The European Journal of Public Health

The European Journal of Public Health 2007 17(6):664-668; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckm116

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President's column: The reorganization of EUPHA

John-Paul Vader

EUPHA President 2006–2007

Ilmo Keskimäki

EUPHA President 2007–2008

Walter Ricciardi

Chair Past Presidents Committee

In the past years, EUPHA has grown from a small organization to a large and influential public health association in Europe. This process of growth has been implemented slowly:

• More members were accepted into EUPHA;
  
• The conferences increased in size of the programme and of participants;
  
• The EJPH was further developed;
  
• The role of the EUPHA sections was expanded;
  
• A permanent EUPHA office was established.
  

The increase in activities is having an impact on the organization of EUPHA and the responsibilities of the different EUPHA bodies. Also, the constitution and by-laws of EUPHA no longer reflect the practical running of EUPHA. Under the leadership of the Committee of Past presidents, a proposal to reorganize EUPHA was elaborated. This proposal has been unanimously accepted by the EUPHA Governing Council on 11 October 2007. We take this opportunity to present you with the new structure of EUPHA.

There will be two membership categories in the future. Regular members (National Public Health Associations) and associate members (individual members, institutional members and the old definition of associate members).

The former Governing Council will be split into two bodies: the Members’ Forum and the Governing Board. The Members’ Forum is the most complete body of EUPHA. Its goal is the active information exchange and a platform for discussion between decisional and executive organs/persons in EUPHA. It is where our members (all members) can interact with all the executive bodies of EUPHA. The Governing Board is the decisional body of EUPHA and responsible for the management of EUPHA. The Governing Board will be smaller than the current Governing Council as only one representative per country will be included and only regular members can be represented.

The Executive Council of EUPHA is responsible for the co-ordination and implementation of all EUPHA activities, as accepted by the Governing Board (GB). This includes:

• Advice to the GB for the development of mid- and long-term strategy of EUPHA;
  
• General acquisition for EUPHA;
  
• The initiation of projects where EUPHA is a partner or initiator;
  
• The EUPHA conferences;
  
• The EUPHA sections;
  
• The European Journal of Public Health.
  

To organize these activities, three councils are set up: the conferences council (responsible for the organization of conferences), the sections council (responsible for the EUPHA sections) and the EJPH council. All activities are supported by EUPHA office. The Past Presidents Committee will remain as an advisory body to all EUPHA activities.

In 2008, all EUPHA bodies will be involved in planning the details for the reorganization and setting up the rules for all the bodies. This work will be a priority for EUPHA next year and will culminate in the acceptance of the new constitution in November 2008.

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EUPHA office column

Dineke Zeegers Paget

EUPHA general manager

As this is the last column for 2007, I am pleased to provide you with a short overview of our 2007 accomplishments.

	Four new members

Top Four new members A successful 2007 conference Very active sections EUPHA involvement in projects WWW.EUPHA.ORG Important deadlines Member associations Cyprus Greece Greece Israel Moldova Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Scientific Institute of Public... STAKES - National Research... Ecole Nationale de la... Technische Universitat Dresden,... Institute of Public Health... Universita Catolica del Sacro... University of Siena, Department... Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) NIVEL - Netherlands Institute... National Institute for Public... Norwegian Institute of Public... International Union for Health... Association of Schools of... European Healthcare Management... European Association for... European Forum for Primary... European Dental Public Health... References

 
On the EUPHA member front, we have some good news: the Executive Council accepted two individual members from Uzbekistan (Dr Ahmedov and Dr Azimov) and the European Forum for Primary Care and the European Dental Public Health Association as associate members. We are also negotiating with the UEMS—section for public health and the European Society for Quality in Health Care (ESQH) to become an associate member of EUPHA. These new members now bring the total of our members to 63 from 40 European countries. You can find the 2007–2008 membership list on the following pages.

