Activities of Roberta ANGELILLI related to 2012/2129(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Prevention of age-related diseases of women (short presentation)
Reports (1)
REPORT on prevention of age-related diseases of women PDF (212 KB) DOC (152 KB)
Amendments (34)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication on telemedicine for the benefit of patients, healthcare systems and society (COM(2008)689),
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
– having regard to Decision No 1350/2007/ECof the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 establishing a second programme of community action in the field of health (2008-2013),
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas women have a longer life expectancy than men (82.4 years for women as opposed to 76.4 for men);
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas women earn less than men (the average gender pay gap in the EU is 17.5%), a difference which also affects pensions;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas in rural areas private health care is harder to come by than in urban areas, particularly in view of the shortage of health professionals and hospital facilities, including emergency medical services;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas there are differences between men and women regarding the impact, progression and consequences of many disorders;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T a(new)
Recital T a(new)
Ta. whereas telemedicine can improve access to medical assistance unavailable in inaccessible areas and may improve the quality and frequency of the specialist medical care required by certain elderly people, given their particular state of health;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T b (new)
Recital T b (new)
Tb. whereas investments in research and innovation are essential to maintain a high quality of life making it possible to meet the major challenge of growing old;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital U
Recital U
U. whereas prevention, early detection, and improvement of the population’s physical and mental health could lengthen life expectancy, increase years of life in good health and reduce health care expenditure, thus making for sustainability in the long term;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital U a (new)
Recital U a (new)
Ua. whereas health literacy is necessary to enable the public to navigate complex health systems and gain better understanding of what they themselves can do throughout their lives to prevent age-related disorders;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital W
Recital W
W. whereas women make greater use of medicines and herbal remedies, with the consequent risks of interactionside- effects;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital X
Recital X
X. whereas many women use oral contrduring their lives women undergo many hormonal changes and take pharmaceputives while thecals specifically are of fertile age and then move on to hormone replacement therapy duringlated to their age in terms of fertility and the menopause;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Supports initiatives to achieve more effective prevention of illnesses and improvement of health among the elderly and to help them remain independent;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Council to publish a report on the measures taken by Member States in support of active ageing and on their impact with a view to identifying best practice and determining what action might be taken in the future at European level;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Points out that heart diseasemany disorders are often underestimated where women are concerned becausfor example theyart diseases which are considered to be a male problem; regrets that many women’s heart attacks go undiagnosed because the symptoms are generally different from those occurring in men; stresses also that treatment should take into account specific gender-related biological differences;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States to carry out public information campaigns targeted at women and aimed at raising awareness of the risk factors involved in cardiovascular diseases and to implement specialised in- service training programmes for health professionals;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to encourage initiatives to promote better cardiovascular health, not least with the aid of the necessary information on the risks associated with smoking and drinking and on the benefits of a proper diet and sufficient exercise, these being ways to prevent obesity, high blood pressure, and the related complications;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Urges the Commission to focus on young people in particular regarding the forthcoming review of Directive 2001/37/EC on the approximation of the laws regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to draw up and implement a specific EU strategy in the form of a Council recommendation on the prevention, diagnosis, and management of diabetes, also covering information and research, including specifically gender- related issues;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Member States to organise specific training courses for general practitioners and mental health professionals, including doctors, psychologists, and nurses, on the prevention and treatment of depressive disorders, taking account of specific gender-related issues;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Member States to support the initiatives needed to help older women to gain access to medical and health services, regardless of their personal economic circumstances, laying emphasis on individualised assistance, including home care, and telemedicine, in so far as it can improve the quality of life of those suffering from chronic diseases and help cut waiting lists;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to collect data and exchange good practices serving to identify good practice regarding access to health services, not least with a view to avoiding excessively long waiting lists and the red tape that discourages older women from using prevention systems;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to intensify its efforts to disseminate an EU-wide culture of prevention through specificand on Member States to step up information and awareness campaigns aimed at schools, workplaces, and centres for the elderly, drawing on the cooperation of professionals, local authorities, and NGOs;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a(new)
Paragraph 18 a(new)
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Calls for the development in the context of Horizon 2020 of a strategic plan of research into health care for women over the next decade and the creation of a women's health research institute to ensure implementation thereof;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Supports the European innovation partnership on active and healthy ageing as a pilot initiative seeking to achieve a two- year increase in expectancy of life in good health for EU citizens by 2020 and resolves to achieve three objectives for Europe in terms of improving standards of health and quality of life for the elderly and the sustainability and effectiveness of care arrangements,
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 d (new)
Paragraph 18 d (new)
18d. Welcomes projects and initiatives nutrition and lifestyle (EATWELL project, EU Platform on Diet, Physical Activity and Health Salt Reduction Framework), and the European partnership for action against cancer;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 e (new)
Paragraph 18 e (new)
18e. Stresses that all objectives and actions under the second EU programme of action regarding health should help increase understanding and acceptance of the different needs of men and women and corresponding approaches to health issues;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Welcomes the Commission proposal concerning a cohesion policy package (2014-2020) identifying active and healthy ageing and innovation amongst its investment priorities;;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Regrets the fact that 97% of health budgets is earmarked for the treatment of non-communicable diseases and only 3% for investment in prevention at a time when the cost of therapies and diagnosis is continuing to risereating and managing non- communicable diseases is increasing dramatically owing to the wider availability of diagnostics and treatments;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Commission to launchcontinue to support specific awareness campaigns focusing on correct nutrition and the importance of physical exercise, given that these can help reduce the incidence of heart and circulatory disorders, osteoporosis, and some types of cancer;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission to consult with the Council with a view to reactivating, and giving proper effect to, the recommendation on cancer screening; focused on sections of the population who are disadvantaged in social and economic terms, with a view to reducing health disparities; calls on Member States which have not yet done so to implement the recommendation in accordance with the European quality assurance guidelines;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Commission to lower the agand the Council to adapt the limit for screening programmes, at least in countries with a higher incidence of disease and in cases where patients’ family history puts them particularly at risk, and also to include older women in such programmes, bearing in mind their longer life expectancy;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls on the Member States to intensify clinical research on women and believes that the recent proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning clinical trials on medicinal products for human use repealing Directive 2001/20/EC shcould be revised with that end in view;