originales Políticas de Salud en la Unión Europea: ¿Hacia un Sistema Europeo de Salud Pública?

Summary The creation of the European Union led to the elimination of borders between nations as well as some controls regarding safety, public health, commercial trade and professional practice. In response, the General Administration of Health and Consumer Protect was created.This is responsible for establishing and coordinating policies involving Europe on these subjects, developing offices responsible for administration and establishing specific public health programs.The fight against cancer,smoking,occupational health and safety and control of products for animal or human consumption, that have been sold in the European Union as treatment for diseases, stand out. Principal achievements include executive reorganization and data recompilation,classification,homologation and publication of data,and attainable information for governments,companies and citizens.Unfairness in the access to health care services and control of the health care invoices are important phantoms that harass the world and Europe is no exception.Thus, this is one of the important political challenges in health care administration of the 27 states of the future Union.This article speaks about the European “social laboratory” in public health sailing on good waters without arriving to any port.