	A successful 2007 conference

Top Four new members A successful 2007 conference Very active sections EUPHA involvement in projects WWW.EUPHA.ORG Important deadlines Member associations Cyprus Greece Greece Israel Moldova Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Scientific Institute of Public... STAKES - National Research... Ecole Nationale de la... Technische Universitat Dresden,... Institute of Public Health... Universita Catolica del Sacro... University of Siena, Department... Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) NIVEL - Netherlands Institute... National Institute for Public... Norwegian Institute of Public... International Union for Health... Association of Schools of... European Healthcare Management... European Association for... European Forum for Primary... European Dental Public Health... References

 
It is my pleasure to report on the successful conference in Helsinki, Finland. The conference was organized from 10 to 13 October in the Finlandia Hall in Helsinki. The conference was well attended with more than 900 participants. The EUPHA conferences are a result of an intensive collaboration between EUPHA office and the local organizers and we are pleased that the collaboration was smooth. We thank the local organizing team, especially Ilmo Keskimäki, Hannamaria Kuusio, Merja Paimensaari and Mika Gissler, for their excellent job.

The programme was more than packed. We had numerous pre-conference activities, including the Nordic Conference in Social Medicine and Public Health. In the lunch break and poster session on Friday, there were several extra meetings organized by our partners (WHO/EURO, European Commission, Center for Diseases Control, etc.) as well as the annual meetings of our sections. The packed programme shows both the success of EUPHA conferences for networking and information exchange, as well as the difficulty of setting up a programme, which allows enough time for all presentations and activities. Already for next year, we are trying to organize more space in the programme by organizing 7 times parallel sessions.

	Very active sections

Top Four new members A successful 2007 conference Very active sections EUPHA involvement in projects WWW.EUPHA.ORG Important deadlines Member associations Cyprus Greece Greece Israel Moldova Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Scientific Institute of Public... STAKES - National Research... Ecole Nationale de la... Technische Universitat Dresden,... Institute of Public Health... Universita Catolica del Sacro... University of Siena, Department... Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) NIVEL - Netherlands Institute... National Institute for Public... Norwegian Institute of Public... International Union for Health... Association of Schools of... European Healthcare Management... European Association for... European Forum for Primary... European Dental Public Health... References

 
I am very happy with the continued increase in activities in the work of our now 16 sections. I am more than grateful to the 16 section presidents and their vice presidents and section secretariats for their continued dedication to EUPHA. I call it dedication, as the post of section president, vice president or secretary is a voluntary work (no remuneration). The sections met twice this year, once during the June meeting and at the end of the Helsinki conference. In these meetings, they not only do discuss collaboration and joint workshops, but also advice and help each other. Furthermore, they have been actively involved in the reorganization discussions and the setting up of the scientific programme for the Helsinki conference.

	EUPHA involvement in projects

Top Four new members A successful 2007 conference Very active sections EUPHA involvement in projects WWW.EUPHA.ORG Important deadlines Member associations Cyprus Greece Greece Israel Moldova Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Scientific Institute of Public... STAKES - National Research... Ecole Nationale de la... Technische Universitat Dresden,... Institute of Public Health... Universita Catolica del Sacro... University of Siena, Department... Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) NIVEL - Netherlands Institute... National Institute for Public... Norwegian Institute of Public... International Union for Health... Association of Schools of... European Healthcare Management... European Association for... European Forum for Primary... European Dental Public Health... References

 
In 2007, EUPHA is involved in several projects. Usually, EUPHA is a partner in European projects and the main objective/work package is the dissemination of the results. This is clearly the case in the SPHERE project (Strengthening public health research in the European Union), the MEHO project (migrant and ethnic health observatory) and the Homecare project. The activities in these projects are closely linked to our normal activities (organization of a conference, workshops, meetings, etc.) and can be organized by EUPHA office. For other projects, more is expected of EUPHA. The ASPHER project on the accreditation of public health programmes in Europe not only asks for organizational aspects but also content. Professor Horst Noack has been very active in this project, which will finish this year. The SOROS project to fund central and Eastern European participation to EUPHA conferences is a yearly project where the initiative and organization lies with EUPHA office.

	WWW.EUPHA.ORG

Top Four new members A successful 2007 conference Very active sections EUPHA involvement in projects WWW.EUPHA.ORG Important deadlines Member associations Cyprus Greece Greece Israel Moldova Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Scientific Institute of Public... STAKES - National Research... Ecole Nationale de la... Technische Universitat Dresden,... Institute of Public Health... Universita Catolica del Sacro... University of Siena, Department... Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) NIVEL - Netherlands Institute... National Institute for Public... Norwegian Institute of Public... International Union for Health... Association of Schools of... European Healthcare Management... European Association for... European Forum for Primary... European Dental Public Health... References

 
The EUPHA website is the opening page for all our activities. It has links to projects, the upcoming conference and to the websites of our members. Most of the information is updated, some parts (e.g. country overviews) will be updated as soon as we have some time to spare. The website has an average of 140 000 hits per month with clear peaks at the abstract submission and registration.

