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Minister for Health and Senior Citizens
Date: 05-12-2019
Section: MEDINT
Case Officer: DEPANKH
Case: 1910357
Doc.: 1041988
Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides
Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety
European Commission
1049 Bruxelles
Belgium
Dear Commissioner Kyriakides,
Please accept my warmest congratulations on your appointment as European
Commissioner for Health and Food Safety. I wish you every success in your new
position and I look forward to our collaboration.
Protecting and promoting public health is an important and sometimes challenging
task. In general, health systems in Europe are well functioning and we should be
proud of what we have achieved so far. However, we still face critical challenges that
we must address at European level.
We are looking into a future where antimicrobial resistance can have a major
negative impact on public health. The need to ensure a stable supply of affordable
medicines in Europe as well as the digital aspects of healthcare are also matters that
call for our immediate attention and action.
Therefore, I am pleased that these and other key issues, such as cancer prevention,
are among the priorities of the new European Commission.
I hope that we will get the opportunity to meet in connection to the EPSCO Council
meeting next week and to discuss future EU health policy priorities.
Yours sincerely,
Magnus Heunicke
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