Activities of Arne GERICKE related to 2014/2204(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Ebola crisis: long-term lessons (A8-0281/2015 - Charles Goerens) DE
Ebola crisis: long-term lessons (debate) DE
Amendments (6)
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas mother and child health has been protected in combatting Ebola by polio workers assisting in the emergency response in Nigeria; in Nigeria the Ebola virus was brought under control in part due to replication of the emergency operation centres set up to fight polio;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas European emergency aid in the case of the Ebola pandemic could have been better on account of the lack of rapid technical assistance on the ground, the unwillingness of the Member States to cooperate and inadequate central EU coordination;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that the negative effect - amplified in rural areas in particular - of disintegrating health systems on maternal health is of major concern, given the declining availability of beds, lack of trained staff and the risk that (future) mothers will refrain from going to hospitals when necessary; emphasises that the same negative perceptions keep patients at home in the hands of female caregivers;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the need for innovative, mobile systems to guarantee care in urban and rural areas throughout the region and calls for specific funding for the training and employment of nurses, community health workers and midwives by the EU;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Emphasises the valuable and effective work carried out by international aid organisations and the development of decentralised project funding locally, which will enable better provision for women and girls in particular and provide them with employment prospects in the region through decentralised training structures, which at the same time will prevent the medical brain drain from the areas affected;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the European Commission and researchers in the pharmaceuticals industry to concentrate their research and the funding provided through HORIZON 2020 not only on the needs of the wealthy regions of the world but also to bring the concerns of the emerging nations into focus, giving particular attention to women, pregnant women and children, in order ultimately to offer developing countries affordable medicines for the diseases that affect them.