National Public Health Institutes: European perspective

This document has been written as a practical tool in the work to strengthen European National Public Health Institutes (NPHIs), their network and collaboration with EU/SANCO. The background text was prepared by Jussi Huttunen and Pekka Puska, with the aid of some IANPHI documents. The text was modified and endorsed by an editorial group of directors of European NPHIs: Reinhard Burger (Germany), Justin McCracken (UK), Jose Pereira Miguel (Portugal), Pekka Puska (Finland), Marija Seljak (Slovenia), Geir Stene-Larsen (Norway), Sarah Wamala (Sweden) and Jane Wilde (Ireland).