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J E Asvall

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PubMed2000

Health for all in the 21st century a policy framework for the WHO European region.

The HEALTH 21 policy for the European Region of WHO provides the framework for taking up the challenges of achieving better health by applying the best strategies that have emerged from the Region's collective experience during the past 10-15 years. The arguments contained within this new policy demonstrate the essential relationship between health, poverty and social cohesion. The policy adopted by the WHO Regional Committee for Europe sets targets and outlines strategies that countries, organisation and civil society can use to turn national policies into practical operational programmes at local level through the European Region.

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PubMed1989

[Toward health for all in the European region of the WHO. Survey of progress accomplished. I. General evaluation].

A review of the main changes in the Member States of the European Region as regards the targets they have set themselves in the area of health-for-all was recently performed. Many indicators have shown considerable progress, but changes are perforce slow. The existence of a political will in matters of health in the governments of the Region has clearly appeared in the course of the past few years.

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PubMed1986

Evaluation of the European strategy for Health for All by the Year 2000.

For the first time ever, Europe has a concrete, comprehensive and forward-looking health policy framework. Forming part of the worldwide movement for Health for All (HFA) by the Year 2000, the European regional HFA strategy, embodied in 38 specific targets. has been developed by the 33 Member States of the WHO European Region. Completed in 1985, the first evaluation of overall progress in implementing this new health policy has shown that the regional targets may be ambitious but they are viable and realistic. Certain countries have already achieved some of the targets, but even in these countries efforts are still needed to improve equity among social groups. Performance in key areas such as orientation towards primary health care and the provision of safe water and adequate sanitary facilities, although improving, is still not at the levels hoped for and these remain priority items. Even more serious difficulties are apparent in other areas such as healthy lifestyles and the quality of care. The quality of the information available, even in an area as developed as Europe, also leaves much to be desired. The gaps and weaknesses identified must be tackled urgently if the goal of HFA is to be achieved, but there are encouraging signs that the HFA movement in Europe has now really started.

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