At the end of this year, I would like to thank John-Paul Vader for being such an active and constructive president. It has been a pleasure to work with him and I hope he will keep close links to EUPHA in the coming years.

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EUPHA conference 2008: I-health: health and innovation in Europe

The 2008 conference will be organized in Lisbon, Portugal from 6 to 8 November and the main theme is I-health: innovation and health in Europe. EUPHA and the local organizing team would like to invite you to join this major event in European public health and enjoy an innovative environment for sharing knowledge and networking for a healthier Europe.

You are invited to look at health innovation from at least two perspectives. One is policy-led innovation resulting in fundamental paradigm changes. The other is practice-led innovation; a creative process that translates knowledge into tangible products, services or procedures, resulting in adding value to health, quality of social interactions and economic growth.

The EUPHA conference is linked to a number of other conferences:

• the ASPHER conference;
  
• the conference of the Spanish Association of Public Health and Health Administration; and
  
• the conference of the Portuguese Association for the Hospital Development (APDH).
  

	Important deadlines

Top Four new members A successful 2007 conference Very active sections EUPHA involvement in projects WWW.EUPHA.ORG Important deadlines Member associations Cyprus Greece Greece Israel Moldova Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Scientific Institute of Public... STAKES - National Research... Ecole Nationale de la... Technische Universitat Dresden,... Institute of Public Health... Universita Catolica del Sacro... University of Siena, Department... Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) NIVEL - Netherlands Institute... National Institute for Public... Norwegian Institute of Public... International Union for Health... Association of Schools of... European Healthcare Management... European Association for... European Forum for Primary... European Dental Public Health... References

 
1 February 2008:        Start of the online abstract submission

1 May 2008:        Deadline for abstract submission

15 June 2008:        Decision on abstracts

6 November 2008:        Start of theconference.

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EUPHA members 2007 (dated 16 October 2007)

	Member associations

Top Four new members A successful 2007 conference Very active sections EUPHA involvement in projects WWW.EUPHA.ORG Important deadlines Member associations Cyprus Greece Greece Israel Moldova Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Scientific Institute of Public... STAKES - National Research... Ecole Nationale de la... Technische Universitat Dresden,... Institute of Public Health... Universita Catolica del Sacro... University of Siena, Department... Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) NIVEL - Netherlands Institute... National Institute for Public... Norwegian Institute of Public... International Union for Health... Association of Schools of... European Healthcare Management... European Association for... European Forum for Primary... European Dental Public Health... References

 
Albania
Albanian Epidemiological Association, Dr Enver Roshi, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health, Rruga Dibra 370, 3554, Tirana, email: e_roshi@yahoo.com

National Association of Hygienists, Dr Lumturi Spaho, National Association of Hygienists of Albania, Ruga Mine Peza, Pall 248, Ap. 9, Tirana, email: lumturispaho@albmail.com

Armenia
Armenian Public Health Association, Prof. Vladimir Davidyants, Armenian Public Health Association, A9/4 Komitas ave, 376051, Yerevan, email: cdc@arminco.com, website: www.armpha.am

Austria
Austrian Public Health Association, Mrs Andrea Rosenkranz, Austrian Public Health Association, OO Gebietskrankenkasse, Gruberstrasse 77, 4021, Linz, email: andrea.rosenkranz@ooegkk.at

Belgium
Belgian Association of Public Health, Dr Nathalie Bossuyt, WIV/ISP, Epidemiologie, J. Wytsmanstraat 14, 1050, Brussels, email: nathalie.bossuyt@iph.fgov.be

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Society of Social Medicine – Public Health of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Prof. Izet Masic, Society of Social Medicine – Public Health of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cekalusa 90/4, 71000, Sarajevo, email: imasic@utic.net.ba, website: zlatanmasic.com/bhsmi/

Bulgaria
Bulgarian Public Health Association, Prof. Lyobumir Atanasov Ivanov, Ministry of Health, National Center of Public Health Protection, 15 Acad. Iv. Geshov blvd., 1431, Sofia, email: livanov@nchi.government.bg

Croatia
Croatian Public Health Association, Prof. Zvonko Sosic, Croatian Public Health Association, Andrija Stampar School of Public Health, Medical School – University of Zagreb, Rockefellera str. 4, 10000, Zagreb, email: zsosic@snz.hr

