Press Release: EU Health Strategy: consultation shows support for increased EU cooperation to improve and protect health

There is general support for a new overarching European Health Strategy and a desire for more cooperation between the European Commission and EU Member States to further improve and protect health in Europe, the results of a public consultation process reveal. The Commission has published a report on the consultation on the forthcoming EU Health Strategy that sums up more than 150 responses received during the process, which closed in February 2007. The strategy, an attempt to rise to the challenges Europe will face in the coming years, will set broad objectives for health during the next decade. It will also aim to promote health across all policies and to tackle global health issues.