This report is the result of a collaboration between the Organisation for Economic Co‑operation and Development (OECD) and the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe (WHO/Europe). WHO/Europe led on Chapters 1 and 2, which were authored by Viktória Anna Kovács and Stephen Whiting. OECD led on Chapters 3 and 4, which were authored by Sabine Vuik, with input from Alexandra Aldea who led the modelling work. Michele Cecchini oversaw the project for the OECD, and Kremlin Wickramasinghe for WHO/Europe.
Many more people deserve credit for the work presented in this report. The production of this report benefited greatly from the inputs and comments received from other OECD and WHO/Europe colleagues, national experts, member states representatives and other stakeholders.
Within OECD, the authors would like to thank Lucy Hulett for the editorial assistance, and Hannah Whybrow for administrative assistance. Stefano Scarpetta, Mark Pearson and Francesca Colombo provided senior leadership and advice throughout the project. Preliminary versions of the chapters of this report were presented and discussed at a meeting of the OECD Expert Group on the Economics of Public Health (EGEPH), and reviewed by the OECD Health Committee. Country experts and delegates are too many to name individually, but authors would like to thank in particular delegates from Australia, Austria, Ireland, Poland and the United States for their constructive comments throughout the process.
Within WHO/Europe, this project was led by the WHO European Office for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases. The authors would like to thank Joao Breda for his contribution to the conceptualisation of the project, Liza Villas, Anna Chaturvedi and Anastasia Shatokhina for administrative support, Adriana Pinedo for research support, Ding Ding and Romeu Mendes for technical advice, and Nino Berdzuli for senior leadership and guidance.
WHO/Europe would also like to express their gratitude to the European Commission Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture for their support. This document was produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union.