Czech Republic
Czech Society of Public Health and Management of Health Services, Mrs Vlasta Mazankova, Czech Society of Public Health and Management of Health Services, Institute of health information and statistics of the Czech Republic, Palackeho Nam 4, PO Box 60, Prague 2, email: mazankova@uzis.cz

Denmark
Danish Society of Public Health, Dr Claus Vinther Nielsen, Socialmedicinsk Enhed, Afdelingen for Folkesundhed, Arhus Amt, Olof Palmes All, 17, 1, Aarhus, Denmark, email: cvn@ag.aaa.dk, website: www.dssam-nys.dk

Estonia
Estonian Union for Health Promotion, Dr Anu Kasmel, Estonian Union for Health Promotion, University of Southern Denmark, Lumiku 5, Niels Bohrs vej 9/10, 6700 Esbjerg, Denmark, 11913, email: anu@tervis.ee, website: www.tervis.ee

Finland
Society for Social Medicine – Finland, Dr Ilmo Keskimäki, STAKES, National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health, PO Box 220, 531, Helsinki, email: ilmo.keskimaki@stakes.fi

France
French Society of Public Health, Mrs Fabienne Digny-Schwaller, French Society of Public Health, 2, rue Doyen Jacques-Parisot, BP 7, 54501, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, email: fs@sfsp.info, website: www.sfsp.info

Germany
German Society of Medical Sociology, Prof. Olaf von dem Knesebeck, German Society of Medical Sociology, Department of Medical Sociology, University of Hamburg, Martinistrasse 52, Hamburg, email: o.knesebeck@uke.uni-hamburg.de, website: www.uni-freiburg.de/medsoz/dgms

German Association for Public Health, Prof. Wilhelm Kirch, German Association for Public Health, Foschungsverbund Public Health Sachsen, Fiedlerstrasse 33, 01307 Dresden, email: public.health@mailbox.tu-dresden.de

German Society of Social Medicine and Prevention, Prof. Bernt-Peter Robra, German Society of Social Medicine and Prevention, Uni-Klinikum Sozialmedizin, Sternstrasse 19, Magdeburg, email: bernt-peter.robra@medizin.uni-magdeburg.de, website: www.med.uni-magdeburg.de/fme/institute/ism/index2.htm

Hungary
Hungarian Public Health Association, Prof. Péter Józan, Hungarian Public Health Association, Central Statistical Office, PO Box 51, Budapest, email: peter.jozan@ksh.gov.hu

Iceland
Icelandic Public Health Association, Dr Geir Gunnlaugsson, Icelandic Public Health Association, c/o Centre for Child Health Services, Barónsstíg 47, Reykjavík, email: geir.gunnlaugsson@hr.is

Italy
Italian Society of Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Prof. Walter Ricciardi, Italian Society of Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, S.I.T.I., Viale Citta d’Europa 74, 144, Roma, email: wricciardi@rm.unicatt.it, website: www.sitinazionale.it

Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan Association of Public Health Specialists, Dr Gainel Ussatayeva, KASPH, KSPH, 19 a Utepov street, 19 a Utepov street, 50060, Almaty, email: ugainel@hotmail.com, website: www.ksph.kz

Latvia
Public Health Association of Latvia, Dr Iveta Pudule, Public Health Association of Latvia, Health Promotion State Agency, Skolas 3, Riga, email: iveta.pudule@vvva.gov.lv, website: www.sva.lv

Lithuania
Lithuanian Public Health Association, Dr Audrius Sceponavicius, Public Health Division, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania, Vilniaus 33, Vilnius, email: audrius.sceponavicius@sam.lt, website: www.kvsc.lt

Macedonia
Macedonian Medical Association – Society for Social Medicine, Dr Marika Karanfilova, Macedonian Medical Association – Society for Social Medicine, President, 3-rd Makedonska Brigada 18, 1000, Skopje, email: mkaranfilova@sonet.com.mk

Malta
Malta Association of Public Health Medicine, Dr Natasha Azzopardi Muscat, Ministry of Health, Palazzo Castellania, 15 Merchants Street, Valletta, email: natasha.muscat@gov.mt

Netherlands
Netherlands Public Health Federation, Dr Marieke van der Waal, Netherlands Public Health Federation, c/o NIVEL, PO Box 1568, Utrecht, email: nphf@nphf.nl, website: www.nphf.nl

