DEVELOPING NEW EUROPEAN HEALTH POLICY AND HEALTH SYSTEMS - HEALTH 2020
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| Year of publication | 2011 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Health literacy through education : School and health 21 |
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| Field | Public health care, social medicine |
| Keywords | health; health care; Health 2020; World Health Organization |
| Description | At the sixtieth session (September 2010) of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe, Member States and partners gave WHO/Europe a strong, clear mandate to develop the new European health policy, Health 2020, to strengthen health systems, revitalize public health infrastructures and institutions, engage the public, and develop coherent and evidence-based policies of tackling health threats and sustaining improvements of health situation over time. Health 2020 will be developed through participatory process with other sectors to promote health as a responsibility of all components of society. Health 2020 is a good opportunity for schools to accelerate progress of health education, health promotion and health literacy. |
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