EU funds support raising health literacy in Slovenia

Government Office for Development and European Cohesion Policy, the Managing Authority for EU Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund, has issued a grant decision for the project Raising health literacy in Slovenia. The project is worth a good EUR 1.7 million. European Social Fund contribution stands at a little under EUR 1.4 million.  

The long-term and mail objective of the project is to ensure coordinated activities in raising the health literacy of patients with chronic diseases or conditions. The project will conduct a survey to assess health literacy, prepare an overview of the activities of the health system in this field and, based on the obtained results, develop a tool for raising health literacy. The project activities will involve health organisations, various experts and policy makers, NGOs, local communities, families and individuals.

For more information, please contact the Ministry of Health and the national Institute of Public Health.