EESC opinion: Serious cross-border threats to health

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Tuairimí a glacadh on 28/03/2012
Reference
SOC/443-EESC-2012-01-01-827
Opinion Type
Referral
Referral
COM(2011) 866 final
Official Journal
C 181/160, 21.06.2012
Rapporteur
Ouin
Workers - GR II
France
Plenary session number
479
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Key points

  • The European Economic and Social Committee supports the proposal for a decision on serious cross-border threats to health.
  • It welcomes the approach adopted, which takes the successful system for communicable diseases and an analysis of recent crises as a basis for remedying the shortcomings of the current mechanism, as allowed for by the Lisbon treaty.
  • Europe-wide coordination that cuts across sectoral boundaries will be needed in order to counter risks that do not stop at borders more effectively. 
  • Nonetheless, the Committee stresses that all elements of civil society must be involved both in planning to ensure preparedness for crisis situations, and in communication should a crisis occur. An approach that limits coordination to healthcare professionals and civil protection experts is no longer in keeping with the way society operates, with the media having a significant role in disseminating information to the public.

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