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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