title: [The role of the council of Europe in the field of health].
abstract: To understand the actions of the Council of Europe in the field of human health, it is necessary first to understand the founding ideals, that is to say the creation in 1949 of a European institution capable of anticipating and avoiding differences and conflicts between the member states, whatever their standard of living. For the creation of status objectives, the Council has an appropriate working structure; the Committee of Ministers, the Parliamentary Assembly, non governmental organisations and the European Health Committee, which proposes, develops and oversees the effective application of health measures and social protection. Several hundred recommendations have thus been adopted by the Committee of Ministers. The first steps of this European Health Committee were in the areas of blood transfusion, immunohematology, transplantation and equal access to health services. The European Social Security Code and its Protocol, the Conventions on social and medical assistance, and many international agreements are effective treaties which bind Member States.
authors.affiliation: l'Académie nationale de médecine, Nice.
authors.forename: Maurice
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maisonnet
mesh_terms: D005062:European Union; D033161:Government Regulation; D006801:Humans; D007883:Legislation, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011634:Public Health