1998: Communication on the Development of Public Health Policy in the European Community

The Commission published a new Communication on EU health policy in 1998. The communication outlined a possible new Community public health policy, based upon three strands of action: Better information exchange: Rapid reaction to emerging health risks; health determinants: this would build on the existing disease-specific programmes and bring in other issues such as alcohol dependence.6 6 European Parliament Fact Sheets, 4.10.3 Public Health, 01/12/2000