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The mission of the Office, which opened in 2003, is to provide an evidence-based, systematic and accountable approach to the full integration of the social and economic determinants of health into development strategies of countries in the WHO European Region.

The Office fulfils two interrelated functions:

- Providing a portfolio of services to member states to increase their capacity to invest in health promotion by addressing and integrating into development agendas the policy implications of the social and economic determinants of health
- Monitoring, reviewing and systematizing the policy implications of emerging research findings on the social and economic determinants of health.

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