In 2010, the WHO Regional Committee for Europe adopted an ambitious five-year vision of better health in the WHO European Region. The WHO Regional Office for Europe and the 53 countries it serves therefore agreed to follow a roadmap with specific milestones, to enable the Regional Office to respond to the changing European environment and to further strengthen it as an evidence-based center of health policy and public health excellence that could better support the Region s diverse Member States. The work and achievements over the last four years required great effort, commitment and cooperation from all parties."