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National Level Policies

The National Level Policies section of the portal provides an overview of
the actual situation concerning actions to tackle health inequalities in the
different European countries.

This part of the portal is currently being developed, the information for the remaining countries will continuously be completed.

In addition to the national level portraits of the individual countries the
overview analysis has been conducted and its initial results have been
published in EuroHealth magazine (EuroHealth, 11:2 p.24).

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Policies and Strategies that are Driven by the Non-Health Sector

Addressing SDHI through employment strategies

Inequalitites, health inequalities and social exclusion are terms which have begun to be used in policy documents but without  explicit definition and  responsibility. The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs is partly responsible for social care and the Ministry of Health is resposible for health care. The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (MLSA) deals more strongly with issues pertaining to the social determinants of health inequalities, even more than the Ministry of Health, but they do not tackle SDHI explicitly. Policies from this Ministry include:

• National Strategy on Preparation for Ageing and Demographic Change 2008 -2012
• Strategy on Social Inclusion (see Social Inclusion Strategies)
• Action Plan for Support Families with Children 2006-2009
• National Action Plan on Social Inclusion 2006 - 2008
• National Policy on Family 2005
• National Action Plan on Social Inclusion 2004 - 2006
• National Programme on  Preparation for  Ageing 2003 -2007
• Social Doctrine of the Czech Republic 2002
• System of  financial supports

Further information is available at http://www.mpsv.cz and http://www.neziskovky.cz (in Czech only).

MLSA collaborates with other ministries on the implementation of the National Strategy on Preparation for Ageing and Demographic Change 2008 -2012. The Ministry of Health provides funding to NGOs and civic organisations for Healthy Ageing projects to promote healthly and active lifestyles amongst the elderly and disabled. Similar collaboration between the ministries occurs on the National Plan for Support and Integration of Disabled Citizens 2006-2009. MLSA collaborates with the Ministry of Transportation on governmental funding for the programme on barrier free cities and transportation.

Social Inclusion Strategies

National Action Plan for Social Inclusion 2006-2008:
This plan uses the term ‘social economy’ which has strong implications for SDHI. The main fields of the policy are the integration of  migrants, the elimination of child poverty and the moderation of the negative consequences of an ageing population. This plan finances programmes for NGOs and communities mainly for projects and activities supporting social services, consulting centres, actions again social exclusion, support for elderly and disabled employment, support for activities for life long education, prevention activities against loss of housing, integration of Roma communitites, preschool facilitites for children from poor families, and support for social housing.

Other research and policies that deal with social inclusion include the Action Plan for Support Families with Children 2006-2009, the National Report on Strategies on Social Protection and Social Inclusion 2006, the National Strategic Family Policy 2005 and the National Action Plan for Social Inclusion 2004-2006.

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