EFPC NEWS

The EFPC has responded to a public consultation from the European Ombudsman on how the European Medicines Agency engages with medicine developers before they apply for authorisations to market their medicines in the EU. This public consultation is [...]

Preparations for the 29/30 Sept - 1 Oct Nanterre conference are ongoing. #EFPC2019 The key-note speakers are identified: Sara Willems, Armin Fidler and Charlotte Marchandise The call for abstracts is closed after having received more than 125 abstracts! Thanks for all those interesting [...]

This webinar will introduce the PRIMORE research network project.This initiative aims at bringing together researchers with different backgrounds and from a wide range of professional groups within the fields of primary care research and long-term care research, develop and [...]

ORAMMA Project Final Event Thursday 28th February,2019. 10.30-15.30 Maastricht University Campus (Brussels,Belgium) Free Registration The event will feature an overview of the project and its products, a report on the findings of the systematic review and training implementation, [...]

We are pleased to announce our first Key Note Speaker: Charlotte Marchandise, Deputy Mayor of Rennes, France and Chair of the French National Network of Healthy Cities. We are happy to have her presence at the 14th EFPC conference on Primary [...]

Former and present chair of the EFPC, Jan De Maeseneer and Sally Kendall came together for this editorial taking you into the primary health care (PHC) journey. This paper explains PHC evolution along the years and the future [...]

ORAMMA Webinar Friday 25th January 2019 at 12pm noon UK time. Join Professor Hora Soltani of Sheffield Hallam University and Eleanor Shaw from the European Midwives Association to hear about the ORAMMA project and the systematic review Hora [...]

EFPC Webinar: Imbalances in rural primary care: the risk of a primary care vacuum in rural and remote areas Rural and remote areas have an ageing population, with increasing health needs and a shrinking carrying capacity for community [...]

Dear EFPC members, We would like to inform about a position available at the EFPC Executive Board. The EFPC invites members interested in joining the Board for the next three years to come up with a nomination and submit [...]

The EFPC encourages all its members to take part in a survey within the study on attitudes of Healthcare Workers towards vaccines lead by the Vaccine Confidence Project and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Views and opinions will help to understand [...]

Health ministers and high-level representatives of the 53 Member States of the WHO European Region as well as partner organizations and civil society are taking part in the 68th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe in [...]

The 68th session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Europe will be held this September in Rome. EUPHA together with other organisations which includes the EFPC submitted this written statement to WHO welcoming the decision [...]

We are excited to let you know that Cambridge University Press will convert its leading journal, Primary Health Care Research & Development also EFPC official journal, to Open Access from January 2019. All articles submitted after October 1st 2018 will be [...]

EFPC Chair Sally Kendall who is also a professor working within the Centre for Health Services Studies within the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research (SSPSSR) at the University of Kent, has been awarded her honour in recognition [...]

Many countries have problems in attracting and retaining primary care workers in remote rural areas. This is not restricted to large countries; also small countries experience these problems. The Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (NIVEL)  is currently [...]

Our spring EFPC symposium in Canterbury had promised sunshine and daffodils. Instead the long-awaited event was hindered by some of the coldest weather in Europe. Snow closed airports and train stations as the ‘Beast from the East' gave [...]

Strengthening primary care, and getting greater value out of this sector, is a priority for all OECD health systems. Strengthening primary care system is seen as an effective way to address the aging population, rising burden of chronic [...]

Dear EFPC members, We would like to inform you that for our upcoming EFPC General Assembly, which will take place on the 24th of September in Crete, there are four positions available within our Advisory Board. The EFPC invites [...]

Earlier this month on the 3rd of May the EFPC, together with their colleagues in the HTA Health Care Professionals group (EUPHA, PGEU, CPME, among others), was invited by Dr. Andriukaitis and his staff to discuss issues connected [...]

In 2018, 40 years after the Declaration of Alma-Ata, Member States, people, civil society and international development partners will come to togehter to renew commitments to strengthening primary health care to achieve universal health coverage and the Sustainable [...]

Primary health care is celebrating a big birthday this year, marking 40 years since the signing of the Declaration of Alma-Ata. On this occasion, the WHO European Regional Office journal Public Health Panorama* will publish a special issue on [...]

David Smith, Director at the International Network of Health Workforce Education, will present on the latest innovations in communication and intercultural training at European, national and local level. Health professionals are dealing with constant changes to both the health [...]

This Webinar will provide an overview of the ORAMMA project, which is developing an integrated, mother and woman centered, culturally oriented and evidence based approach for all phases of the migrant and refugee women perinatal healthcare, including detection of [...]

Health Information for All (HIFA) has become and Associated Member of the EFPC.HIFA (Healthcare Information For All) is a professional global health network working in collaboration with WHO. HIFA has more than 17,000 health workers, librarians, publishers, researchers and policymakers, [...]

The independent Expert Panel on effective ways of investing in health has adopted three Opinions related to access to healthcare, innovative payment models for high-cost innovative medicines and performance of primary care. The Opinion on innovative payment models for high-cost innovative medicines analyses how [...]