News

On September 29th, the Prevention in Action (PIA) Project joined forces with the Portuguese Cardiology Foundation to support the “Solidarity Walk for the Heart” in Coimbra, Portugal. This non-competitive event, open to all ages, was held in solidarity to mark World Heart Day and brought the community together to promote cardiovascular health. Participants were invited…

The PIA Project keeps moving forward with great energy. Our teams remain active, motivated, and fully committed to developing and strengthening our Sudden Death Prevention Programme. Much work continues to progress, and each step brings us closer to creating safer communities through improved prevention, awareness, and education.

We are excited to launch new activities and strengthen ongoing initiatives. Recently, Željko Malic, Senior Officer for First Aid at the Slovenian Red Cross (SRC), presented the PiA Project to more than 30 secretaries from SRC’s local branches. During the session, he highlighted the project’s main goals and objectives, including the implementation of pilot groups…

Guidelines for Sudden Death Prevention Programme The consortium has successfully completed and submitted its firstmilestone: the “Guidelines for the Development of the Sudden DeathPrevention Programme.” This milestone reflects a strong collaborative effort involving national andinternational stakeholders from all five Red Cross National Societies —Portugal, Spain, Italy, Slovenia, and Hungary — working together to build astructured…

Today is hashtag#WorldPhysicalActivityDay!Do you know that sedentary lifestyle is related to higher cardiovascular mortality risk, specially in women?⚠️So put hashtag#PreventionInAction and move yourself! 🤸‍♀️A recent study published in the scientific journal [insert name of journal], revealed concerning findings about the effects of sedentary time on cardiovascular health, especially in older women. The study, conducted with…

Brings Together Consortium Partners to Advance Sudden Death Prevention PIA project continues to move forward with impactfulinitiatives. On March 20th, the 1st International Focus Groupwas held at ESSNorteCVP (Portugal), gathering 12 stakeholdersrepresenting all partner organizations from the projectconsortium: Portuguese Red Cross, Hungarian Red Cross,Slovenian Red Cross, Spanish Red Cross, and Italian Red Cross. This session…

On April 2nd, PIA Project launched the #ForMyHealth campaign — a creative and personal way to introduce the project consortium while inspiring healthier lifestyles across Europe. To kick off the campaign, each national team recorded a short video to introduce themselves. But with a twist: each person shared one thing they personally do for their…

Hungary and Slovenia On March 14th, Prevention In Action project launched its firstNational Focus Groups in Hungary and Slovenia, marking animportant step in understanding how young people engagewith health education. These Focus Groups aim to conduct an exploratory anddiagnostic analysis to assess the knowledge, needs, andpreferences of the target audience — children and adolescentsaged 10…

The Initial Conference of the Prevention In Action project, fundedby EU4Health programme, successfully took place on February22nd in Rome, Italy, bringing together health professionals,researchers, policymakers, and other stakeholders to exploreinnovative strategies to prevent and manageNon-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), with a special focus oncardiovascular diseases and diabetes. Coordinated by Portuguese Red Cross, the project bringstogether Red Cross…

We announce that the 1st Kick-Off meeting of the “Prevention In Action” Project took place on December 11, 2023, marking the official start of our project, co-funded by the EU4Health Program, focused on the prevention NCDs -cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. The event was attended by representatives from the Portuguese Red Cross, Spanish Red Cross, Italian…