This year, the Commission's initiatives in the realm of pharmaceuticals have been added to the issues covered by this competition, which are: cross-border healthcare, rare diseases, health workforce, patient safety, organ donation and transplantation, cancer, flu vaccination, prudent use of antibiotics, mental health, Alzheimer's disease and other dementias and childhood vaccination.
Konkursi teemadering, mis sel aastal hõlmab ka komisjoni ravimialaseid algatusi, on järgmine: piiriülesed tervishoiuteenused, haruldased haigused, tervishoiutöötajad, patsientide ohutus, elundidoonorlus ja -siirdamine, vähk, gripivastane vaktsineerimine, antibiootikumide ettevaatlik kasutamine, vaimne tervis, Alzheimeri tõbi ja muud dementsuse vormid ning laste vaktsineerimine.