WHO Senior Health Adviser to UNICEF | WAU [Abbr.]

WHO Senior Health Adviser to UNICEF

special advisor to the Minister of National Health and Welfare on child sexual abuse

12. Regards access to public services as one of the major goals when addressing inclusion of marginalised groups; calls on the Member States to improve the provision of tailored health-information material and the development of disease-prevention strategies and community-health initiatives in marginalised communities; calls for the creation of specialised structures, such as clearing points advising on issues related to access to healthcare, labour market and education; demands that action be taken to effect a shift in public admi ...[+++]nistrations from a demand-driven approach to a welcoming service approach;

12. Regards access to public services as one of the major goals when addressing inclusion of marginalised groups; calls on the Member States to improve the provision of tailored health-information material and the development of disease-prevention strategies and community-health initiatives in marginalised communities; calls for the creation of specialised structures, such as clearing points advising on issues related to access to healthcare, labour market and education; demands that action be taken to effect a shift in public admi ...[+++]nistrations from a demand-driven approach to a welcoming service approach;

Joint clinical assessments focusing on the most innovative and potentially impactful health technologies for maximum EU-added value; Joint scientific consultations whereby developers of a health technology can seek the advice of HTA authorities on what type of data and evidence is likely to be required in the submission for HTA; Identification of emerging health technologies to help ensure that the most promising health technologies for patients and health systems are identified early and included in the joint work; and Voluntary cooperation in areas outside the scope of mandatory cooperation, for example on health technologies oth ...[+++]er than medicines and medical devices (e.g. surgical procedures), or on economic aspects of health technologies.

To enhance employability, innovation and active citizenship, and building on the 2006 Recommendation of the European Parliament and the Council on key competences for lifelong learning, basic skills must go hand in hand with other key competences and attitudes: creativity, entrepreneurship and a sense of initiative, digital competences competence in foreign languages, critical thinking including through e-literacy and media literacy, and skills which reflect growing needs, such as those in the green economy and in the digital and health sectors.