 in collaboration with all relevant stakeholders.

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