The Italian Presidency of the Union has released a booklet containing the main priorities for the health sector and an agenda for the main related events. Please find the document below. It has also released a comprehensive analysis on "Health Facts and Policies in Italy in the European Context".
Main Priorities, Conferences and Events
The main priorities can be summarised as follows:
tackling "unhealthy lifestyles";
promoting access to new medicines and new health technologies;
improving and expanding cancer screening techniques;
creating a European Center for Diseases’ Control and Prevention, especially as far as communicable diseases are concerned;
supporting a EU directive on quality and safety of human cells;
supporting smoking prevention initiatives and the FCTC;
improving the output of health care systems by focussing in particular on medicine and telemedicine;
delivering better social and health services for non self-sufficient elderly people.
An in depth Analysis
The Italian Presidency has also released a more comprehensive document called "Health Facts and Policies in Italy in the European Context", which is divided into a foreword and six parts:
PART I - Some Demographic and Social Trends and their potential Impact on Health
PART II - Health Policies and Action Programmes of the European Union
PART III - Facts and Policies of the National Health Service in Italy
PART IV - Main Health Achievements in Italy
PART V - International Solidarity for Health and Development
