The Health Ministers of the European Union Member States and Candidate Countries met on 5-6 September in Milan, to discuss health-related issues and to plan the future European public health policies.
Among the main themes discussed at the Informal Meeting of European Ministers for Health were: a strategy for the promotion of healthy lifestyles, European health policies on prevention and control of infectious diseases, patient mobility and access to treatment, environment and health and subsidy policies for medicinal products for human consumption.
The framework for the discussions on the pharmaceuticals is the European Commission Communication launched on 10-11 July in Rome in response to the "G10 Medicines Group". Other topics on the agenda included the draft Constitutional Treaty and a programme for combating malaria in Africa.
The issues that reached consensus will be brought to the attention of a formal Council of the Ministers of Health.