Norway
Norwegian Public Health Association, Prof. Gunnar Tellnes, Norwegian Public Health Association, Institutt for allmenn og samfunnsmedisin, Universitetet i Oslo, PO Box 1130 Blindern, N-0318 Oslo, email: gunnar.tellnes@medisin.uio.no

Poland
Polish Association of Public Health, Prof. Stanislaw Tarkowski, School of Public Health, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, 8 St. Teresy st., PO Box 199, Lodz, email: tarko@imp.lodz.pl

Portugal
Portuguese Association for Public Health Promotion, Dr Carlos Matias Dias, Portuguese Association for Public Health Promotion, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Av. Padre Cruz, Lisboa, email: carlos.dias@insa.min-saude.pt

Romania
Romanian Public Health and Health Management Association, Dr Irina Eclemea, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Public Health and Health Management Department, 1-3 Dr. Leonte Str., sector 5, 7 Trestiana Str. Bl. 10 et.8, ap.73, 40373, Bucharest, email: ieclemea@univermed-cdgm.ro

Serbia
Serbian Public Health Association, Prof. Ljiljana Denic, Serbian Association of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Epidemiology, Institute of Public Health in Serbia, Visegradska 26, Belgrade, email: denic@eunet.yu

Slovakia
Slovak Public Health Association, Dr Zuzana Katreniakova, Department of Social Medicine, Medical Faculty, PJ Safarik University, Trieda SNP 1, Kosice, email: zkatren@central.medic.upjs.sk, website: www.vadium.sk

Slovenia
Slovenian Preventive Medicine Society, Dr Alenka Kraigher, Communicable Diseases Center, Institute of Public Health Slovenia, Trubarjeva 2, 1000, Ljubljana, email: alenka.kraigher@ivz-rs.si

Spain
Spanish Society of Public Health – SESPAS, Mrs Rosa Roda, Spanish Society of Public Health – SESPAS, Calvet 30, 8021, Barcelona, email: suport@suportserveis.com, website: www.sespas.es

Sweden
Swedish Association of Social Medicine, Dr Gunnel Hensing, Department of social medicine, Sahlgrenska academy at Göteborg University, PO Box 453, Göteborg, email: gunnel.hensing@socmed.gu.se, website: www.gu.se

Switzerland
Swiss Society for Public Health, Mr Markus Kaufmann, Swiss Society for Public Health, Effingerstrasse 54, PO Box 8172, 3001, Bern, email: kaufmann@public-health.ch, website: www.public-health.ch

Turkey
Turkish Public Health Association, Mr Bekir Metin, Turkish Public Health Association, Mustafa Kemal Mah. 41.Sok. No: 42, Eskicehir Yolu 7. Km, 6520, Ankara, email: bekirmetin@zedturizm.com.tr, website: www.t.hasak.org

Public Health Association – Turkey, Prof. Hikmet Pekcan, Public Health Association – Turkey, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Department of Public Health, Harbiye Mahallesi Veznedar Sokak No. 3/D dikmen, 6450, Ankara, email: hikmetp@hacettepe.edu.tr, website: www.t.hasak.org

United Kingdom
UK Society of Social Medicine, Dr Alastair Leyland, University of Glasgow, MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, 4 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow, email: a.leyland@msoc.mrc.gla.ac.uk

UK Faculty of Public Health, Ms Caroline Wren, UK Faculty of Public Health, 4 St. Andrews Place, London, email: carolinewren@fph.org.uk

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Individual members

	Cyprus

Top Four new members A successful 2007 conference Very active sections EUPHA involvement in projects WWW.EUPHA.ORG Important deadlines Member associations Cyprus Greece Greece Israel Moldova Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Scientific Institute of Public... STAKES - National Research... Ecole Nationale de la... Technische Universitat Dresden,... Institute of Public Health... Universita Catolica del Sacro... University of Siena, Department... Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) NIVEL - Netherlands Institute... National Institute for Public... Norwegian Institute of Public... International Union for Health... Association of Schools of... European Healthcare Management... European Association for... European Forum for Primary... European Dental Public Health... References

 
Dr Olga Poyiadji-Kalakouta, Medical and Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, Nicosia, telephone: +357 2 305870, fax: +357 2 43 4451, email: ykalak@spidernet.com.cy

