PL84 - Podlaskie
Regional website
Podlaskie Voivodeship Marshal's Office
https://rpo.wrotapodlasia.pl/en/
https://wrotapodlasia.pl/pl/zdrowie/
Population per km2 (2019) - 58
Regional Innovation Performance Group (2021) - Emerging
Background
The Podlaskie region is located in the north-east of Poland and has a population of 1.2 million. The leading scientific institutions in the region are the University of Bialystok, the Bialystok University of Technology, the Higher School of Economics in Bialystok and the Medical University of Bialystok. In recent years the region has begun to invest in the development of personalised medicine.
Regional Strategy for Research and Innovation for Smart Specialisation (RIS3)
Major initiatives
Center for Innovative Research in the Prevention of Civilization Diseases and Personalized
Center for Innovative Research in the Prevention of Civilization Diseases and Personalized
Alytus and Augustów councils - safe places for living and development of healthy family
Cross-border healthcare institutions’cooperation in terms of patient's rights and services’quality
Cooperation for Strengthening Cross-border Health System Capacity
"Improvement of public health care service - better well-being of patients"
Improvement of health care for children in Lithuanian and Polish border region
Diabetes as a silent epidemic - a program for the fight against diabetes in the cross-border area
Cross-border cooperation for healthy ageing and social wellbeing
Strengthening of cross-border cooperation towards aging and social services
Healthy mother and child - a pilot cross-border health care program
MODEL HEALTH CARE PROGRAM TO FIGHT OSTEOPOROSIS IN AREA OF POLISH-BELARUSIAN BORDERLAND
Memberships
European Regional and Local Health Authorities (EUREGHA)