Health Citizens – European Research Institute

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  • AEQUITAS

    AEQUITAS

    Proposal: Preparation of the CSOs and public healthcare sector to address gender and racial biases that might arise from the wide usage of AI in order to protect and promote fundamental rights

    Implementation: 2025 to 2027

    Call:  CERV-2024-CHAR-LITI – Promote civil society organizations’ awareness of, capacity building and implementation of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

    Topic: CERV-2024-CHAR-LITI-CHARTER

    Type of Action: CERV-PJG – CERV Project Grants

    Proposed Budget:   1 061 761,00€

    Keywords: gender and racial biases, biomedical AI, EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

    Objective: The topic of the AEQUITAS project is the gender and racial biases that have been reported in biomedical AI and which can lead to misdiagnosis and mistreatment and how they pose a threat to the fundamental rights protected by the EU Charter. The aim of the project is 3-fold:

    – to increase the capacity of the CSOs and human rights organizations in educating the public, monitoring the biases and advocating for the protection of the fundamental rights especially regarding the biomedical AI;

    – to increase the knowledge of healthcare staff from public hospitals on the biases that biomedical AI can present due to the biased data from which they were fed and to help them approach and consult these AI systems with a critical mindset;

    – to develop an AI Regulatory Model that will be used by CSOs and public hospitals in their practices;

    – to develop a European network of CSOs and public hospitals that will collaborate and support each other in the effort to raise public’s awareness on the gender and racial biases of biomedical AI and on the applications of the EU Charter;

    – to raise awareness of the EU Charter of fundamental rights and its application in the AI era;

    – to develop and distribute policy recommendations in order to advocate for the need to regulate biomedical AI.

    Partners:

    • Innovation Hive – Kypseli Kainotomias
    • Kentro Ginaikeion Meleton Kai Ereyvnon Astiki Mi K
    • Universitat Zu Koln
    • Center for the Study of Democracy
    • C.I.P. Citizens in Power
    • Moterų Informacijos Centras Asociacija Mic
    • Lobby Europeo de Mujeres en Espana LEM España
    • TIA Formazione Internazionale Associazione APS
    • Health Citizens – European Institute
    • Technologiko Panepistimio Kyprou
    • Cyens Centre of Excellence
    • Edex – Educational Excellence Corporation Limited
    • Rite Research Institute for Technological Evolution 
    • Vucable
    • TotalEU Production

    Project Website: under development

  • Improving Health in Alzheimer’s Patients

    Improving Health in Alzheimer’s Patients

    Proposal: Adapted Physical Activity and Awareness Training to Improve Health in Alzheimer’s Patients and Their Entourage

    Proposed Implementation: 2024 to 2026

    Call: EU4H-2023-PJ – EU4H Action Grants 2023

    Topic: EU4H-2023-PJ-04

    Type of Action: EU4H-PJG – EU4H Project Grants

    Proposed Budget:    596 289,60€

    Keywords: Alzheimer, Physical Activity Practices, Physical Activity, Health, Inequality

    Objective: Dementia is one of the most significant public health concerns in the European Union with around 10 million people living with this condition. The prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease is expected to double in the next 30 years with the increase in the aging population. As a consequence, a part of the population will risk becoming dependent on carers and specific socio-medical services.

    As a result, this will increase health costs for the EU. The project’s overall objective is to contribute to prevent dependency, thus reducing the expenditure of the European healthcare system on Alzheimer disease and other neurological cognitive impairments by providing to patients who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer and/or dementia with adapted physical activity practices to help slow down the progress of the disease and manage their symptoms. 

    To achieve these objectives, actions will focus on people who have been diagnosed with dementia at a pre-symptomatic early stage and with MCI-minor cognitive impairment. First, this will be achieved through a person-centered physical activity programme with the support of functional ability training and guidelines for a healthier lifestyle. It will support 500 patients by means of 50 person-centered physical activity sessions over the course of one year across 3 European countries. 

    Second, the project aims to raise awareness on physical activity as a tool to manage neurological diseases and as a tool to prevent the progression of cognitive impairment symptoms (such as memory loss, problems communicating etc.) and to create an integrated care model for dementia patients with a 3-staged approach 1st test, 2nd evaluate and 3rd implement. The project will provide a sustainable model by constant evaluation process and sharing the results across the European member states. 

    Third, an online “Train the Trainer” programme will provide a foundation for further upskilling of health care practitioners, physical activity trainers and caregivers.

    Partners:

    • Fundacion Siel Bleu España
    • Health Citizens – European Institute
    • Siel Bleu Ireland
    • Sport Initiative et Loisir Bleu Association
    • Alzheimer Catalunya Fundació