EPHA Conference - Public Health: What Next for Europe? - 27 November 2008
Good public health policy making calls for long-term and often visionary thinking. It calls for projections on the needs and challenges facing populations not just in the ‘here and now’ but also in 5, 10 or 20 years time: investing now for the future. Good public health policy does not allow for short term solutions in order to win votes and gain popularity. However public health policy is often subject to political whim and shifting policy priorities.
With the changes to the EU administration over the next twelve months, the conference Public Health: what next for Europe? aims to look at the main challenges facing the public health community and hopes to identify concrete avenues for cooperation and leadership in order to navigate the political climate.
After a welcome and introduction by the WHO and the European Commission, keynote speakers will outline various topics for discussion:
Leadership in public health
Effective and empowered civil society in health
EU competence in public health
Upcoming challenges to health
Break-out sessions will be held to debate these subjects.
The full agenda of the Conference is now available. Please send an email to the EPHA Secretariat to register, before Wednesday 21 November 2008.
EPHA Extraordinary General Assembly (EGA) - 28 November 2008
EPHA Members can find the relevant information and full agenda for the conference and EGA here
