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 her second term as Executive Board member, a new chair had to be identified. The choice for [...]
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 developed a detailed profile in order to strenghten the Board with specific expertise. The initial term will [...]
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. [...]
