Superior Health Council (SHC)
The Superior Health Council is the scientific advisory body of the Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment. It forms a bridge between the Belgian authorities and the scientific world in all public health related issues. Thanks to its vast network of experts, the Council provides advisory reports and recommendations that are objective, independent and scientifically based. It does so on request or on its own initiative. Mission - Vision - Values
Fields of activity The Superior Health Council is competent for all matters related to public health. This is especially true for the following areas: -
Mental health: behaviour, addictions, psychosocial factors in public health, training professionals, psychotherapy, etc. -
Physical environmental factors: ionising radiation, non-ionising radiation, noise, etc. -
Chemical environmental factors: chemical agents, pollutants, biocides, pesticides, etc. -
Nutrition and health, including food safety: novel foods, food additives, dietary guidelines, food microbiology, etc. -
Biological factors: blood and blood derivatives, cells, tissues and organs of human and animal origin, banks for human bodily material, infectiology, infection control during care, vaccinology, etc. Structure 
Chairman : Prof. Jean Nève
Experts The Superior Health Council can rely on the expertise of over 500 experts, 200 of whom have been appointed.
Board -
The Board is made up of 40 members chosen amongst the 200 appointed experts. It sets up expert working groups to draw up advisory reports and publications. -
The advisory reports and publications that are produced by the working groups are submitted to the Board for validation. The Board meets once a month. -
The Board and its working groups are assisted by the SHC Secretariat in carrying out their tasks. -
The Board is chaired by Professor Jean Nève, who is assisted by 2 vice chairpersons, professor Hilde Beele and Patrick De Mol. Committee -
The Committee is made up of the chairman, the two vice chairpersons, the coordinator, the scientific coordinator and the administrative secretary. It is responsible for the proper functioning of the SHC. Secretariat
|  Since 1849
The Superior Health Council celebrated its 160th anniversary in May 2009! A study that was carried out on this occasion shows how its role has evolved over the years and how diverse the issues it has dealt with have been. In this age of hyper specialisation, the Council is organised in such a way as to ensure that its functioning is modern in every respect (its current network consists of around 500 experts, 200 of whom have been officially appointed). For several years now, the Council has been contributing actively to the development of the european EuSANH network (European Science Advisory Network for Health). |
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