Contents

Building a healthier Europe

1. Building a healthier, safer, fairer and greener Europe: my vision for the WHO Regional Office for Europe
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Zsuzsanna Jakab

Debate: comparative clinical effectiveness

4. Comparative clinical effectiveness|

Silvio Garattini and Vittorio Bertele'

7. Drug development: a complex and risky but potentially rewarding collaborative process
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Lukas Pfister

10. Patient health improvement: moving to what is adequate and feasible in assessment of innovative medicines|

Lukas Prister and Frank DeFelice

Snapshots

12. Social Care: a new initiative in England to fill evidence gaps
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Martin Knapp and Angela Mehta

14. Child and adolescent mental health in Europe. Research on best practice|

Dainius Puras and Egle Sumskiene

Public health perspectives

16. Periodic Health Examination - A brief history and critical assessment|

Walter Holland

21. The EU School Fruit Scheme: integrating public health into mainstream policy|

Felix Mittermayer and Robert Pederson

23. Policy development and implementation: The National Service Framework for Older People in Wales
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Gareth Morgan

Health policy developments

26. Are regulations of community pharmacies in Europe questioning our pro-competitive policies?|

Maria Lluch

28. Hospital privatisation in Poland|

Petty Watson

Evidence-informed decision making

32. "Bandolier"  Investigating over-the-counter oral analgesics|

37. "Mythbuster"  Whole-body screening is an effective way to detect hidden cancers|