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Health & Consumer Protection Directorate General
The Health and Consumer Protection Strategy and Programme
2007-2013Paula Duarte GasparHealth Strategy Unit
23 June, EPHA General Assembly
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Common health and consumer objectives
Make Europe’s citizens healthier, safer and more confidentTo protect citizens from risks and threatsTo increase ability of citizens to exercise real choiceTo mainstream health and consumer policies across EU policies
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Common Health and consumer actions
Improve communication with citizensIncrease civil society participation A common approach for mainstreamingPromote safety of products and human origin substancesEnhance scientific advice and risk assessmentPromote international co-operation
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Health Policy objectives
Protect citizens against health threatsPromote a healthier way of lifeContribute to reducing diseasesHelp national health systemsProvide more and better health information
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Health action strandsHow we implement the objectives
Reinforce existing 3 action strands Monitoring/Surveillance of Threats Address DeterminantsProvide Information
Add 3 new action strandsDeliver effective response to threatsPrevent diseasesAchieve synergies between national health systems
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Health objectives and strands
Surveillanceof
threats
Deliver effective response
TackleDeterminants
Prevent diseases
Information
Health systems
co-operation
Reduce disease
Promote health
Protect citizens
Help nationalsystems
Provide +
information
Health Objectives
Action strands
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Consumer Policy objectives
Ensure an equally high level of protection for all EU consumersIncrease the capacity of consumers to defend their own interestsExtend health executive agency to accommodate a consumer institute
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All objectivesCommon objectives
Protect citizens Help citizens choose Mainstream health and consumer issues
Consumer objectives
Protect consumers Increase consumers’ capacity
Create Consumer Department
Health objectives
Protect against threats Promote health Reduce diseases Help national
systemsImprove
Information