tailieunhanh - Health in All Policies Prospects and potentials

T ackling diseases and conditions which disproportionately affect the poor is central to WHO’s work. Efforts to achieve the MDGs are thus part of WHO’s core business. WHO has extensive programmes to assist countries in their efforts to tackle HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria; improve child and maternal health and nutrition; and scale up access to essential medicines. As a reflection of this, WHO’s commitment to the Millennium Declaration has been reaffirmed by its governing bodies (2, 3) and WHO’s next General Programme of Work will cover the period 2006 to 2015 - a time frame that was chosen specifically to correspond to the MDG target date of. | Health in All Policies Prospects and potentials Edited by Timo Stâhl Matthias Wismar Eeva Ollila Eero Lahtinen Kimmo Leppo MINISTRY OF SOCIAL AFFAIRS AND HEALTH Finland European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies Health in All Policies Prospects and potentials This volume was produced as a part of a project entitled Europe for Health and Wealth which was supported by funding from the European Union Public Health Programme. It was published by the Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health under the auspices of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies. The European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies is a partnership between the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe the Governments of Belgium Finland Greece Norway Slovenia Spain and Sweden the Veneto Region of Italy the European Investment Bank the Open Society Institute the World Bank CRP-Santé Luxembourg the London School of Economics and Political Science and the London School of Hygiene Tropical Medicine. The advice and help of the members of the advisory editorial board have been indispensable. They have not only given general directions for the book but many of them also made comments on individual chapters. Two anonymous external reviewers reviewed the chapters. The editors want to thank the external reviewers for their significant contribution to the publication. Their advice and constructive criticism was instrumental in achieving the final form and content of this book. Editorial board Dr Jarkko Eskola former Director-General at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health Finland Dr Josep Figueras Director European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies and Head of the WHO European Centre on Health Policy Brussels Belgium Dr Maarike Harro Director-General National Institute for Health Development Estonia Dr Anna Hedin Desk Officer Ministry of Health and Social Affairs Stockholm Sweden Dr Meri Koivusalo Senior Researcher STAKES Finland Dr Tapani .