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An update on the European IMMEDIATE project, which explores the link between gut microbiota, inflammation, and stress in the context of digital health research. Giulia Candiani presents the apps developed by Zadig to support clinical research and data collection, as well as a clinical study focused on stress monitoring through wearable technology such as smartwatches. [...]
Tobacco use - responsible for more than 70,000 deaths each year in Italy and over eight million worldwide - must be regarded as a genuine epidemic that demands every effective means of intervention. The Alliance for a Tobacco-Free Italy invites everyone to endorse its Manifesto, which outlines scientifically proven measures to combat smoking, and denounces the inertia of governments that has allowed the tobacco industry to expand its market with misleading and harmful products. [...]
Working for peace is urgent, as the Pope’s very first words also made clear. On Tuesday, 13 May 2025, a meeting on how to promote a culture of peace was held in Rome and streamed live. The discussion was coordinated by Eva Benelli and introduced by Fiorella Leone. Participants included Maurizio Bonati, physician and essayist; Angelo Stefanini, volunteer physician with the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund; and Claudio Tosi, trainer. [...]
At the Live Closing Event on 30 April 2025, participants reviewed the eleven weeks of online training, which involved 102 inspectors, assessors and vigilance officers from across the European Union. The focus was on the new regulation on quality and safety in the application of substances of human origin (SoHO). [...]
Following the mixed reactions sparked by the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization, Eva Benelli discusses the WHO model as a whole with three experts—Maurizio Bonati, Marco Martuzzi, and Rodolfo Saracci—examining its future prospects and the possible transformations required by changing geopolitical conditions. [...]
The journal The Lancet has published an editorial that offers a precise critique of Trump’s executive orders and, at the same time, calls on the medical and scientific communities to resist and to uphold a vision of health that is inclusive, equitable, and grounded in solidarity. We fully share this position. [...]
The EU-MiCare project focuses on the mental health needs of migrants and refugees. It aims to develop an advanced, specialised training programme for mental health professionals and field workers, including volunteers, operating in culturally diverse settings. With the objectives of the first phase now completed, the project is working to make its tools available to professionals supporting migrants and refugees. [...]
Zadig’s Milan office hosted the Train the trainers event, a key milestone of the European EU-MiCare project dedicated to the mental health of migrants and refugees. [...]
or the “1 in 30-and you don’t know it” campaign, developed in collaboration with the Fondazione per la Ricerca sulla Fibrosi Cistica, ZADiG produced a series of videos in which parents of children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis - one of the most common serious genetic diseases, still without a definitive cure - share first-hand accounts of the impact of the condition on their lives. [...]
Zadig publishes the Italian edition of the WHO guidelines on ethics and governance of artificial intelligence for health.
A commitment to technological innovation that serves the health and well-being of all, with particular attention to the most vulnerable groups in society. [...]
UNICEF has released the first results of a service that reached young refugees and migrants, providing personalised psychosocial and mental health support. The European EU-MiCare project, in whose consortium Zadig participates, also focuses on training on mental health issues affecting refugees and migrants. [...]
Zadig presents its new app supporting clinical research and remote patient monitoring, developed for the European IMMEDIATE project. [...]
During the Live Closing Event held on 1 March, the first eleven weeks of training were reviewed. The programme involved 78 participants—inspectors, assessors and vigilance officers—from several European Union countries. The focus was on the new regulation on quality and safety in the application of substances of human origin (SoHO). [...]
Fathers who take care of their sons and daughters from the very first moments after birth, in a concrete and empathetic way: these are the cornerstones of the European 4E-PARENT project.
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Quale evoluzione hanno avuto le leggi per la tutela della gravidanza? Quali sono le linee guida delle società scientifiche? Come si definisce una gravidanza a basso rischio? [...]
The UPO Biobank is based on an inclusive and participatory model of the scientific community. [...]