9 Amendments of Biljana BORZAN related to 2017/2576(RSP)
Amendment 1 #
Citation 1
— having regard to the question to the Commission on HIV/AIDs, Tuberculosis and viral Hepatitis C (O-000000/2017 – B8- 0000/2017),
Amendment 7 #
Citation 9
— having regard to the outcome of the informal EU Health Ministers’' meeting held in Bratislava on 3-4 October 2016 where member States agreed on the support for the development of an integrated EU policy framework on HIV, tuberculosis and Hepatitis B and C,
Amendment 9 #
Citation 10
— having regard to the Commission Communication of 22 November 2016, entitled “"Next steps for a sustainable European future, encompassing the economic, social, environmental dimensions of sustainable development, as well as governance, within the EU and globally”3 ,"3, in which the European Commission states it will contribute by monitoring, reporting and reviewing progress towards Sustainable Development Goals in an EU context. _________________ 3 http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/sites/devco/fi les/communication-next-steps-sustainable- europe-20161122_en.pdf
Amendment 21 #
Recital G b (new)
G b. Whereas the Dublin Declaration on Partnership to fight HIV/ Aids in Europe and Central Asia was significant in establishing a harmonised monitoring framework in the EU and neighbouring countries, which allows monitoring progress in the fight against HIV;
Amendment 22 #
Recital G a (new)
G a. Whereas the WHO has identified injecting drug use as a major driver of the Hepatitis C epidemic in the European Region, with people who inject drugs (PWID) presenting the majority of new cases,
Amendment 34 #
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop a comprehensive EU Policy Framework addressing HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and viral Hepatitis C, bearing in mind the different situation and specific challenges of EU Member States and their neighbouring countries where the burden of HIV and MDR-TB is highest;
Amendment 39 #
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Council to play a strong political role in the dialogue with neighbouring countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, ensuring that plans for sustainable transition to domestic funding are in place, so that HIV, viral Hepatitis and TB programmes will be effective, continued and scaled up after the withdrawal of international donors’' support and to continue to work closely with those countries in ensuring they take the responsibility and ownership of HIV, viral hepatitis and TB responses;
Amendment 44 #
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on the European Commission to discuss with Member States and future Council Presidencies the possibility of updating the Dublin Declaration to include HIV, viral Hepatitis and TB on an equal footing;
Amendment 84 #
Paragraph 24
24. Emphasizes that the HCV infection can be cured, especially if it is detected and treated with the appropriate antiviral drug combinations, in particular points out that antiviral treatment can now cure over 90% of persons with HCV infection; emphasizes that viral HBV is preventable through vaccine and can be controlled in those who have it;