Press Release: European Commission and World Health Organisation to intensify their cooperation

On 14.12.00 Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General and David Byrne, European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection, signed an agreement between their two institutions to strengthen and intensify their cooperation in the field of health. The agreement is a major political commitment to work closely together. It refers to joint work by the European Communities and WHO which reduces the burden of avoidable mortality and morbidity, counters risks to health, improves health and health systems, and creates the conditions for advances in knowledge and technology in the service of health. The agreement entered into force on 14.12.00 with the signature by Dr Brundtland and Mr Byrne of an exchange of letters.

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