The aim of this second arena meeting of the Verona Initiative is to formulate guidelines that will assist decision and policy makers involved in health, social and economic development to work together for mutual benefit. Erio Ziglio Regional Adviser for Integrated Health Development in the WHO Regional Office for Europe. However, throughout Europe the evidence suggests that it is not.
Health is determined by the interplay of wide-ranging factors.
For example, given the links between unemployment, poverty and illness investment in the creation of new jobs can be seen as an investment for health. Underpinning the choices that we make are trade-offs. Investing for health is about balancing the complex array of positive and negative benefits with the political realities of what is and what is not acceptible. Utilizing the learning from these simulations participants will draw up guidance for real decision makers on how to make investments that balance and sustain social, economic and health outcomes. The meetings are linked to centres throughout the world through an innovative use of interactive Internet, videoconferencing and telephone.