Translation of "société canadienne de santé internationale " (French → English) :

- (k) quality in health and long-term care and by adapting care, including developing preventive care, to the changing needs and preferences of society and individuals, notably by developing quality standards reflecting best international practice and by strengthening the responsibility of health professionals and of patients and care recipients.

It also collected and examined the views of international organisations (including the World Health Organisation), civil society organisations, economic operators in various markets, research institutes and academic experts.

We have Dr. Dorothy Shaw, the Canadian spokesperson for Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health; Janet Hatcher Roberts, executive director of the Canadian Society for International Health; and Jill Wilkinson Sheffield, president of Women Deliver.

26. Urges the Commission to conduct a study to ensure that accounting standards used by financial institutions give a genuinely true and fair view of banks’ financial health; points out that accounts are the main source of information for an investor to understand whether or not a company is a going concern or not; notes that auditors can only sign off accounts if they are true and fair, independent of the financial standards used by preparers of financial statements; believes that if auditors are unsure that a company is a going concern they should not sign off the company’s accounts, even if they have been drawn up in line with accounting standards; point out that this should, however, be a driver of better management of the company in question; sugg ...[+++]ests that international financial reporting standards do not necessarily give a true and fair view of accounts, as shown by numerous examples of banks collapsing despite their accounts having been signed off by auditors;

Genetic testing is a most relevant example of leading-edge research and development - showing potential for the benefit of society - and at the same time having policy implications for research, public health, regulation, fundamental rights, ethics and international cooperation beyond the EU.

11. Promote quality in health and long-term care and adapt care to the changing needs and preferences of society and individuals, notably by establishing quality standards reflecting best international practice and by strengthening the responsibility of health professionals and of patients and care recipients.