title: Global health in the European Union--a review from an agenda-setting perspective.
abstract: This review attempts to analyse the global health agenda-setting process in the European Union (EU). We give an overview of the European perspective on global health, making reference to the developments that led to the EU acknowledging its role as a global health actor. The article thereby focuses in particular on the European interpretation of its role in global health from 2010, which was formalised through, respectively, a European Commission Communication and European Council Conclusions. Departing from there, and based on Kingdon's multiple streams theory on agenda setting, we identify some barriers that seem to hinder the further establishment and promotion of a solid global health agenda in the EU. The main barriers for creating a strong European global health agenda are the fragmentation of the policy community and the lack of a common definition for global health in Europe. Forwarding the agenda in Europe for global health requires more clarification of the common goals and perspectives of the policy community and the use of arising windows of opportunity.
authors.affiliation: Department of International Health, School for Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands; Christoph.Aluttis@maastrichtuniversity.nl.
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aluttis
authors.affiliation: Department of International Health, School for Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands; European Academic Global Health Alliance (EAGHA), Brussels, Belgium; Bharati Vidyapeeth Institute of Environment Education and Research, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune, India.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Krafft
authors.affiliation: Department of International Health, School for Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Helmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Brand
mesh_terms: D005062:European Union / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014943:Global Health; D006285:Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D011050:Policy Making; D011057:Politics
keywords: Europe; European Union; agenda setting; global health