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(2007), "Finland - Finns have heavy health agenda ahead", International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Vol. 20 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijhcqa.2007.06220aab.011
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:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2007, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Finland - Finns have heavy health agenda ahead
Finns have heavy health agenda ahead
Keywords: Health inequalities, Nutrition and physical activity, Advanced therapies
In addition to promoting “Health in all Policies”, the Finnish Presidency is expected to hammer out political agreements on Health programme 2007-2013, medical devices and advanced therapies.
The Finnish EU presidency’s overall objective in health policy is to promote the principle of Health in All Policies, as health is largely determined by factors outside the domain of health care and policies other than health have direct effects on health determinants. The “Health in All Policies” approach is also meant to contribute to horizontal EU policies, such as the Lisbon strategy, and have positive effects on national economies through higher productivity and labour participation.
Accordingly, the main health policy event during the Finnish Presidency, a high-level expert conference on Health in All Policies, took place in September 2006. A book on Health in All Policies was published to serve as background material for the conference, which will consist of plenary sessions and thematic workshops on specific topics related to, for example, health inequalities, nutrition and physical activity, alcohol policies, and mental health and public policies.
The main EU legislative proposals on the table during the second half of the 2006 are the Health programme 2007-2013, the revision of legislation on medical devices and a proposal for a Directive on advanced therapies; on all of which the Council is expected to reach a political agreement.
The Commission will also publish a communication on EU alcohol strategy, which will aim to reduce the health and social harm due to alcohol consumption.
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