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At its meeting on 22 November 2006, ERICA's Board agreed to include Health issues as part of its remit.
Work in this area is ongoing. To date ERICA has opposed the provision by the pharmaceutical industry of promotional healthcare materials to consumers and responded to the following consultations:
Public consultation on the Legal Proposal on Information to Patients
Public consultation in preparation of a legal proposal to combat counterfeit medicines for human use
Consultation on a Children’s Environment and Health Strategy for the United Kingdom
The European Commission Health and Consumers Directorate-General launched the official public health portal of the European Union which provides a wide range of information and data on health-related issues and activities at both European and international level. The main objective of this thematic Portal is to provide European citizens with easy access to comprehensive information on Public Health initiatives and programmes at EU level. The portal is intended to help meet EU objectives in the Public Health field, it is an important instrument to positively influence behaviour and promote the steady improvement of public health in the 27 EU Member States.
Links to the multi-lingual pan-European Public Health Portal: