European and worldwide projects

Some examples of projects we execute with European and overseas partners:

MINDMAP:
We investigate the importance of the living environment for health and well-being through large European cross-city studies

SEFAC:
Proactive and self-empowering preventive programmes. For example, the aim of the Social Engagement Framework for Addressing the Chronic disease challenge (SEFAC) project is to reduce the burden of individuals with a chronic condition, and increase sustainability of the health system by supporting self-management.

The CanScreen-ECIS project.
This project aims to develop and pilot a new cancer screening data management system to be integrated into the existing European Cancer Information System (ECIS). The project is a collaboration with European experts involved in two other key projects on cancer screening data collection: the second European Screening Report (EUSR) and EU-TOPIA.

CANCER SURVEILLANCE:
We are the national evaluation unit for the Dutch screening programmes on breast, cervical and colorectal cancer, and we evaluate programmes in the EU, the US and worldwide. Guiding public health policies on screening, using predictions of the favourable and unfavourable effects and cost of screening, based on micro-simulation modelling (MISCAN). Examples include the United States guidelines for breast, colorectal and lung cancer screening.

EU-TOPIA: 
To improve health outcomes and equity of breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening programmes in ways that take full account of the different demographical, medical, political, economic and cultural contexts across Europe. We aim to do so by providing national, regional, and local policymakers with tools to evaluate and quantify their cancer screening programmes