Dear Colleagues
On 15 July 2004, European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection, David Byrne, launched a reflection process on EU health policy. This process will help shape the future EU health strategy.
Public bodies, interest groups and individual citizens are invited to contribute to the reflection process launched by Commissioner Byrne by 15 October 2004.
Further information and access to the Commissioner's paper 'Enabling good health for all can be found at where he outlines his view of the key principles that ought to guide the development of EU health policy over the coming years can be found at
<http://europa.eu.int/comm/health/ph_overview/strategy/reflection_process_en.htm>
These include the role of good health as a driver of economic growth and the urgency of addressing health inequalities both between Member States and within them. The paper proposes a new direction for health policy: to shift from treating ill-health only to pro-actively promoting good health. It also pinpoints the need to exploit synergies between different policies and mainstreaming health into all policy-making.
Best wishes
David McDaid
LSE Health and Social Care
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