Challenges for Lithuanian health system: EU accession Rytis Virbalis, MD, MPH, Senitor adviser to Committee on Health affairs Lithuanian Parliament 1.Prevention of most spread noncommunicable diseases and control of most important risk factors. 2.Control of drugs and prevention of drug addiction 3.Health promotion 4.Assurance of patient rights.

Challenges for Lithuanian health system: EU accession Rytis Virbalis, MD, MPH, Senitor adviser to Committee on Health affairs Lithuanian Parliament 1.Safety at workplace and prevention of occupational diseases 2.Pharmaceutical policy. 3. Blood safety. 4. Control and prevention of communicable diseases.

Challenges for Lithuanian health system: EU accession Rytis Virbalis, MD, MPH, Senitor adviser to Committee on Health affairs Lithuanian Parliament 1.Lithuanian physicians and nurses to other EU countries. 2.Health insurance of Lithuanian citizens working in other EU countries. 3.Improving of quality of health services including harmonization of standards of quality of health care etc. 4.Population health protection in critical situation such as disasters, terror etc. 5.Environment and health.

Challenges for Lithuanian health system: EU accession Rytis Virbalis, MD, MPH, Senitor adviser to Committee on Health affairs Lithuanian Parliament WHO “Health for all” European social model Enlargement EU Constitution