The platform health and labour awarded with a scholarship of € 6,000 for the best journalistic article on the social and labour impact of rheumatic diseases.

Madrid, February 2010. Continuous period open to participate in the I Prize journalistic health and work organized by the Abbott Foundation, Fundación Ramón Areces, the Spanish society of Rheumatology and the Spanish Forum of patients. This award aims to recognize the work of journalists and the media in the dissemination and approach to public opinion in rheumatic diseases and its consequences socio-labour. In this event, which was launched last October, they can participate articles and published reports, whether in print, online media, radio or television, during the period from October 8, 2009 and June 30, 2010.

The award is endowed with a scholarship of € 6,000 for the development of training activities in the journalistic field. That article or report that best reflected the social reality of rheumatic diseases will be awarded. Thus, articles should focus is knowledge of Spanish society about whole rheumatic diseases or any of their pathologies in particular, as well as the consequences in social and labour from this type of disease, both for those affected and their families.

The jury that will decide the award-winning work is headed by Jordi Sevilla, former Minister of public administrations and former Deputy in the Cortes Generales. Each author may present a maximum of five papers and accompanied by the corresponding translation should be submitted in Spanish or in official languages of the Spanish State.

To participate you must fill a form which can be found on the website of the Abbott Foundation, and accept the bases present in the form. Once registered on the web and accepted baselines, original works will be transmitted with a copy of the data requested in the form to the Secretariat of the prize.

Shipping will take place in the following way:

-Press: original format or in PDF
-online copy: in electronic
-audiovisual media: on DVD or CD media and be attached summary of the script in Spanish

Abbott Foundation about

The Abbott Foundation is a non-profit who was born with a clear vocation of service to the citizens, in line with the needs and demands of the national health system. Its activities are directed primarily to support the health authorities, health professionals and patients.

One of the main tasks of the Abbott Foundation is to promote the continuing education of health professionals, as well as the health education of the Spanish population and develop actions contributing to the improvement of our health, in dynamics of Exchange and collaboration with institutionsautonomous communities, institutions and public and private bodies committed to the same end.

About the Fundación Ramón Areces

The Fundación Ramón Areces is a private, non-profit institution created in 1976 with the broad objective of promoting the scientific and technical research in Spain, as well as education and culture in general, values that the institution considers fundamental engine of progress and modernity of the society. The institution carries out its activity throughout the national territory in the fields of the Sciences of life and matter, social sciences and Humanities, areas in which encourages scientific research, contributes to the formation of human capital, and disseminates knowledge.

About of the society Spanish of Rheumatology (be)

the Spanish Rheumatology society (be) is a scientific association which aims to promote the study of rheumatic diseases – diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue – for the benefit of patients and to address problems related to the specialty. SER currently represents nearly 1,500 professionals in Spain and maintains contact with regional societies of Rheumatology from across the country. SER develops work, studies and research projects in rheumatology and provides support to patients of rheumatic diseases through his relationship with associations comprising mainly patients as the LIRE (Rheumatology Spanish League), CONFEPAR (Confederation of patients Reumáticos)ConArtritis (national coordinator of arthritis) or the Spanish Forum of patients.

Spanish patient forum about

The Spanish Forum of patients is a constituted non-profit organization in December 2004 under the impetus of the Barcelona Declaration of the associations of patients and currently represents 1,040 associations and 685. 276 partners. The EFF aims to represent the fact of being patient, regardless of suffered the disease or condition, and the basis of which are patients, their families, carers and volunteers. The basic objective of the Spanish patients Forum is to promote the rights of patients and represent the voice of the patient in key decision-making bodies. To this end, the EFF has developed performance policies aimed at the gradual creation of partnerships of excellence with the agents of interest in the health and socio-sanitary field (professionals of the medicine, administrations, health authorities, scientific societies, universities, companies, industry). The integration of the EFF in the European Forum of patients, the impetus for creation of regional forums of patients, the development of an own political agenda, presence in more than 40 committees and commissions at the national, regional and European, the creation of the national day of the patient (October 20)the Organization of the Spanish Congress of patients have been the most outstanding achievements.