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EuSANH

The Health Council is a member of the European Science Advisory Network for Health (EuSANH). For more information, visit http://www.eusanh.eu.

EuSANH is a European network of scientific advisory bodies in the field of public health.

Mission and working procedure

The mission of EuSANH is to encourage independent scientific advice to national and European authorities in the field of health, aimed at supporting an evidence-based public health policy. The advisory opinions can also be of importance to professional groups and the general population. To achieve this goal, EuSANH focuses on an international exchange of knowledge (national reports), mutual consultation of national experts, coordination of work programmes and joint efforts in preparing the advisory reports.

Members

Scientific advisory bodies from 13 different countries are currently represented and more countries are expected to follow suit.

The current EuSANH members are:

Advisors

Various European organisations fulfil an advisory role in the network: the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the Health Evidence Network of WHO Europe, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the Federation of European Academies of Medicine (FEAM) and the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council (EASAC).

EuSANH activities

For the conference presentations, see also http://europa.eu/sinapse/directaccess/EUSANH/Public-Library/.

EuSANH-ISA

At the beginning of 2009, EuSANH was awarded a European subsidy for the project entitled ‘Improving Science Advice for Health in Europe, EuSANH’ (abbreviated to EuSANH-ISA). This project is a three-year collaboration between EuSANH member countries to improve the quality, effectiveness and efficiency of scientific advice aimed at promoting public health. Their remit is to chart the structure, function and working methods of the various EuSANH member countries and analyse representative reports as a basis for the development of a joint methodological framework of scientific advice to be published in the form of a handbook.

They will also develop a future communication and cooperation structure for EuSANH, including expansion to other countries. And finally, an initial Europe-wide advisory project will be conducted on the basis of the common methodological framework for advice and the cooperative structure. The Health Council is responsible for coordinating this three-year project (2009-2011).

For more information, visit http://www.eusanh.eu.

More information

The establishment of EuSANH was financially supported by the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport. EuSANH’s secretariat receives support from the Health Council of the Netherlands. The contact person is Dorine Coenen, tel. +31(0)70-3407473, eusanh@gr.nl. More information at http://www.eusanh.eu.

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The role of advisory bodies in environmental health policymaking; A comparative research project in France, Germany and Poland.pdf862.07 KB
Science advice on public health at national and European level - Discussion paper, September 2005.pdf226.06 KB

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