A round table on health from a European perspective
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People and goods move around Europe more freely than any other comparable regional block. That makes us vulnerable to the spread of infections. Despite many inequalities in infection risk and access to healthcare across the EU, there is no requirement for countries joining the EU to have good public health capacity. This is in striking contrast to the requirements for animal health. Round table participants looked at the arguments for making minimum standards for public health a requirement of EU membership.


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