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President's column: The future of public health in Europe: towards a more active partnership with WHO/EURO
R. Horst NoackPresident of EUPHA
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WHO's Eleventh General Programme of Work 2006–2015 to be decided in May 2006 concludes that ‘public health can no longer be considered separately from that of economics, trade, security, domestic and international policy-making, or any other field. Governments can no longer make domestic policies, bilateral or multilateral agreements on trade, agriculture, environment, or labour without considering the impact on the health and livelihood of their own people—and all people’.1 The programme identifies several major challenges: to close the gaps in social justice, responsibility and synergies, implementation, and knowledge. It proposes joint action among actors within and outside the conventional health sector, and in making the commitment to resolving those issues.
The programme of work outlines a global health agenda which includes the following 10 priority areas that follow up previous efforts2:
- — Ensure universal coverage and promote equity in health.
- — Build individual and global health security.
- — Promote
. . . [Full Text of this Article] - — Build individual and global health security.
EUPHA manager
Dineke Zeegers Paget
EUPHA manager
Galina Perfilieva
Regional Adviser, Health Sector Human Resources, Nata Menabde Director, Division of Country Support, WHO Regional Office for Europe