Accessibility statement

This statement applies to content published on the domain:
https://healthcare-quality.jrc.ec.europa.eu/.

This website is managed by the Joint Research Centre (DG JRC). Cancer Screening, Diagnosis and Care consists of three similar main sections: ECIBC, ECICC and EC-CvC. It is designed to be used by as many people as possible, including people with disabilities.

You should be able to:

• zoom up to 200% without problems;
• navigate most of the website using just a keyboard;
• navigate most of the website using a modern screen reader and speech recognition software (on your computer or phone). 

This website is designed to comply with the technical standard for websites and mobile apps, EN 301 549, v.3.2.1. This closely follows level ‘AA’ of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1.

This website is partially compliant with technical standard EN 301 549 v.3.2.1 and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA. See ‘Non-accessible content’ for more details.

The website was last tested on 7.2.2024.

This statement was reviewed on 7.2.2024.

The statement is based on a review done by an automated tool https://wave.webaim.org, using a combination of manual and automated testing. 

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of the Cancer Screening, Diagnosis and Care website. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers:

• Email: jrc-cancer-policy-support@ec.europa.eu
• Address: European Commission - Joint Research Centre (JRC), Directorate F - Health and Food, Unit F.1 - Disease Prevention, Via E. Fermi 2749 - 21027 Ispra (VA) - Italy

We try to respond to feedback within 15 business days from the date of receipt of the enquiry by the responsible Commission department.

The Cancer Screening, Diagnosis and Care website is designed to be compatible with the following most used assistive technologies:

• the latest version of Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox and Apple Safari browsers;
•  in combination with the latest versions of JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver and TalkBack. We could not test the website with these tools, but the website is “designed to be compatible” with them.

The accessibility of the Cancer Screening, Diagnosis and Care website relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:

• HTML
• WAI-ARIA
• CSS
• JavaScript

Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of the Cancer Screening, Diagnosis and Care website, we are aware of some limitations, which we are working to fix. 

Below is a description of known limitations and potential solutions. Please contact us if you encounter an issue not listed below.

Known limitations for the Cancer Screening, Diagnosis and Care website: 

• some documents are in PDF or office format, their accessibility depends on the application used to open and read them.