2026
MARCH- EUROPEAN VASCULAR MONTH
(“EUVASCMONTH”)
Background
In 2014 VAS launched Campaigns, starting with “No more Vascular Amputations!”, followed by “No More Venous Ulcers!”.
To support them, “PAD&Vascular European Days” were also launched, the 3rd Wednesday to Friday of March, to extend awareness to the population .
22 Societies have been collaborating on the project.
8 Editions have been organized, everyone dedicated to a selected topic, with different results in different European countries. Open days in the hospitals, free vascular screening, conferences, distribution of materials in the squares, announcements in the Metro and during football games , dedicated T-shirts etc.
A limit was found in organizing all the activities during the same days, excluding other activities that would be fixed just on different dates.
The modest economic available support was also considered a limitation.
Even considering the limits, a very positive evaluation has been given of the action both by population and patients and by health local organizers, suggesting the action to be improved and enlarged in the future, making plans more ambitious but also more adherent to the real-life needs.
Why an European Vascular Month
- To continue on the way of the “PAD&Vascular European Days”, extending their relevance and dissemination and overcoming some highlighted limits.
- Extend to each expertise the chance to organise specific events and make it possible to enclose in the program events distributed during the whole month long.
- Enforce coordination and network
- Obtain a recognition of the Month
Every Expertise in one Month
The Month makes possible to every Institution/Department/Center/
Ambulatory/Organization to organize its own event focused on its major vascular expertise, including risk factors, under the lines and coordination of the Month.
It means that not just Centres working on all vascular diseases but also Centers working on a specific area will be able to participate, organizing a dedicated event , on any day of the Month, respecting the few, simple rules reported below.
No fix days, everyone is free to organize events under the umbrella of the Month.
As previously mentioned, every day is suitable for events; the overlapping is also welcome, covering different areas (geographical or of expertise). Every event must be communicated centrally and it will be reported and advertised in a common calendar (available and downloadable from the VAS web site).
Coordinated Calendar + Common Logo + Common Introduction
Simple common rules :
- VAS’s principles of correctness and transparency must be guaranteed by all the participants, under each participant’s responsibility
- Every event must report the common logo (see downloadable) with the couple of common lines introducing the European Vascular Month
- Every event must be centralized (just giving information of date , location ,local organizer and topic to VAS, in a dedicated email: events@vascularmedicinevas.net )
- Common materials have to be used , and new materials should be shared, all also kept for next years. Existing materials can be adapted, adding the requested part on point -b.
- Every Center/Organization can add its logo to the materials, respecting point-b. Translations of the common materials are welcome and have to be centralized, to be also available on the VAS website.
- Documentation (Photo, videos, newspaper and media information must be centralized as part of each final/local report) . A short template for reports will be available.
Adhesions
We will start asking for a renovation of the previous adhesion to “PAD&Vascular European Days” and invitation is open to all the Centres/National Societies/ Institutions/Civil society associations etc that want to contribute, being listed in the Organization Panel.
Launch of the Month
September 2025
Call for Voluntaries, creativity and participation
Physicians, Researchers, Docents, GPs, Nurses, Physiotherapists, Podiatrists, Pharmacists, Public Health . Students of Medicine and Health Professions, Citizens, Patients, Artists, Sport professionals, Journalists, Media, are invited to participate and to help in a growing project.
Link to other already existing Days/weeks
When the main Calendar is ready, we will also introduce a link to support other Days that are in different months, to enforce all the network (e.g. World Thrombosis Day, in October).
VAS Awareness Committee and a dedicated European Month Coordinating Team
VAS Committee and European Month Coordinating Team.
New representatives from countries, national societies, organizations, centres, etc and interested parties are welcome. If there are numerous applications per country, national teams will be created, with their representatives in the European Month Coordinating Team.
A dedicated connection will be given to Artists, Sport professionals and Journalists that decide to help the Month.
Further National Meetings
National Zoom meetings are suggested to discuss about national projects or to stimulate discussion and organization. Please just inform Coordination and see the previous suggestions for the participation in the European Month Coordinating Team.
Logo to be used in each flyer/event/information etc
List of the Collaborating Societies will be listed together with a couple of lines of presentation of the Month.
Logo Jpeg and QR to this page are attached.
If needed a shorter version:
Coordination mail address For all adhesions applications, communications, reports:
send (Title EUVASCMonth-+ content of your email (e.g. Adhesion or application, information…)to:
March - EUVASCMonth Calendar
Calendar in progress
Coming soon