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National Level Policies

The National Level Policies section of the portal provides an overview of
the actual situation concerning actions to tackle health inequalities in the
different European countries.

This part of the portal is currently being developed, the information for the remaining countries will continuously be completed.

In addition to the national level portraits of the individual countries the
overview analysis has been conducted and its initial results have been
published in EuroHealth magazine (EuroHealth, 11:2 p.24).

Download the final 'Closing the Gap' publication: Taking Action on Health Equity.

This publication contains summaries of what each of the 21 ´Closing the Gap´ partners are doing to address health inequalities in their countries, as well as the conclusions and recommendations of this 3-year initiative.

Results of the same country

List all good practice projects of the actual country.

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Cross government

Finland’s approach to public health, as reflected in the National Public Health Programme, emphasizes the cross-sectoral nature of health policy. The reduction of health inequalities has been set as a goal in the Government Programme of Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen (2007). The National Public Health Committee is the advisory board for public health in Finland. This body was established at the end of the 1990s for the preparation of the National Public Health Programme. The Committee continues its work under the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (MSAH) and it is assigned for three years at a time.

Other bodies include the Permanent Secretaries and EU Coordination Committees (which include health and social issues). This committee's task is to develop intersectoral health policy. At the moment, the Committee and its sections have been involved in the preparation of National Action Plan to reduce health inequalities.