	Greece

Top Four new members A successful 2007 conference Very active sections EUPHA involvement in projects WWW.EUPHA.ORG Important deadlines Member associations Cyprus Greece Greece Israel Moldova Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Scientific Institute of Public... STAKES - National Research... Ecole Nationale de la... Technische Universitat Dresden,... Institute of Public Health... Universita Catolica del Sacro... University of Siena, Department... Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) NIVEL - Netherlands Institute... National Institute for Public... Norwegian Institute of Public... International Union for Health... Association of Schools of... European Healthcare Management... European Association for... European Forum for Primary... European Dental Public Health... References

 
Prof. Jeffrey Levett, National Athens School of Public Health, 196, Alexandras Ave., GR-11521 Athens, telephone: +30 1 643 3980, fax: +30 1 646 0658, e-mail: jlevett@compulink.gr

	Greece

Top Four new members A successful 2007 conference Very active sections EUPHA involvement in projects WWW.EUPHA.ORG Important deadlines Member associations Cyprus Greece Greece Israel Moldova Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Scientific Institute of Public... STAKES - National Research... Ecole Nationale de la... Technische Universitat Dresden,... Institute of Public Health... Universita Catolica del Sacro... University of Siena, Department... Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) NIVEL - Netherlands Institute... National Institute for Public... Norwegian Institute of Public... International Union for Health... Association of Schools of... European Healthcare Management... European Association for... European Forum for Primary... European Dental Public Health... References

 
Prof. John Kyriopoulos, Department of Health Economics, National School of Public Health, 196, Alexandras Avenue, 115 21 Athens, telephone: +301 64 35 328, fax: +301 64 49 571, email: nsph-kyr@ath.forthnet.gr

	Israel

Top Four new members A successful 2007 conference Very active sections EUPHA involvement in projects WWW.EUPHA.ORG Important deadlines Member associations Cyprus Greece Greece Israel Moldova Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Scientific Institute of Public... STAKES - National Research... Ecole Nationale de la... Technische Universitat Dresden,... Institute of Public Health... Universita Catolica del Sacro... University of Siena, Department... Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) NIVEL - Netherlands Institute... National Institute for Public... Norwegian Institute of Public... International Union for Health... Association of Schools of... European Healthcare Management... European Association for... European Forum for Primary... European Dental Public Health... References

 
Ass.Prof. Ted Tulchinsky, Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Hebrew University-Hadassah, Ein Karem, PO Box 122272, 91120 Jerusalem, telephone: +972 2 561 7455, fax: +972 2 679 5816, email: tedt@hadassah.org.il

	Moldova

Top Four new members A successful 2007 conference Very active sections EUPHA involvement in projects WWW.EUPHA.ORG Important deadlines Member associations Cyprus Greece Greece Israel Moldova Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Scientific Institute of Public... STAKES - National Research... Ecole Nationale de la... Technische Universitat Dresden,... Institute of Public Health... Universita Catolica del Sacro... University of Siena, Department... Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) NIVEL - Netherlands Institute... National Institute for Public... Norwegian Institute of Public... International Union for Health... Association of Schools of... European Healthcare Management... European Association for... European Forum for Primary... European Dental Public Health... References

 
Dr Ruslan David, NCMI "Mednet", Testemitanu 27, 2025 Chisinau, email: rdavid@mednet.md

	Uzbekistan

Top Four new members A successful 2007 conference Very active sections EUPHA involvement in projects WWW.EUPHA.ORG Important deadlines Member associations Cyprus Greece Greece Israel Moldova Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Scientific Institute of Public... STAKES - National Research... Ecole Nationale de la... Technische Universitat Dresden,... Institute of Public Health... Universita Catolica del Sacro... University of Siena, Department... Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) NIVEL - Netherlands Institute... National Institute for Public... Norwegian Institute of Public... International Union for Health... Association of Schools of... European Healthcare Management... European Association for... European Forum for Primary... European Dental Public Health... References

 
Dr Mohir Ahmedov, Department of Public Health and Health management, The second Tashkent State Medical Institute, 2, Farobiy str., 700109 Tashkent, email: tashmi2@online.ru

	Uzbekistan

Top Four new members A successful 2007 conference Very active sections EUPHA involvement in projects WWW.EUPHA.ORG Important deadlines Member associations Cyprus Greece Greece Israel Moldova Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Scientific Institute of Public... STAKES - National Research... Ecole Nationale de la... Technische Universitat Dresden,... Institute of Public Health... Universita Catolica del Sacro... University of Siena, Department... Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) NIVEL - Netherlands Institute... National Institute for Public... Norwegian Institute of Public... International Union for Health... Association of Schools of... European Healthcare Management... European Association for... European Forum for Primary... European Dental Public Health... References

