EUROPEAN MULTIMEDIA HEALTH INFORMATION PLATFORM PROJECT LAUNCHED.

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The European Commission and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) launched the European Health Information Platform on February 2 in Brussels. The platform is a multimedia initiative which aims to set up a network of public broadcasters and other media across Europe, and foster the exchange of reports, including television documentaries, radio broadcasts and press and Internet articles on health issues. It is being co-financed with euro 1.4 million from the EU Public Health Programme, and managed by the EBU. It will run for an initial period of 15 months.

The project involves the main public service broadcasters in ten European countries. Reports will be offered free of rights to participating organisations. The bank of items is renewed continuously.

Broadcasters participating in the system will set the editorial line and...