Annual Patients and Consumers Working Party (PCWP) and Healthcare Professionals Working Party (HCPWP) meeting with all eligible organisations
Welcome and introduction 1.1 Opening remarks Juan Garcia-Burgos opened the meeting, welcomed all participants and highlighted the focus of the meeting. The co-chairs, Ulrich Jäger and Kaisa Immonen, ...
WHO and ECDC report: antimicrobial resistance remains a health threat in Europe
The report presents a regional and European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) overview, including traffic light maps for priority drug-bug combinations of public health relevance, as well as 42 co ...
Webinar 09.02.2022: “The evaluation of the EU’s Blood, Tissues and Cells Directives – what is at stake for the patient community?”
EPF is pleased to invite you to attend the upcoming webinar “The evaluation of the EU’s Blood, Tissues and Cells Directives – what is at stake for the patient community?”. When: 9 February 2022, from ...
EMA recommends approval of Spikevax for children aged 6 to 11
EMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) has recommended granting an extension of indication for the COVID-19 vaccine Spikevax to include use in children aged 6 to 11. The vaccine, developed by Moderna, ...
European Patients’ Day 2022 Monday, April 18th at 10:30 a.m.
Due to the upcoming European Day of Patients’ Rights, the Greek Patient Association is organizing an event on Monday 18th April at 10:30am in the Conference Hall at the Old Parliament, in order to con ...
At least 17 million people in Europe experienced long COVID in the first two years of the pandemic
WHO/Europe urges countries to take post COVID-19 condition seriously by urgently investing in research, recovery, and rehabilitation. New modelling conducted for WHO/Europe by the Institute for Healt ...
Countries in the European Region adopt first-ever digital health action plan
Health ministers and delegates from WHO/Europe’s 53 Member States have adopted the Region’s first-ever digital health action plan – an ambitious agenda that will leverage digital transformation in Eur ...
OECD | The economics of medication safety
Poor medication practices and inadequate system infrastructure—resulting in poor adherence, medication-related harms, and medication errors—too often results in patient harm. As many as 1 in 10 hospit ...
Become part of the young patient community! | EPF
Become part of the young patient community! The aim of the EPF Youth Group is to become the reference group of the young patient community and its role is to communicate the needs and expectations of ...
1st International Conference on Rare Diseases and Paediatric Research – Virtual Conference
We are very honored to welcome you to the 1st International Conference on Rare Diseases and Paediatric Research that will take place virtually from the 18th to the 19th of November. The Conference is ...