| INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS EuroHealthNet www.eurohealthnet.eu EuroHealthNet is an organisation that aims to contribute to a healthier Europe with greater equity in health between and within European countries. It is a consortium leader of the GRADIENT project. European Commission, Cordis, Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/home_en.html The FP7 bundles all research-related EU initiatives together under a common roof playing a crucial role in reaching the goals of growth, competitiveness and employment. On the website you will find more information about this EU main instrument for funding research in Europe for a period 2007-2013. European Commission, DG SANCO, Public Health http://ec.europa.eu/health/index_en.htm Where you can find information on how the EU works to protect and promote the health of European people and read more about the Commission's initiatives, policies, programs and laws. European Commission, DG SANCO, Health determinants http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_determinants/healthdeterminants_en.htm Tackling major health determinants is of great potential for reducing the burden of disease and promoting the health of the general population. On the website you will find information on health determinants grouped into four categories: lifestyle; socio-economic determinants of health - health inequalities; environment; genetics and screening. WHO - Commission on Social Determinants of Health www.who.int/social_determinants The Commission on Social Determinants of Health is charged with recommending interventions and policies to improve health and narrow health inequalities through action on social determinants. WHO - European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies www.euro.who.int/observatory The European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies supports and promotes evidence-based health policy-making through comprehensive and rigorous analysis of the dynamics of health care systems in Europe. WHO Europe: Strategy on Child and Adolescent Health and Development www.euro.who.int/childhealtdev/strategy/20060919_1 WHO/Europe developed a European Strategy on Child and Adolescent Health and Development in collaboration with Member States. It offers support to workshops countries so that Member States can build their own policies and strategies within the framework of the overall Strategy. World Health Organization European Office for Investment for Health and Development www.euro.who.int/ihd The Office builds the capacity of European Member States to understand and act on the social and economic determinants of health. RELEVANT PROJECTS DETERMINE 2007-2010
www.health-inequalities.org DETERMINE establishes an EU Consortium for Action on the Socio-economic Determinants of Health (SDH), which aims to take forward the work of the WHO Commission on the SDH (CSDH) in an EU context. It brings together over 50 health bodies, public health and health promotion institutes, governments and various other organizations from 26 European countries. 
EQUITY CHANNEL www.equitychannel.net Equity Channel is an international collaboration of organisations with aims to bring about the changes that will mean greater health equity for all - fair health. It stimulates and supports changes in policies at international, national and local levels, and brings together involvement from people from all backgrounds and communities. 
European Community Health Indicators Monitoring System (ECHIM) www.echim.org ECHIM is a project funded by European Union through the Programme of Community Action in the Field of Public Health (2003-2008). This three-year project aims at developing and implementing health indicators and health monitoring in the EU and all EU Member States. The ECHIM continues the work of the ECHI and ECHI-2 projects, and ends on 30.4.2008. 
Eurothine Project http://survey.erasmusmc.nl/eurothine/ Eurothine aims at facilitating mutual learning by collecting and analysing information from different European countries that will help policy-makers at the European and national level to develop rational strategies for tackling socioeconomic inequalities in health. 
Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescents (HELENA) project www.helenastudy.com HELENA project includes cross-sectional, crossover and pilot community intervention multi-centre studies, as an integrated approach. HELENA will provide, for the first time in Europe, harmonised and comparable data about food intake among male and female European adolescents, taking advange of computer-based dietary assessment tools. 
TEENAGE Project www.teenageproject.eu The scope of the project TEENAGE is the prevention of socioeconomic inequalities in health behaviour in adolescents in Europe by collecting and disseminating evidence throughout Europe. TEENAGE aims to identify and evaluate the effectiveness of comprehensive policy approaches to address health inequalities. 
EUPHIX -European Union Public Health Information System www.euphix.org EUPHIX is a web-based knowledge system for health professionals, policy makers and others. It presents structured European public health information, giving a special insight into similarities and differences between EU Member States.  | 
