The European Health Report 2012: charting the way to well-being. [Direction] Claudia Stein and Ritu Sadana. Copenhagen: World Health Organization. 2013
…”This report is written for policy-makers in European countries and all public health professionals concerned with the implementation of the new policy. It should also interest academic institutions, nongovernmental organizations and other groups keen to contribute to Health 2020, strengthen solidarity across Europe and reduce inequalities within and across countries in the European Region.
The report describes how the Region’s 53 Member States came to agree on the set of overarching targets, which are expressed as European averages. This follows a European tradition first put into practice through the Health for All policy and continued in HEALTH21 two decades later. The report describes in detail the methods and baseline for target setting at the European level, as progress on the overarching targets will be reported at this level. Nevertheless, most actions will occur at the country level, so these details can also inspire countries to set or reset their own targets for health, reflecting their particular circumstances and starting points…”
