Health promotion and disease prevention (by addressing health determinants at the appropriate level) will reduce the economic and social burden of illness in the long-term.

(6) The Council in its Conclusions of 26 November 1998 on the future framework for Community action in the field of public health(17), and in its Resolution of 8 June 1999(18), the Economic and Social Committee, in its opinion of 9 September 1998(19), the Committee of the Regions, in its Opinion of 19 November 1998(20), and the European Parliament, in its Resolution A4-0082/99 of 12 March 1999(21), welcomed the Commission communication of 15 April 1998 and supported the view that actions at Community level should be set out in one overall programme to run for a period of at least five years and comprising three general objectives, namely ...[+++] improving information for the development of public health, reacting rapidly to health threats and tackling health determinants through health promotion and disease prevention, underpinned by inter-sectoral action and the use of all appropriate Treaty instruments.

3.2. analysing the situation and developing strategies on social and economic health determinants, in order to identify and combat inequalities in health and to assess the impact of social and economic factors on health;

The Council in its conclusions of 26 November 1998 on the future framework for Community action in the field of public health, and in its Resolution of 8 June 1999, the Economic and Social Committee, in its opinion of 9 September 1998, the Committee of the Regions, in its opinion of 19 November 1998, and the European Parliament, in its Resolution A4-0082/99 of 12 March 1999, welcomed the Commission communication of 15 April 1998 and supported the view that actions at Community level should be set out in one overall programme to run for a period of at least five years and comprising three general objectives, namely improving information f ...[+++]or the development of public health, reacting rapidly to health threats and tackling health determinants through health promotion and disease prevention, underpinned by inter-sectoral action and the use of all appropriate Treaty instruments.

The Council in its conclusions of 26 November 1998 on the future framework for Community action in the field of public health, and in its Resolution of 8 June 1999, the Economic and Social Committee, in its opinion of 9 September 1998, the Committee of the Regions, in its opinion of 19 November 1998, and the European Parliament, in its Resolution of 10 March 1999, welcomed the Commission communication of 15 April 1998 and supported the view that actions at Community level should be set out in one overall programme to run for a period of at least five years and comprising three general objectives, namely improving information for the deve ...[+++]lopment of public health, reacting rapidly to health threats and tackling health determinants through health promotion and disease prevention, underpinned by inter-sectoral action and the use of all appropriate Treaty instruments.

Within the framework of the Community Statistical Programme 1998-2002, the European Statistical System (ESS) has launched major projects in the field of health and social statistics, in particular on health status, health care services and resources, and health determinants.