PUBLIC HEALTH 2020 – INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC BACKGROUND
Abstract:
The year 2012 was a strategic one for the public health in the WHO European region due to the adoption of the European Action Plan for Strengthening Public Health Capacities and Services and the future framework strategy for the next decade: “Health 2020”. The Action Plan, adopted by the representatives of the Member States at the 62nd WHO Regional Committee for Europe, represents an essential document for clarification and commitment at political level for further decisions and intervention on essential functions of public health, as a key pillar of growth capacity of health systems in the region. The Plan also represents an important technical document, by identifying the 10 essential functions of public health system and the associated 10 priority actions to be improved in order to ensure a coordinated and responsible public health response, both nationally and internationally.
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