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Information on successful projects of the previous and current programming period and interesting events.

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How to put a smile on mom's face? The pioneering Perinatal.cz project explores the female psyche during pregnancy and maternity

The National Institute of Mental Health and the "Smile of the Mum" NGO focused on the issue of women's mental health during pregnancy and motherhood. This is an area that has never been systematically addressed in the Czech Republic. The project carried out a study that could form the basis of a universal screening of the psyche of mothers and a system of help for mothers in need.

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The number of children and adolescents with mental health problems is increasing. VFN expands care

Expansion of the multidisciplinary team, improvement of outpatient care, play therapy, modern therapeutic and educational activities, construction and equipping of two unique therapeutic gardens or strengthening of parental awareness, this is how the further expansion of psychiatric care for adolescents looks like, which the General University Hospital (VFN) in Prague has undertaken as part of the project "Educational Therapeutic Center of the General University Hospital" at the Psychiatric Clinic. The project for adolescents for more than 14.5 million crowns is financed from the EEA Grants 2014-2021.

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EEA Grants support patient organisations - an important part of the health system

In mid-October, the Prague Patient Hub hosted a meeting of the beneficiaries of the call for projects aimed at supporting patient organisations, which was announced in the Health Programme. The EEA Grants have funded a total of 15 projects through this programme. Now it was time to share and exchange experiences.

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Thanks to bilateral initiatives, Czech organizations have established or deepened relations with Norwegian and Icelandic partners

Organization of seminars for the professional public, creation of joint analysis, improvement of mutual understanding, and often also agreements on ongoing cooperation and joint projects. These are the results of the so-called bilateral initiatives of the Health Programme supported by the EEA and Norway Grants. Their participants focused on sharing experiences, for example in the field of eating disorders, the involvement of peer consultants in care in acute psychiatric wards, or the availability of follow-up care for people with aphasia.

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The National Institute of Public Health aims at spreading awareness about the correct use of antibiotics with its new project supported by EEA and Norway Grants.

Antibiotics prescribed for the treatment of viral diseases, e. g. flu, excessive use of broad-spectrum antibiotics or insistence from the patient’s side to prescribe these drugs. This all leads to so-called antibiotic resistance, which causes over thirty thousand deaths in Europe each year, to grow. The project of the National Institute of Public Health supported by EEA and Norway Grants focused on patients’ and doctors’ education should help prevent the issue in the Czech Republic

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Comic stories describe the daily lives of people with mental illness

The effects of mental illness on man’s life and his surroundings are shown in comics, which were prepared by the representatives of FOKUS České Budějovice in partnership with FOKUS Tábor in previous period of EEA and Norway Grants. To increase their knowledge of the topic, they elaborated real stories of their clients.

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Norway grants focus on prevention in children (Supported by the EEA and Norway Grants 2009 - 2014)

Injuries are still one of the most common causes of children’s morbidity and death. That is why the prevention of injuries together with prevention of long-term impact of chronic diseases in children was a priority of funding from Norway grants in the last few years. Except big investment projects, the support was given to awareness raising activities run by NGOs.