Public heatlh
Since the Maastricht treaty, new competences have been given to the
Union in the Public Health field. Essentially, the E.U. is now able
to play a role in PREVENTION measures.To implement this new provision, the
E.U. action is organised under several PROGRAMMES, dealing with specific
diseases or public health concern :
- Health Promotion
- Cancer
- Drug Abuse
- Health monitoring
- Injury prevention
- Tobacco
- AIDS and other communicable diseases
- Pollution related diseases
- Rare diseases
