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Thursday, May 10, 2007

Commission grants €2.5 million to WHO for seven projects under Public Health Programme
Health & Consumer Voice - April 2007 Edition


The European Commission and the World Health Organisation (WHO) signed contracts on 28 March for seven new joint projects worth a total of €4,242,963, 60% of which is funded by the Commission’s Public Health Programme.

The contracts cover EU health policy priorities on environment and health, injuries, equity in health, health security, health services, alcohol and emergency services.

The projects will be implemented by WHO Europe over the next three years.

The seven projects will aim to benefit EU citizens by advancing health policy knowledge in important areas, including alcohol-related harm, injury prevention and disparities in health systems performance. They will also benefit non-EU citizens by assessing health crisis preparedness plans in neighbouring countries.

With contributions totalling $102million (over €75million) in 2006, the Commission is the third largest extra-budgetary contributor to WHO.

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