Robert TABASZEWSKI Health as a Value in the Integration Policy of European and East Asian Countries. Historical and Legal Perspective

The article concerns cooperation on individual and public health between EU and ASEAN countries. A specific approach of European countries towards the protection, improvement and control of health was analysed and the involvement of governments from Eastern Asia in the improvement of public health throughout Eurasia was examined. Research showed that the cooperation in the field of health has evolved, both from bilateral to multilateral and from temporary to fixed forms. Legal bases for cooperation created by WHO were also discussed. The article points to new forms of interregional cooperation between the EU and ASEAN on combating cross-border threats to health, including the fight against drug trafficking.