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Embedding patient safety into pandemic preparedness

On 17 September, World Patient Safety Day draws attention to avoidable harm in healthcare and the actions needed to prevent it. In 2026, the World Health Organization campaign focuses on safe care for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), under the slogan “Safe care for life!” The theme is especially relevant to people whose long-term conditions require continuous …

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EU-SyndAct: advancing patient-centred platform trials for respiratory infections

Since the beginning of the PROACT EU-Response project, the protocol writing committee, composed of representatives of 26 project partners, including the European Patients’ Forum, has been working on the development of the protocol for the European Syndromic Adaptive Clinical Trial (EU-SyndAct). This article introduces EU-SyndAct and explores how it fosters patient-centric research through innovative trial …

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