1. Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Committee (APIC), http://apic.cefic.org
2. Alliance for Regenerative Medicine (ARM), www.alliancerm.org
3. AnimalhealthEurope (previously known as IFAHEurope) www.animalhealtheurope.eu
4. Association of Clinical Research Organizations (ACRO), www.acrohealth.org

Countries are ranked on six key variables that support well-being: income, freedom, trust, healthy life expectancy, social support and generosity.

Ranking out of 153 countries worldwide

1. Academy of Allergology Clinical Immunology, http://www.eaaci.org/
2. Academy of Dermatology & Venereology, http://www.eadv.org/
3. Association of Senior Hospital Physicians, http://www.aemh.org/pages/home.html
4. Biomedical Alliance in Europe (BioMed Alliance) www.biomedeurope.org

1. Immediate fiscal impulse: Additional government spending (such as medical resources, keeping people employed, subsidizing SMEs, public investment) and foregone revenues (such as the cancellation of certain taxes and social security contributions). These types of measures immediately lead to deterioration of the budget balance without any direct compensation later.

Source: Euro Health Consumer Index 2018

Based on

1. Patient Right and Information
2. Accessibility
3. Outcomes
4. Range and reach of services
5. Prevention
6. Pharmaceuticals

Ranking

1. Austria: Federal Ministry of Health, http://www.bmg.gv.at/
2. Belgium: Sciensano, https://www.sciensano.be/en
3. Bulgaria : National Centre of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases,http://www.ncipd.org/

Author: Guy Verhofstadt, Member of the European Parliament

Source: Insee 26/03/2020

The rapid spread of the COVID-19 presents a severe test for democracies and for the European Union as an institution. And so far, it has been every nation for itself. For the European Union and the new team at its executive arm, the European Commission, led by Ursula von der Leyen, this pandemic is a challenge to her intention to have a “geopolitical commission. This is a major test for the European Union, with the virus piled on top of existing crises over migration and rule of law.