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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8703

11 May 2004
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/oecd/health
Meeting of OECD health ministers on improving healthcare systems

Brussels, 10/05/2004 (Agence Europe) - The health ministers of the OECD countries are to meet in Paris from 12 to 14 May, under the chairmanship of their Mexican colleague Julio Frenk. They will look at potential preventative measures to improve public health. Amongst other things to be targeted are smoking, alcohol abuse, traffic accidents, lack of physical exercise and food imbalances. The ministers will also look at the problem of long waiting lists for some surgical operations, and...

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