Press Release: EU Health Programme: Commissioner Kyprianou welcomes Council political agreement

On 30 November 2006 in Brussels the Health Ministers Council reached a “political agreement” on the EU Health Programme 2007-2013. A formal “common position” will have to be adopted by the Council in early 2007, and the Programme will have to go through the European Parliament in second reading. The Programme sets the framework for the Commission's funding of projects relating to health between 2007-13 and will be part of a broader EU health strategy to be put forward by the Commission next year. The proposed budget is €365.6 million. The Programme’s objectives are: improving citizens’ health security; promoting health; generating and disseminating health information and knowledge.