 
Dr Ravshan Azimov, Head of the Department of Public Health and Health management, The second Tashkent State Medical Institute, 2, Farobiy str., 700109 Tashkent, email: tashmi2@online.ru

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Institutional members

	Scientific Institute of Public Health

Top Four new members A successful 2007 conference Very active sections EUPHA involvement in projects WWW.EUPHA.ORG Important deadlines Member associations Cyprus Greece Greece Israel Moldova Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Scientific Institute of Public... STAKES - National Research... Ecole Nationale de la... Technische Universitat Dresden,... Institute of Public Health... Universita Catolica del Sacro... University of Siena, Department... Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) NIVEL - Netherlands Institute... National Institute for Public... Norwegian Institute of Public... International Union for Health... Association of Schools of... European Healthcare Management... European Association for... European Forum for Primary... European Dental Public Health... References

 
14, J. Wytsmanstraat, 1050 Brussels, Belgium

	STAKES – National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health

Top Four new members A successful 2007 conference Very active sections EUPHA involvement in projects WWW.EUPHA.ORG Important deadlines Member associations Cyprus Greece Greece Israel Moldova Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Scientific Institute of Public... STAKES - National Research... Ecole Nationale de la... Technische Universitat Dresden,... Institute of Public Health... Universita Catolica del Sacro... University of Siena, Department... Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) NIVEL - Netherlands Institute... National Institute for Public... Norwegian Institute of Public... International Union for Health... Association of Schools of... European Healthcare Management... European Association for... European Forum for Primary... European Dental Public Health... References

 
PO Box 220, 00531 Helsinki, Finland

	Ecole Nationale de la Santé Publique

Top Four new members A successful 2007 conference Very active sections EUPHA involvement in projects WWW.EUPHA.ORG Important deadlines Member associations Cyprus Greece Greece Israel Moldova Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Scientific Institute of Public... STAKES - National Research... Ecole Nationale de la... Technische Universitat Dresden,... Institute of Public Health... Universita Catolica del Sacro... University of Siena, Department... Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) NIVEL - Netherlands Institute... National Institute for Public... Norwegian Institute of Public... International Union for Health... Association of Schools of... European Healthcare Management... European Association for... European Forum for Primary... European Dental Public Health... References

 
Avenue du Professeur Léon Bernard, CS 74312, 35043 Rennes Cedex, France

	Technische Universität Dresden, Medizinische Fakultät

Top Four new members A successful 2007 conference Very active sections EUPHA involvement in projects WWW.EUPHA.ORG Important deadlines Member associations Cyprus Greece Greece Israel Moldova Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Scientific Institute of Public... STAKES - National Research... Ecole Nationale de la... Technische Universitat Dresden,... Institute of Public Health... Universita Catolica del Sacro... University of Siena, Department... Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) NIVEL - Netherlands Institute... National Institute for Public... Norwegian Institute of Public... International Union for Health... Association of Schools of... European Healthcare Management... European Association for... European Forum for Primary... European Dental Public Health... References

 
Fiedlerstrasse 27, D-01307 Dresden, Germany

	Institute of Public Health NRW (LOEGD)

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Westerfeldstrasse 35-37, D-33611 Bielefeld, Germany

	Università Catolica del Sacro Cuore, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia "Agostino Gemelli", Istituto di Igiene

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Largo Francesco Vito, 1, 00168 Rome, Italy

	University of Siena, Department of Public Health, Laboratory of Health Services Research

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via A. Moro, 53100 Siena, Italy

	Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA)

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Center for Studies, via della Sierra Nevada, 60, I – 00144 Roma, Italy

	NIVEL – Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research

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Otterstraat 118-124, PO Box 1568, 3500 BN Utrecht, The Netherlands

	National Institute for Public Health and the Environment – RIVM

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RIVM, PO Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands

	Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Department of Health Statistics

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PO Box 4404 Nydalen, N-0403 Oslo, Norway

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Associate members

	International Union for Health Promotion and Education

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Ms Catherine Jones, IUHPE, International Projects Manager, 42 Boulevard de la Libération, 93203, Saint-Denis Cedex, France, email: cjones@iuhpe.org, website: www.iuhpe.org

	Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region

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Mr Thierry Louvet, ASPHER, Executive director, 14, rue du Val d’Osne, 94229, Saint-Maurice cedex, France, email: thierry.louvet@aspher.ensp.fr, website: www.aspher.org

	European Healthcare Management Association

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IPA, Vergemount Hall, Clonskeagh, Dublin 6, Ireland, email: pcberman@ehma.iol.ie, website: www.ehma.org

	European Association for Communication in Healthcare

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Dr Sandra van Dulmen, NIVEL, Postbus 1568, Utrecht, The Netherlands, email: s.vandulmen@nivel.nl, website: www.each.nl

	European Forum for Primary Care

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Mr Diederik Aarendonk, Coordinator, EFPC, PO Box 8228, 3503 RE Utrecht, The Netherlands, email: groot_aarendonk@wxs.nl

	European Dental Public Health Association

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Prof. Eino Honkala, President of EADPH, Institute of Dentistry, University of Turku, Lemminkaisenkatu 2, FIN-20520 Turku, Finland, email: eino.honkala@utu.fi

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WHO Regional Office for Europe: Can tuberculosis be contained in the European Region?

Richard Zaleskis, Lucica Ditiu, Pierpaolo de Colombani and Andrei Dadu

Tuberculosis (TB) remains an important public health problem in countries belonging to the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region [The WHO European Region comprises 53 Member States (http://www.euro.who.int).]. According to the most recent WHO estimates, almost 445 000 new TB cases and 66 000 deaths due to TB in 2005 occurred in the Region.¹ More than 80% of all TB cases in the Region are in 18 high-priority countries grouped as the WHO epidemiological region of eastern Europe (The eastern European region (as defined by WHO for epidemiological purposes) is composed of 18 countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.). In addition, the rates of multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant TB (MDR- and XDR-TB) are the highest in the world and HIV-related TB (TB/HIV) poses an additional challenge for TB control, particularly in the countries of the former USSR.^2,3

In 2006, WHO launched the new comprehensive Stop TB Strategy.⁴ Its goal is to reduce the global burden of TB by 2015 in line with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the Stop TB Partnership targets. It consists of the following components:

• ensuring the expansion and enhancement of high-quality implementation of the DOTS (directly observed treatment, short-course) strategy;
  
• addressing TB/HIV, MDR(XDR)-TB and other challenges, particularly in high risk populations;
  
• integrating TB care delivery with general health services and reinforcing activities to strengthen health systems;
  
• engaging all care providers;
  
• empowering people with TB and their communities, and removing stigma; and
  
• enabling and promoting the research and development of new diagnostics, drugs and vaccines, as well as programme-based operational research.
  

To ensure that TB is placed high on health agendas, and to strengthen political and financial commitments to improving its control, the WHO Regional Office for Europe, in collaboration with partners, is organizing the WHO European Ministerial Forum ‘All against Tuberculosis’ in Berlin, Germany on 22 October 2007, hosted by the Government of Germany. The Forum will seek to:

• to strengthen political commitment to implementing the WHO Stop TB strategy throughout the region and include high-quality TB control in the strengthening of health systems;
  
• to strengthen commitment from all Member States to ensuring full and appropriate financing of TB control, in line with World Health Assembly resolution WHA 58.14 on sustainable financing for TB prevention and control;
  
• to adopt a European regional declaration on TB; and
  
• to endorse the Stop TB Partnership for Europe.
  

The future of TB control and elimination depends on the successes of health care systems and the consolidated efforts of national and international partners and communities.

	References

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1 Global tuberculosis control: surveillance, planning, financing. WHO report 2007. (2007) Geneva: World Health Organization. (WHO/HTM/TB/2007.376; www.who.int/tb/publications/global_report/2007/pdf/full.pdf, accessed 1 October 2007).

2 Zignol M, Hosseini MS, Wright A, et al. Global incidence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. J Infect Dis (2006) 194:479–485.[CrossRef][Web of Science][Medline]

3 Emergence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with extensive resistance to second-line drugs worldwide, 2000–2004. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (2006) 55:301–305.

4 The Stop TB Strategy: Building on and enhancing DOTS to meet the TB-related Millennium Development Goals. (2006) Geneva: World Health Organization. (WHO/HTM/TB/2006.368; www.who.int/tb/publications/2006/stop_tb_strategy.pdf, accessed 1 October 2007).

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