the NDPHS: Expert Groups Expert Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (EG AMR) Expert Group on Alcohol and Substance Use (EG ASA) Expert Group on HIV, TB, and Associated Infections (EG HIV, TB&AI) Expert Group on Non-communicable Diseases (EG NCD) Expert Group on Occupational Safety and Health (EG OSH) Expert Group on Primary Healthcare (EG PHC) Expert Group on Prison Health (EG PH) Task Force on Active and Healthy Ageing Activities The Partnership engages in a number of activities, including policy and expertise exchange, information sharing and dialogue, project development and implementation, information production and dissemination, and advocacy. The Partnership also works toward raising the awareness of the tremendous impact that the health of populations has on the economic prosperity of the countries. Another priority is helping to convey relevant results and recommendations from ongoing and completed projects to the policy level. The Partnership is the Policy Area Coordinator for "Health" (PA Health) in the European Union Strategy of the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR). PA Health focuses on improving and promoting the health - including its social aspects - of people in the Baltic Sea region as an important precondition for ensuring sustainable, prosperous, and healthy societies. By providing a platform for exchange and cooperation across borders and between different sectors, it enables sharing of best practices, identifying common challenges and goals, and developing of joint solutions. Members Partner countries: Russia (suspended) Partner organizations: European Commission Baltic Sea States Subregional Co-operation (BSSSC) Barents Euro-Arctic Council (BEAC) Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) International Labour Organization (ILO) International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Nordic Council of Ministers (NCM) Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) World Health Organization (WHO) References External links www.ndphs.org Official Website Northern Dimension of the European Union Northern Europe Northern Dimension Health in Europe