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ABOUT THE PROJECT
Welcome to Invest4Health, a Horizon Europe funded project!
We challenge traditional financing methods and transform how health promotion and disease prevention are financed through innovative strategies.
Explore our innovative approaches, including smart capacitating investment, social franchising, and new governance mechanisms with local communities to deliver socially equitable services. Join us on our exciting journey, and let’s view health as an investment rather than just a cost.
NEWS
27 June 2024
Comprehensive Training Programme For Decision and Policymakers
The Invest4Health team have presented a comprehensive training programme tailored for decision-makers and policymakers to equip them with the knowledge and tools necessary to implement Smart Capacitating Investment (SCI) models. These models are designed...
27 June 2024
Engaging citizens in financing preventative health: Introducing the Invest4Health CPAG Citizen Patient Advisory Group!
The Invest4Health consortia partners have committed to involve citizens and patients in the governance of the project by supporting the launch of the CPAG, Citizen Patient Advisory group. The CPAG consists of 12 individual participants, recruited from...
27 June 2024
Building Collaborative Advantage Through Smart Capacitating Investment
When Invest4Health started on January 2-23, the consortium was driven by a shared vision: to incentivise a shift from hospital-centric care to smart capacitating investment in health promotion and disease prevention at scale across multiple levels with...
27 June 2024
Invest4Health Embarks on Foresight Exercise for Future Health Financing
Invest4Health, an innovative initiative dedicated to transforming public health financing, is launching a foresight exercise to envision the future of health promotion and disease prevention financing by 2040. The need for a new approach to public health...
17 June 2024
Development of SCI-compatible financing methods - Milestones of Work Package 4
The current status of preventive public health and wellbeing interventions in Europe involves a combination of funding from public and private sources. On average, public spending on preventive care accounts for 2.8% of total health expenditure across...
03 May 2024
Testbed North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW): Addressing Ergonomic Challenges in the Home Office Environment
The evolution of working environments
In recent years, the landscape of everyday working life has undergone a remarkable transformation. With a rising number of employees seizing remote work opportunities, the traditional office setting has evolved....
12 February 2024
Citizen and Patient Involvement - Apply to be our Invest4Health Citizen Patient Advisory Group member
On behalf of the Invest4Health consortium, we seek to appoint individuals (citizens and patients) to a Citizen Patient Advisory Group (CPAG). Invest4Health, this 42-month EU-wide project running until 2027, is taking the first steps in designing and testing...
10 January 2024
I4H Newsletter - Issue 2
Dear Reader,
Welcome to the second edition of the Invest4Health project newsletter, where we mark a significant milestone – one year of progress.
The Invest4Health (I4H) Horizon Europe project, launched in January 2023, aims to renew health promotion...
13 December 2023
Team talks: Exploring perspectives with Invest4Health team members
Let us introduce our team, offering insights into the minds leading at Invest4Health. We’re launching a series of interviews featuring key team members. Join us as we uncover the stories, roles, and unique perspectives that bring the Invest4Health...
13 December 2023
Exploring the Invest4Health testbeds - Region Skåne, Sweden, focusing on tackling health inequalities in mental health and wellbeing amongst children
Building on knowledge and experience in social investments, Invest4Health aims to develop sustainable funding mechanisms that stimulate collaboration and incentivise investment within and across sectors while challenging traditional governance and funding...
TEST BEDS
13 June 2023
REGION SKÅNE
The testbed region of Skåne is the third most populous region of Sweden and covers an area of
11,303 km2. The capital of the county is the city of Malmö. Skåne is Sweden’s southern gate to the
world. Skåne’s geographical location provides with unique possibilities and facilitates both national and international collaborations and investments that involve actors in a myriad of fields, from traditional industries to research and innovation in areas such as life science, tech, AI, gaming and more. Region...
12 June 2023
WEST WALES
Hywel Dda University Health Board is representing West Wales among the testbeds in the Invest4health project. Hywel Dda University Health Board is one of the seven health boards that make up NHS Wales, the publicly funded National Health Service of Wales. Within Wales healthcare is devolved, meaning that responsibility for managing and delivering healthcare services lies with the Welsh Government. The Welsh Government can make decisions and set policies regarding healthcare in Wales.
12 June 2023
GALICIA
Galicia is a region located in north-west Spain, with autonomous government institutions in areas such as health and education. Geographic concentration is very low, with many sparsely populated rural areas. Population of Galicia is 2.7 million people, and is one of the most aged in Europe, a problem that is gradually worsening, reaching in 2022 an ageing index of 213,54 (214 citizens with more than 65 years for every 100 people with less than 16); within the elderly people, Galicia has a dependency...
12 June 2023
NORTH-RHEIN-WESTPHALIA
The testbed region of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) is the most populous state of Germany, with its capital at Düsseldorf. NRW is situated in the middle western part of Germany and shares borders with Belgium and the Netherlands. As one of 16 German states, it is organized in 5 District Authorities and 53 local public health departments. The region of North Rhine-Westphalia consists of several major cities, including Cologne, Dortmund, Essen, Duisburg, and Bonn. NRW's central location, well-connected...