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"Mr President, I concur with the notion that good health is not merely the absence of illness, but is about physical, mental and social wellbeing. That concept lies at the heart of a strategy called the Investing for Health Strategy, which I initiated in my constituency during my time as Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety in the Northern Ireland Assembly. I saw myself not as a minister of illness, but as a minister of health.
This report by Eva-Britt Svensson – and I thank her for it – highlights many of the pertinent issues. It contains good, practical recommendations that are worthy of support.
It has been put to me that being a woman is bad for your health and indeed there are statistics that reinforce that commonly held view. We hear now of statistics from Scandinavia suggesting that there are inequalities not only in health status, but also in the response of health systems and health services to women, as compared with men. If this is the case in Scandinavia, with its relatively good record on equality, then it is time we took a very close look at trends in other Member States.
I welcome Commissioner Kyprianou's recognition of the importance of data. I also echo the proposal put forward here this evening by my colleague, Kartika Liotard.
Recognition of gender inequalities in health is required if we are going to successfully combat disparities and ensure that there is adequate health care for everyone."@en1
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