Children’s right to health
Celebrating children’s rights through real action in the community World Children’s Day on 20 November is a global reminder that every child has the right to survive and thrive, including the right to health: easy access to quality healthcare, preventive services, safe environments and the information they need to lead healthy lives. This awareness day […]
Building Bridges in Digital Health Innovation: Data, Policy & People
On 17 November 2025, 4P-CAN Project coordinator Dr. Marius Geantă participated in the online event Building Bridges in Digital Health: Data, Policy & People, organised by SHINE 2Europe. With a total of 85 single participants in the two days, SHINE 2Europe and several key partners brought together European projects, organisations, and stakeholders to share experiences, align strategies, […]
4P-CAN launches the Health Festival: the first Living Lab events in rural Bulgaria
The Health Festival is the first event organised within the Bulgarian Living Lab, established by the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at Plovdiv University Paisii Hilendarski, in partnership with the 4P-CAN Project. The Centre’s team includes lecturers, researchers and medical experts. These initial Health Festival sessions mark the beginning of a series of activities within […]
The Art of Networks: visualising community data for cancer prevention
From 9–11 September 2025, the artistic exhibition The Art of Networks was hosted at the Living Lab in Lerești, Romania. The exhibition presented stories of the local community through artworks created from data collected from the people living in Lerești. The paintings highlighted how citizen engagement, community collaboration, and data sharing can help transform approaches […]
Why collaboration is key to cancer prevention in Europe
4P-CAN partners have united in a new publication titled ‘Characterizing stakeholders in cancer primary prevention in European countries: an exploration of challenges and opportunities using a penta-helix framework’, published in the journal Frontiers in Public Health. Cancer primary prevention has been widely recognised as a way to tackle preventable factors (e.g., smoking habits) associated with many cancer […]
Cancer Thematic Innovation Ecosystem – Prevention of Cancer in Remote Areas
On 11 June 2025, 4P-CAN Coordinator Marius Geantă participated in the Cancer Thematic Innovation Ecosystem (TIE), a live webinar led by 4P-CAN partner ECHAlliance. In a panel moderated by Andy Bleaden, all invited speakers could present and discuss the challenges and possible solutions to enhance cancer prevention in remote areas and how to tackle inequalities in […]
Talking about cancer prevention – a group study
Let’s talk about (cancer) prevention In May 2024, two focus groups were conducted at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies to explore young people’s perceptions of health education and cancer prevention. These discussions aimed to assess students’ awareness of health-related topics, their views on introducing health education in primary and secondary schools, and their attitudes […]
Press Release: 4P-CAN partners unite in Chișinău to drive adoption of cancer primary prevention measures in Central and Eastern Europe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLCo0vPgr4E&ab_channel=4P-CANProject PRESS RELEASE 4P-CAN 4th Consortium Meeting, Chișinău, Moldova – 31 March / 2 April 2025 The 4P-CAN consortium successfully concluded a meeting in Chișinău, hosted by the General Directorate of Medical and Social Assistance from the Municipality of Chișinău. The discussions brought together all partners, in-person and online, to assess progress and strategise future […]
The link between military-generated pollution and cancer
Authors: Viktor Semenov, Liliia Kriachkova, Dnipro State Medical University, Ukraine. Military actions impose serious short and long-term environmental impact on the territories where they unfold. War influences the environment in multiple direct and indirect ways, leading to contamination of air, water and soil. In the frame of the 4P-CAN project the team of researchers from […]
Building Synergies: EU Missions on Cancer and Climate-Neutral Cities
On Monday 14 April 2025, we had the pleasure of hosting a webinar with 4P-CAN Coordinator Dr. Marius Geantă and Grațian Mihăilescu, Member of Board EU Mission on Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities. The session was moderated by Federica Porcu. In this webinar, Dr. Marius Geantă presented the vision and progress of the EU Cancer Mission and […]
