EU professional and patient organisations

The voice of older persons at EU level

AESGP is the voice of the manufacturers of non-prescription medicines, food supplements, and self-care medical devices in Europe, an area also referred to as “self-care” or “consumer healthcare” products. Our mission at AESGP is to support everyone in Europe’s access to safe and effective self-care, empowering people to take better care of their own and their families’ health.

AnimalhealthEurope is the association representing manufacturers of animal medicines, vaccines and other animal health products in Europe.

THE VOICE OF DENTISTS AND ORAL HEALTH IN EUROPE

EUROCAM is a foundation uniting European organisations representing CAM patients and trained CAM health professionals, including medical doctors, veterinarians and other practitioners. The aim of EUROCAM is to promote the contribution of CAM - Complementary and Alternative Medicine - to better health in Europe.

ESGAP is an active ESCMID study group that promotes awareness and learning about antimicrobial stewardship through educational activity such as pre-ECCMID postgraduate courses, support of regional meetings and now soon through a new website that aims to provide a virtual learning community for health care professional interested in stewardship.

Education of paediatricians across Europe and across primary, secondary and tertiary care should cover the risks and benefits of antibiotic prescribing.

The EAHM is one of the world’s largest hospital management associations. It represents both the hospital managers of public and private hospitals in the Europrean Union and international level.

The European Association of Hospital Pharmacists represents more than 22.000 hospital pharmacists in 35 European countries and is the only association of national organisations representing hospital pharmacists at European and international levels.

With over 450 members, European Cancer Patient Coalition (ECPC) is proud to be the largest European umbrella cancer patients’ association, covering all EU member states and many other European and non-European countries. ECPC represents patients affected by all types of cancers, from the rarest to the most common.

The European Central Council of Homeopaths (ECCH) is a European Council whose membership is made up of established associations of professional homeopaths existing within individual countries.

European Association of dental students that represents the voice of more than 70000 and offering more opportunities for dental students europe-wide.

The European Health Management Association is a non-profit membership organisation that focusses on enhancing the capacity and capability of health management to deliver high quality healthcare.

HOPE members are covering almost 80% of hospital activity in the EU. HOPE promotes improvements in the health of citizens throughout Europe.

European Federation of Nurses Associations

Eurohealth, home of the European Institute of Women's Health. (EIWH), supports women and family health policy at European,EU,national and regional levels.

EMSA envisions a united and solidary Europe in which medical students actively promote health.

The main objective of EPA-UNEPSA is to encourage scientific co-operation between not-for-profit National European Paediatric Societies/Associations and between European paediatricians working in primary, secondary and tertiary paediatric care in Europe, in order to promote child health and comprehensive paediatric care.

EPF is an umbrella organisation that works with patients' groups in public health and health advocacy across Europe.

EPSA is an umbrella organisation of all European pharmacy students’ associations, representing more than 160,000 students in 37 European countries.

A European platform for the responsible use of animal medicines, promoting best practices and ensuring animal health, animal welfare and public health.

A member-led organisation made up of public health NGOs, patient groups, health professionals and disease groups, we work to improve health and strengthen the voice of public health in Europe.

A community of respiratory professionals is growing each year. Becoming a member of ERS means you can join this expanding network and boost your career by sharing knowledge across borders and professional disciplines.

European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID)

FEMS is leading the way in promoting excellence and equality in science, and in channelling high quality knowledge to solving today’s societal problems around microbiology.

Health Care Without Harm Europe exists to create a sustainable healthcare sector that helps people to live more healthily on a healthier planet. HCWH Europe is a network of thousands of hospitals, healthcare leaders and healthcare professionals, with members across Europe and partners across the globe. Together we prove that it’s possible to deliver the highest quality of care in a way that’s sustainable environmentally and financially.

The Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) is a public-private partnership aiming to speed up the development of better and safer medicines for patients.

ICARS’ mission is to support low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in their efforts to reduce drug-resistant infections through close partnerships with LMIC ministries. ICARS co-develop interventions, which provide evidence for context-specific and cost-effective solutions to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) that are fit for sustainable scale-up. Through provision of funding and expertise, ICARS supports Intervention and Implementation Research projects across the One Health spectrum to support countries AMR National Action Plans (NAP).

IVAA advocates for the integration of Anthroposophic Medicine and therapy into health systems to improve health outcomes.

Medicines For Europe (formerly EGA) represents the European generic, biosimilar and valued added pharmaceutical industries.

MedTech Europe’s mission is to make innovative medical technology available to more people, while helping healthcare systems move towards a sustainable path.

A landmark partnership between 39 partners, including acclaimed food, veterinary and medical laboratories and institutes across Europe and the Med-Vet-Net Association.

Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union (PGEU)

SAFE is an international project in the field of antimicrobial resistance that, through Service-Learning workshops, trains university students to teach high school students on the topic, encouraging the vocation for STEM careers, raising awareness and knowledge on the issue of antimicrobial resistance and encouraging the search for antibiotic-producing microorganisms.

The Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME) represents national medical associations across Europe. We are committed to contributing the medical profession’s point of view to EU institutions and European policy-making through pro-active cooperation on a wide range of health and healthcare related issues.

The OIE is the intergovernmental organisation responsible for improving animal health worldwide.