The 2026 edition of the European Patients’ Rights Day (EPRD) will be dedicated to recognising personalised prevention as a human right – directly linked to the “Right to Preventive Measures”, the first principle stated in the European Charter of Patients’ Rights.
Drafted in 2002 by Active Citizenship Network and civic organisations from 12 EU countries, the Charter affirms every individual’s right to appropriate services to prevent illness through health education, vaccination, and early detection programmes. Today, that right is evolving to include access to genomic screening, digital risk assessment tools, and personalised health interventions.
The 2026 edition of EPRD will focus on:
- Opportunities, barriers, challenges, and enablers to personalised prevention
- How can EU institutions and national health systems ensure that personalised prevention is recognised and implemented as an enforceable right, and not a privilege?
- Engaging citizens and patients: from awareness to co-responsibility
- The role of the European Health Data Space (EHDS) in prevention
For more information, visit Active Citizenship Network's website.
