Clear thinking needed on private public partnerships for health

Hand shake sm.JPG Speaking at the IUHPE Global Conference on health promotion in Geneva, EuroHealthNet Director Clive Needle has raised the need for practitioners and policy makers to carefully consider the implications of working with intersectoral partnerships. The Conference has held several debates on developments involving new ...

European Commission launches consultation on the future of pensions

Pensions 2010 - final.jpg The European Commission (EC) has launched a European-wide public consultation on the future of pensions. The consultation document, a Green paper, highlights some of the key challenges facing pension systems and how the EU can support Member State efforts to deliver adequate and ...

Global Health Conference - together we can make it happen

MDGs.jpg The European Commission’s first global health conference provided an opportunity for stakeholders to comment on the recently agreed Communication and the views of EU member states. For some time the EU has established practical partnerships with countries beyond its borders on research of diseases and other health ...

Ministers help progress on health equity – but will their aims survive the cuts?

  eu flag sm.JPG Although frustrated by the volcanic ash cloud that wrecked its showpiece event in Madrid in spring, Spain has presided over useful steps forward in building high level action to tackle health inequities at EU level. Under the Spanish EU Presidency leadership, Health ...

International economic bodies turn attention to welfare spending

Euro coins.JPG Amid concerns of a major economic crisis across Europe, governments seeking budget solutions are increasingly turning their attention to state spending on welfare including health and social protection, according to discussions within OECD countries. Recent OECD meetings in Paris have heard ...
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