Health priorities for the European intergovernmental conference

Intergovernmental Conference on Cultural Policies for Development

Priorities for public health action in the European Union

Monoclonal antibodies 19-9 and C-50 were used to assay the cancer associated tumour antigens CA 19-9 and CA-50 in plasma from patients with confirmed pancreatic cancer, and related to the blood group and Lewis blood cell status. The plasma expressions of CA 19-9 or CA-50 were similar, including cases where the patients had Lewis phenotype Le (a-b-). However, analyses of both the tumour antigens...

VERY WELCOME ! Intergovernmental Conference 1996 : Which Constitution for the Union ?

This paper addresses the five major structural issues on the agenda of the 1996 Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) of the Member States of the European Union: the option of replacing the treaty framework by a European constitution; the issue of fundamental rights in the Union; the future of the three-pillar structure; the puzzling question of how to allow for variations in European integration ...

Global health priorities – priorities of the wealthy?

Health has gained importance on the global agenda. It has become recognized in forums where it was once not addressed. In this article three issues are considered: global health policy actors, global health priorities and the means of addressing the identified health priorities. I argue that the arenas for global health policy-making have shifted from the public spheres towards arenas that incl...

European research priorities for intracerebral haemorrhage.

Over 2 million people are affected by intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) worldwide every year, one third of them dying within 1 month, and many survivors being left with permanent disability. Unlike most other stroke types, the incidence, morbidity and mortality of ICH have not declined over time. No standardised diagnostic workup for the detection of the various underlying causes of ICH currently...