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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/health

Commission tackles health inequalities in EU

Brussels, 20/10/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 20 October, Health Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou and her colleague at employment Vladimir Špidla presented a communication, “Solidarity in Health: Reducing health inequalities in the EU”, to MEPs meeting in plenary session in Strasbourg. These inequalities result largely from differences in terms of income, education, work-life balance, and access to healthcare between and within member states. One of the likely consequences of the...

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