EU Health Ministers meeting focuses on response to Ebola

The Health Ministers exchanged views on possible ways to support affected areas in Africa, prevent transmission of the disease to neighboring countries and further prepare Member States to deal with any incidents in the EU, an official press release said.

On the agenda of the first day of the informal meeting were also pain therapy and palliative care and therapeutic innovation for the benefit of patients.

The press release said that the discussion revealed a consensus among the Ministers on the need to strengthen efforts for easy access of patients to innovative therapies, an action that would help small member states, Cyprus Health Minister Philippos Patsalis noted.