The Steering Group on Health Promotion, Disease Prevention and Management of Non-Communicable Diseases held its first formal meeting in Luxembourg on Tuesday. The meeting was an opportunity for the representatives of Member States, the European Investment Bank and several European Commission services to discuss a wide range of public health policies and initiatives, including the future cooperation with the Expert Group on Health Information and the results of the first meeting of the subgroup on proton therapies. The Steering Group also decided that mental health would be the priority area for best practices and screening of implementable research results in 2019. The next meeting of the Steering Group is scheduled for February 2019 and it is planned to be a joint meeting with the Research Programme Committee.
Background:
The Steering Group on Health Promotion, Disease Prevention and Management of Non-Communicable Diseases was formalised in July 2018 with a goal of supporting EU countries in reaching the health targets of the Sustainable Development Goals.
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