European Commission Issues Paper: The EU Role in Global Health

Published: 24 May 2011
Source: External
Source name: European Commission
RCN Staff lead: Susan Williams
Email: susan.williams@rcn.org.uk

The RCN welcomes the European Commission's initiative to indentify the challenges for global health, the EU's role and ways it can develop a more coherent approach based on guiding principals and priority areas of action.

Read the RCN's response to the 'European Commission Issues Paper: The EU Role in Global Health' (PDF 73.6KB) [how to access PDF files].

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