11 Amendments of Enrico GASBARRA related to 2016/2096(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1
Citation 1
– having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 19 and Article 168 thereof, which lists ensuring ‘a high level of human health protection’ among the objectives of all EU policies;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission Green Paper entitled 'Improving the mental health of the population - Towards a strategy on mental health for the European Union' (COM(2005)0484),
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on governments of developing countries to mainstream gender in mental health policy, and to develop policies and programmes that address both the specific needs of women for mental health treatment and the social origins of psychological distress; strongly believes that better balance in gender roles and obligations, income security, access to education, labour market inclusion and integration, more effective measures to promote work-life balance, especially for single mothers, the development of social safety nets, and poverty reductionmeasures to tackle the dangers arising from poverty would further redress gender disparities in mental health;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the right to health is a fundamental human right and whereas mental health is an issue of crucial importance with a view to improving the quality of life of European citizens, fostering closer integration and social inclusion and ensuring economic and cultural development in the Union;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need to invest in global health research and development (R&D) to strengthen national health systems and to achieve universal healthcare coverage; regrets that the EU has not incorporated the principles of its global health policy into its innovation strategy; regrets also that there are no binding provisions in any of the mechanisms which ensure that Poverty- Related and Neglected Diseases (PRND) R&D funded through the EU will produce accessible, affordable, suitable and acceptable products for populations in resource-poor settings or for the most vulnerable and endangered categories, or that research data will be openly accessible;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes with concern that the increase in offshoring medicine testing to Africa may result in serious ethical violations and infringements of fundamental EU principles such as the right to health protection and healthcare; points out that not having access to affordable healthcare or health insurance gives vulnerable people, particularly women, no other choice than to participate in clinical trials in order to receive medical treatment;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas restrictions and budgetary cuts made by national governments in the area of public health also make access to health services more onerous and whereas, alongside physical health problems, mental health problems have a significant adverse impact on the EU economy;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas female migrants may additionally suffer from sometimes very serious medical conditions as a result of a lack of proper treatment in their countries of origin or face specific problems related to reproductive health such as complications with pregnancy and childbirth and genital mutilation, as well as a risk of exposure to (sexual) violence and abuse, or the consequences of, (sexual) violence, abuse or physical and psychological mistreatment;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas, because of a variety of factors, primarily concerning different gender roles and gender inequalities and discrimination, depression is approximately twice as prevalent among women as it is among men;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas male physical and psychological violence against women and its impacts on women’s health constitute a fundamental barrier to the achievement of gender equality and women’s full enjoyment of their freedoms guaranteed under some of the most fundamental human rights;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) to increase funding to foster research on the causes and possible treatments of endometriosis, as well as the drafting of clinical guidelines and the creation of reference centres; to promote information, prevention and awareness- raising campaigns on endometriosis, and to provide means for the training of specialised health professionals and for research initiatives;