Press Release: Public Health: Commission proposes effective measures to better protect citizens from a wide range of cross-border health threats

To better protect Europeans from a wide range of health threats, and provide for a fully co-ordinated response in the event of a crisis, the European Commission adopted today a legislative proposal on the means to address serious cross border health threats. Building on lessons learned with recent crises such as the H1N1 pandemic in 2009, the volcanic ash cloud in 2010 and the outbreak of E. coli in 2011, the Commission is proposing to beef up the means to prepare for and to address such crises.

European Commission: Memo/11/884: Q&A: Health Security in the EU http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/11/884&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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