A fresh look at national health policy issues

Young Forum Gastein (YFG), the young professionals’ network of the European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG), enables promising young health professionals to become a part of an inspiring network of almost 500 members working in different positions all over Europe. In recent years, activities throughout the year have been focussed on workshops bringing together high-level national policymakers and Young Gasteiners (YGers) to discuss specific national health systems challenges in Austria and in Croatia. These formats have allowed a fresh look at issues senior policy makers may have developed a blind spot for, have resulted in eye-opening learning on both sides of the spectrum and have led to concrete recommendations for major health policy issues. Presenters: Sinisa Varga, former Minister of Health, Croatia Damiet Onderstal, Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports, The Hague, Netherlands For the benefit of young professional networks, please see also: https://academic.oup.com/eurpub/article/24/5/704/2837380