1 Health & Consumer Protection Directorate General The Health and Consumer Protection Strategy and Programme Paula Duarte Gaspar Health Strategy Unit 23 June, EPHA General Assembly

2 Common health and consumer objectives  Make Europe’s citizens healthier, safer and more confident To protect citizens from risks and threats To increase ability of citizens to exercise real choice To mainstream health and consumer policies across EU policies

3 Common Health and consumer actions Improve communication with citizens Increase civil society participation A common approach for mainstreaming Promote safety of products and human origin substances Enhance scientific advice and risk assessment Promote international co-operation

4 Health Policy objectives Protect citizens against health threats Promote a healthier way of life Contribute to reducing diseases Help national health systems Provide more and better health information

5 Health action strands How we implement the objectives Reinforce existing 3 action strands Monitoring/Surveillance of Threats Address Determinants Provide Information Add 3 new action strands Deliver effective response to threats Prevent diseases Achieve synergies between national health systems

6 Health objectives and strands Surveillance of threats Deliver effective response Tackle Determinants Prevent diseases Information Health systems co-operation Reduce disease Promote health Protect citizens Help national systems Provide + information Health Objectives Action strands new

7 Consumer Policy objectives Ensure an equally high level of protection for all EU consumers Increase the capacity of consumers to defend their own interests Extend health executive agency to accommodate a consumer institute

8 All objectives Common objectives Protect citizens Help citizens choose Mainstream health and consumer issues Consumer objectives Protect consumers Increase consumers’ capacity Create Consumer Department Health objectives Protect against threats Promote health Reduce diseases Help national systems Improve Information