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Strategic Orientation of Public Health in Transition: An Overview of South Eastern Europe

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Two recent developments have redirected the course of Public Health in Europe – the Public Health Mandate of the European Commission and the conceptualization of a New Public Health. For the transition, countries in South Eastern Europe, particularly Serbia, provide support to essential public health reforms in four areas: strategic management, public health information, public health legislation, and public health training and research. The roles of the Dubrovnik Pledge (2001) and the Stability Pact, which has international support, have been central.

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  1. School of Medicine, Center School of Public Health, Dr. Subotica 15, Belgrade, 11000, Serbia

    Vesna Bjegovic

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Correspondence to Vesna Bjegovic.

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Continuing our Special Series on Prevention Legislation, the authors who live and work in South Eastern Europe describe the Public Health Mandate of the European Commission and the New Public Health. The policies reflected therein are likely to influence the future course of public health policy. The authors indicate what they believe to be the impending consequences.

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Bjegovic, V., Vukovic, D., Terzic, Z. et al. Strategic Orientation of Public Health in Transition: An Overview of South Eastern Europe. J Public Health Pol 28, 94–101 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200121

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