EFPC NEWS

Global health community calls for climate action ahead of UN climate conference (COP26) to avert “biggest health threat facing humanity” WHO report calls for ambitious climate commitments as the only path to long-term recovery from pandemic Geneva, [...]

EFPC at the 71st session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe (virtual) 13–15 September 2021 We are glad to inform you that the EFPC is given the opportunity to present its’ statement at the 71st session [...]

The healthcare systems operating in the various member states of the European Union differ from one another quite significantly. However, all are under pressure from a number of pan-European developments and all are implementing reforms designed to [...]

Dear EFPC members, We would like to inform you that for our upcoming EFPC General Assembly, which will be held on the 6th of September during our Bergen Conference this year, there are two positions available within our [...]

Dear EFPC members, The Executive Board is pleased to announce the nomination of Prof Maria van den Muijsenbergh as the  new EFPC chair for the upcoming years. Due to the fact that Prof Sally Kendall is ending [...]

Dear EFPC members, We can announce a vacancy on the executive board, for which we would like to find someone who shares our vision for high quality, interprofessional primary care throughout Europe! For this vacancy  we have [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

European Forum for Primary Care: Position Paper for Primary Care Mental Health. Time for change, now more than ever! There is a need for a paradigm shift across mental health in primary care to improve the lives [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

EFPC acts as one of the Allies Improving Primary Health Care An empowered, vocal and engaged community, uniting to achieve reliable and resilient primary health care which started a global campaign named "#StrongwithPHC". Together with [...]