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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).

Download the final 'Closing the Gap' publication: Taking Action on Health Equity.

This publication contains summaries of what each of the 21 ´Closing the Gap´ partners are doing to address health inequalities in their countries, as well as the conclusions and recommendations of this 3-year initiative.

Results of the same country

List all good practice projects of the actual country.

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Key Policy Tools

[In this section main tools used to implement and monitor national policies in the field of health inequalities are listed.]

Programme for Access to Prevention and Care for Underprivileged Populations (PRAPS)

PRAPS is a programme directed towards vulnerable groups in the French society. According to the programme “access to prevention and care for vulnerable populations is a priority objective of healthcare policies”. Therefore PRAPS is implemented jointly by the State, regional public health organisations, regional authorities and health insurance companies by allowing them to run coordinated programmes. The programme aims at providing adequate information to the vulnerable groups and facilitating coordination between the main actors in the health field.

More information (in French): http://www.sante.gouv.fr/htm/pointsur/praps/sommaire.htm

This programme has been evaluated and the results are available from:

• Centre Rhône-Alpes d'Epidémiologie et de Prévention Sanitaire. (C.A.R.E.P.S.). Lyon. FRA / collab.
• Bp Associates. Paris. FRA / collab.
• Direction Générale de la Santé. (D.G.S.). Paris. FRA / com.