The European Brain Council (EBC), in collaboration with Neurofibromatosis Patients United (NFPU), is pleased to launch the 'Rethinking Neurofibromatosis Type 1' project on the occasion of EBC's Rare Disease Day event, held on February 24th, 2026 in Brussels. Neurofibromatosis is a rare genetic disease, that includes three different diseases that affect over 250,000 people [...]
The European Brain Council (EBC), in collaboration with the Institute of Management of Scuola Superiore de Sant'Anna, is pleased to launch the 'Rethinking Myasthenia Gravis' Advocacy Paper on the occasion of EBC's Rare Disease Day event, held on February 24th, 2026 in Brussels. Rethinking Myasthenia Gravis (MG) is a research-driven project that will offer [...]
Brussels, 24 February 2026 – Today, the European Parliament Committee on Public Health (SANT) will hold a Public Hearing on ‘Brain health: Policy challenges and opportunities to manage neurological diseases’. Brain disorders, neurological and mental alike, represent one of the most pressing health challenges facing the European Union. At least one in three Europeans [...]
As part of Brain Awareness Week 2026, the European Brain Council (EBC) joins the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) and the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS), within the Brain Health Mission and the support of MEP Angelika Winzig (AT, EPP), to hold a Brain Health Day: Prevention, Policy, Progress on 18 March 2026. [...]
Following our successful Poland Country Profile launch in June 2025, we are pleased to release the second instalment in the Rethinking Schizophrenia Country Profiles series: This time for Denmark. On 8 December 2025, the Danish Brain Council and the European Brain Council convened a webinar titled "A Comprehensive, High-Quality Approach to the Treatment of [...]
From January 19-23, 2026, the European Brain Council (EBC) travelled to Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting in order to engage with global leaders and decision-makers. EBC seized this opportunity to advance brain health as a fundamental pillar of economic prosperity through a series of strategic events and sessions, particularly through [...]
January 2026 marks the official launch of the European Partnership for Brain Health (EP BrainHealth), following the two-year preparatory 'Coordination & Support Action (CSA) BrainHealth' project. EP BrainHealth is a major initiative involving over 55 partner institutions from more than 30 countries across Europe and beyond, co-funded by the European Commission. Launched in January [...]
The European Brain Council welcomes landmark commitment to integrated approach for NCDs and mental health. Last week, 175 UN Member States adopted the Political Declaration of the Fourth High-Level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) and Mental Health – the first declaration to address NCDs and mental health together through a fully integrated approach, and crucially, [...]
The European Brain Council (EBC) attended the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought ceremony yesterday at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, where the 2025 award was presented to Georgian journalist Mzia Amaglobeli and Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut. Established by the European Parliament in 1988 and named after Russian physicist and human rights advocate Andrei [...]
Introduction Following the recommendations set out in the Rethinking Schizophrenia Care Pathway in Europe study paper, the next phase of the project — Country Profiles: Beyond Mental Health – A Brain Health Approach to Schizophrenia Prevention and Care — will focus on an in-depth analysis of country-specific models of care. After a roundtable meeting in Poland on [...]
