Mirjana Kujundžić Tiljak: “Every individual has a fundamental right to health and health care!”

he ten principles written almost a century ago are still an intense and vivid guide for scientists, educators, policymakers, and governments to work in favor of a healthy and fair society. His focus was on the population’s context and problems and the use of the existing public health methods and health technologies. As a visionary and revolutionary, Stampar tried to find innovative ways to fight infectious diseases and tackle burning socio-medical problems, such as the social determi­nants of health.
Following Stampar’s legacy, it is clear that now and in the future, strong and resilient health systems must be developed by an educated, skilled, and motivated health workforce, which is fundamental to successful health policy and equitable healthcare, that is, by consequence, essential for the achievement of human-centered health coverage for all and the “right to health”, as recommended by the Conference on the Future of Europe.

LEGACY OF ANDRIJA ŠTAMPAR FOR STRONG AND RESILIENT HEALTH SYSTEMS – A MESSAGE FROM THE EU PARLIAMENT
Prof. dr. sc. Mirjana Kujundžić Tiljak, Director of School of Public Health Andrija Štampar, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia