Presented by Agis D. Tsouros, Director, Division Policy and Governance for Health and well-being, WHO/Europe at the 64th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe, on 16 September 2014.

1. Issues that matter
in the implementation
of Health 2020
Agis D. Tsouros
Director, Division Policy and Governance for
Health and well-being

2. Making it happen
• Highlights and insights from the first two years
• Key aspects of the process

3. Key aspects of the implementation process
Comprehensive national health policies
Health 2020 strategic entry points
Capacity for whole-of-government and
whole-of-society approaches
Reaching out to other sectors – health in
all policies
Health 2020 framing of all work of the
WHO Regional Office for Europe
Roadmaps : a “whole-of-Office” approach
Accredited Health 2020 policy consultants
Strong focus on commitment and
process
Learning and sharing platforms
Launches

4. Fully fledged approach
National
health
policies
NCD
strategies
Environment
& health plans
Public health
plans
Gender, equity
Whole-of-government
approaches
& rights Social
Monitoring &
indicators Health-systems
determinants
of health
strengthening
NCD:
noncommunicable
disease.

5. Key entry points for Health 2020 implementation
Development of preconditions Strategy development Implementation
• Building awareness and
interest in Health 2020
• Carrying out assess-ments
of health
systems/NCDs/equity
• Applying Health 2020
lens to national health
policies
• New national policy/
strategy aligned with
Health 2020
• New multisectoral NCD
strategy
• New public health
strategy or law
• Subnational-level
developments
• Implementing national
health policy/strategy
aligned to Health 2020
• Implementing NCD
strategy (multisectoral
approach)
• Building capacity:
whole-of-government
approach