New European Parliament’s subcommittee on public health agrees a priority on NCDs
The newly created European Parliament’s sub-committee on public health (SANT), chaired by MEP Arlukowicz, has defined priorities for its mandate.
The committee will be developing an own-initiative report on chronic non-communicable diseases; and will convene a hearing on chronic disease prevention.
Other priorities of the committee include:
- Own Initiative report on Joint Procurement of medicines
- Own Initiative report on Mental Health
- Implementation report on Nutrition and Health Claims Directive
- Oral question to Commission on Anti-Microbial Resistance
ECDA welcomes the committee’s decision and congratulates MEPs for making NCDs a priority of their work. ECDA will remain available to offer its expertise and support the work of the European Parliament to improve the response to chronic diseases in Europe.