K. whereas violence against women, children and young people encompasses all kinds of human rights violations, such as sexual abuse, rape, domestic violence, sexual assault and harassment, prostitution, people trafficking, violation of sexual and reproductive rights, violence against women and young people at work, violence against women, children and young people in conflict situations, violence against women, children and young people in prison or care institutions, and several harmful traditional practices such as genital mutilati ...[+++]on; whereas any one of these abuses can leave deep psychological scars, damage the physical and mental integrity of women, children and young people and in some instances even result in their death;

2. Calls on the Commission to mainstream the rights of the child when drafting EC legislative and non-legislative actions in both the EU’s internal and external policies and, in particular, to promote external projects and actions for combating child trafficking and violence against and sexual abuse of children, for eliminating child labour and the use of children in armed conflicts, and for actions to combat child poverty and to promote universal access to education and basic health services;

Aim: The health and well-being of young people should be supported, with a focus on the promotion of mental and sexual health, sport, physical activity and healthy life styles, as well as the prevention and treatment of injury, eating disorders, addictions and substance abuse.

With regard to the prevention of violence, including abuse and sexual exploitation perpetrated against children, young people and women and the protection of victims and groups at risk, the European Union can bring added value to the actions predominantly to be undertaken by Member States by the following means: the dissemination and exchange of information, experience and good practices; the promotion of an innovative approach; the joint establishment of priorities; the development of networking as appropriate; the selection of Community-wide projects including ...[+++] projects supporting free-phone child helplines and hotlines for missing and sexually exploited children; the motivation and mobilisation of all parties concerned; and Europe-wide awareness-raising campaigns against violence.

Projects enhancing sexual health of young people, and AIDS/HIV prevention in relation to young migrant and mobile populations were selected.

In 2012, the project RARECARENET (Information Network on Rare Cancers)[46], which built upon some of previous activities of the Project RARECARE (Surveillance of Rare Cancers in Europe)[47] which provided estimations for incidence, survival, prevalence and mortality for all rare cancers. The project aims (i) to provide updated indicators of rare cancer burden, (ii) to collect and disseminate information on the health care pathways for rare cancers, (iii) to identify the criteria for centres of expertise for rare cancers, (iv) to produce and disseminate information on diagnosis and management of rare cancers, (v) to develop a clinical dat ...[+++]abase on very rare cancers, (vi) to provide new knowledge on these diseases and their clinical management, and (vii) to develop and disseminate information for patients including a list of patients’ associations dedicated to rare cancers. In 2013, the European Expert Paediatric Oncology Reference Network for Diagnostics and Treatment (ExPO-r-NeT), to support the provision of healthcare to children and young people with cancer in a Member State other than the Member State of affiliation, when the expertise with certain cancer conditions is rare and case volume low, contributing to provide cross-border best care to rare childhood cancer populations.