"Public Health and the EU: an overview" is an introduction to the wide range of European Union (EU) activities that affect public health.
It aims to inform local, national and European organisations about the opportunities and challenges that the EU policies pose to public health.
The Executive Summary of "Public Health and the EU: an overview" (14 pages) is being translated to all the official languages of the European Union and can be all downloaded below.
Hard copies of the Executive Summary can be ordered from the Secretariat of the European Public Health Alliance, please send your order (how many copies of which language you would like to receive and your contact details) to Murielle Chiltz, murielle@epha.org Tel. +32 2 233 38 87 Fax. +32 2 233 38 80
Although the Executive Summary is free of charge, we will ask you to pay the postage costs.
Description of content
The publication touches upon the current activities of the EU in the following areas:
health status in the European Union, including the impact of enlargement;
the main instruments available at an EU level to influence public health issues;
the impact of other EU policy areas (internal market, agriculture, environment, research, health and safety at work, etc.) on public health;
the relationship between patient mobility and health care developments and how this may lead to closer EU cooperation and coordination;
the exchange of data on health and the development of good practice;
the importance of health determinants like nutrition, physical activity, alcohol, tobacco, drugs, mental health and injuries;
the impact of communicable diseases on the EU agenda and how recent health scares such as SARS and avian influenza have emphasised the need for EU action;
the importance of pharmaceuticals and medicines to European citizens and the economy, and how considerations regarding cost, competition and safety makes an impact on overall public health polities.
About the author
Mariann Skar is an independent consultant on public health and European policies.
"Public Health and the EU: an overview" is available in 20 languages
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