Federico Palla - Italia
Abstract of the presentation
Integrating Traditional and Complementary Medicines into European Health Systems: The SALUS European Strategy 2025–2029
Branch: Other (Advocacy for Traditional Medicine)
The growing unsustainability of European healthcare systems — exacerbated by an aging population marked by increasing frailty and a general rise in non-communicable diseases — calls for an urgent paradigm shift: from a treatment-centered model to the active promotion of health. The SALUS European Strategy 2025–2029, developed by a European network of experts and stakeholders, proposes an innovative model that builds bridges between conventional medicine and traditional and complementary medicines (TEM, Ayurveda, TCM, Naturopathy, Bio-Natural Disciplines).
Through a transversal, holistic, and evidence-based approach, the strategy promotes healthy lifestyles, integrates health promotion into clinical pathways, experiments with innovative remuneration models linked to healthy longevity, and recognizes new professional roles such as the Health Promoter.
This presentation will illustrate how this integrated vision can not only improve citizens' health but also reinforce the economic, social, and environmental sustainability of European healthcare systems, contributing to the construction of a true Health Union.
Curriculum vitae
Doctor of Economics, he graduated in Social and Economic Disciplines at Bocconi University in Milan. He is project manager at the LUMEN International Foundation ETS, member of the LUMEN Network, a network dealing with lifestyles and eco-sustainability in Italy (https://lumen-network.it). Since 2019 he has been working alongside Milena Simeoni as coordinator of the European SALUS Network (www.salusnetwork.eu). Since 2021 he has been in charge of organising and managing the data of the "Randomised and controlled study on the effectiveness of Naturopathy in migraine prophylaxis" conducted by Dr. Eugenia Rota, director of the SC Neurology of the San Giacomo Hospital in Novi Ligure. Since 2012, he has been a member of LUMEN, one of the most prosperous and largest ecovillages in Italy (www.ecovillaggiolumen.it), whose social and volunteer projects he oversees, and whose growth and dissemination in other ecovillages in Italy and around the world he cultivates.
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