Health for Jobs and Prosperity in
South East Europe
The SEE Health Network preparing itself for implementing the SEE 2020
Strategy in 2014-2019
On 22
November 2013 the Ministers of Economy of the countries in South East Europe
(SEE) endorsed the SEE 2020 Strategy “Jobs and Prosperity in a European
Perspective” (SEE2020). The strategy “reflects the determination of all the
governments in South East Europe to embrace the bold policy approaches required
to attain the levels of socioeconomic growth necessary to improve the
prosperity of all its citizens and to facilitate eventual integration with the
EU”. For the first time in the history of the
region health became an integral part of the SEE2020 as evidence has proved a
new paradigm in the last decades that health is a contributor to economic
growth and prosperity rather than only a spending.
The SEE2020 Strategy´s implementation
has to be launched in 2014. The RCC will support the SEE2020´s implementation
through:
- Providing support to the individual countries to develop their National 2020 Strategies whereby the Ministries of Economy will be the leading governmental sector at national levels and each country;
- Providing support to the regional multi-sectoral initiatives to be implemented by the over 60 SEE Regional Initiatives;
- Establishing the system and indicators for monitoring and evaluation of SEE2020 implementation both at national and regional levels; Developing and implementing six horizontal multi-sectoral regional initiatives in support to the national actions;
- Developing and coordinating regional multi-sectoral Flagship Initiatives;
This process will have serious
implications for the SEE Health Network in view of its immediate follow-up
actions. In view of the above the RCC kindly organized on 12-13 March the 4th
Coordination Meeting of the SEEHN held in Jahorina, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The meeting discussed and agreed on the
SEEHN obligations and actions for SEE2020 implementation, including: (i) monitoring
of SEE 2020; special attention was paid to the proposed measurable indicators
for the various dimensions covered by the strategy such as Free Trade Area,
Competitive Economic Environment, Education, Digital Society, Energy,
Transport, Environment, Employment, Health and others; the health targets and
indicators were restructured to encompass fully prevention and health promotion
within the overall concept of “health in all policies”, social determinants of
health and inequalities. (ii) implementing SEE2020 through flagship initiatives,
including the first ideas for health related flagship initiatives; (iii) governing
the implementation process at the strategy, pillar and dimension level,
sustainability of institutions involved and budgeting the regional actions,
and, finally, (iv) the work plan (2014 – 2019) of the health dimension
objectives and measures under the Inclusive Growth pillar of the SEE2020.
A revised set of indicators was agreed
and is presented in Table 1. The development of qualitative indicators and
flagship initiatives will follow in the coming months, linking as far as
possible health with employment, education and all other relevant sectors and
regional initiatives as needed.
Table
1. Proposed outcome and policy quantitative
health indicators of the SEE2020 Strategy /as at 19 March 2014 after the SEEHN
Meeting in Jahorina[i]|
OUTCOME MEASURES
& Data Sources
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Indicators of Impact by 2020
& Data Sources
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Annual Progress Measure
& Data Sources
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Health Activities
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Continued increase in life expectancy at current rate as (2006-2010)
% increase in healthy life years at age 65
% reduction in low birth weight
% relative annual reduction in age-standardized overall premature
mortality rate (from 30 to under 65 years)
for four major noncommunicable diseases (HFA-MDB)
Ø Cardiovascular diseases
Ø Cancer
Ø Diabetes mellitus
Ø
Chronic
respiratory diseases
% Increase universal coverage
% reduction in infant mortality per 1000 live births (HFA-DB)
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•
% reduction in
age-standardized prevalence of tobacco use among
children and persons aged 15+;
HBSC & ESPAD
•
% reduction in
age-standardized per capita alcohol consumption among use among children and persons aged
15+; HBSC + ESSPAD
•
% reduction in
age-standardized per capita salt intake among persons aged 18+; Desirable New
•
% reduction in
age-standardized prevalence of overweight and obesity in adolescents &
persons aged 18+ HBSC +ESPAD
•
% Self – perceived limitations in daily activities EU SILC
•
Number of Community Health Workers per 1000 population Desirable New
•
% of Babies
breast fed to 6 months WHO/UNFPA
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Scale
up Implementation of Universal Primary
Care
Develop
a Regional Model for Improved delivery of Prevention & Health
Promotion Programs & Services
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Strengthen intersectoral governance for health
E-
Health/ M- Health
Adopt a regional information exchange for capacity building on
improving Health & Fair Development
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Harmonise
cross boarder public health standards legislation and services
Foster
cross border cooperation and free trade area from PH perspective
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Strengthen
Human Resources for Health &
Monitor Human Resource
Migration/Mobility
Harmonise
professional standards & Qualifications
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