Fundación Barcelona Salut

Health education and prevention

Fundación Barcelona Salut is a private nonprofit established in 2012 and dedicated to health education and prevention. Its three areas of focus are promoting healthy habits, sharing knowledge about health sciences, and research, with the stated goal of helping reduce the incidence of common diseases.

Activities and mission

The foundation works with medical and research professionals and develops projects to share health knowledge, educate the public, and make better use of available resources. Its goals include:

• Sharing information about healthy lifestyles.
• Promoting public understanding of health.
• Organizing study sessions and supporting publications and research in health sciences.
• Developing public-health projects.

Its objectives also include initiatives involving health care, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, food, medical technology, and information and communications technology.

Structure and registration

The foundation has a Scientific Committee, an Economic Council, and founding members. It is registered with the Directorate General for Law and Legal Entities under number 46804, dated December 23, 2012. Its activities are governed by Catalonia's Law 4/2008 of the Civil Code and Organic Law 1/2002 regulating the right of association.

Recent activities

The foundation's website describes joint meetings of its Scientific and Economic Councils, sessions on regulatory and tax compliance in the health sector organized with EY, and an award from the Spanish Red Cross recognizing years of collaboration.

Online presence and contact

Fundación Barcelona Salut is active on Facebook and X and has a video channel connected to its participation in TVE's “La Ciencia de la Salud” program. Contact: info@barcelonasalud.es, or use the form on its website.