Greener Primary Care By Pim de Graaf Does Primary Care have a big environmental footprint? Do we produce much waste and CO2 emissions? Do we use much energy, more than necessary? I suspect we have no data. There are data for the health system as a whole, though, as the Health care climate footprint [...]
EFPC lunch webinar: Prison Health Working Group 7 April 12.30 CET The EFPC will be hosting the Webinar "Cases of Primary Care in closed settings/prisons" next 7th of April, at 12:30h (CET). With the objective to collect obstacles in providing primary care in closed settings and released detainees; next steps for improvement. [...]
WFPHA Press Release: Coalition of International NGOs Call for Equitable Access for Vaccines and Treatment during COVID-19 Pandemic Around the world, governments are struggling to find ways to work together and control the spread of COVID-19. The virus does not recognize national boundaries. Rather, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated long-standing health disparities between and [...]
A call to action for global, European and national stakeholders and governments to strengthen pandemic preparedness and responsiveness by taking a life- course immunization (LCI) approach which will expand access to vaccines, improve uptake, and ensure optimal protection of all populations. Life-course immunization can contribute to healthier, more productive, and longer lives, which enhances the sustainability of healthcare systems. [...]
Webinar "Cases of Primary Care in closed settings/prisons" | 18/01/21 at 12h CET The EFPC will be hosting the Webinar "Cases of Primary Care in closed settings/prisons" next 18th of January, at 12h (CET). With the focus on highlighting the continuity of care between prisons and the community, as well as the [...]
European Forum for Primary Care: Position Paper for Primary Care Mental Health. Time for change, now more then ever! There is a need for a paradigm shift across mental health in primary care to improve the lives of millions of Europeans. To contribute to this paradigm shift, the European Forum for Primary Care (EFPC-MH) [...]
Webinar "Primary Health Care Research and Development Journal" The EFPC will be hosting a webinar presenting the Cambridge University Press journal: Primary Health Care Research and Development, on the 16th of December, at 13:00h(CET) All position papers, editorials and other articles published within this journal are aimed specifically at both researchers and [...]
Petition for the campaign 30by2030 goes live from the 15th of November We call for major international donors to assign a part of their vertical (disease-oriented) categorical budgets, increasing to 30% by 2030, to strengthening horizontal Primary Health Care systems so that all diseases can be prevented and people treated in a comprehensive way. [...]
The EFPC will be hosting a video webinar exploring investment in health workforce and how COVID-19 has influenced this, next 27th of November at 14h (CET). The session will consist of a keynote presentation from Prof. Dr. Maria van den Muijsenbergh (Department of Primary and Community Care at Radboud University Medical Centre) and Prof. Em. [...]
Dealing with the collateral damage of covid-19: It’s not all about cure—it’s about care COVID-related disruptions in care disproportionately affect the most vulnerable. With strong PHC, populations can access quality care from trusted health care workers in crisis and in calm. Read the BMJ opinion of the EFPC "Dealing with the collateral damage of [...]
