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Patients
European Platform for Patients' Organisations,
Science and Industry (EPPOSI)
The European platform for patients' organisations,
science and industry (EPPOSI) working on health
care policies towards treatment and prevention
of serious diseases.
It is EPPOSI's primary mission to ensure that
patient needs and views are central in the European
health care debate and as such, they have a controlling
say in the agenda setting and priorities for the
Platform.
EPPOSI is issue led and aims to provide agreed
strategies on European policy matters that can
be endorsed by patients, scientists, the medical
community and industry.
Contact details: Avenue de Tervuren 402,
1150 Brussels - BelgiumDirect Phone: +32 (0)2
7616 665, Mobile: +32 (0)497 471 665 Fax: +32
(0)2 7770 504, email: info@epposi.org
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European
Organisation for Rare Disorders (EURORDIS)
The European Organisation for Rare Disorders (EURORDIS)
is an alliance of patients associations dedicated
to improving the quality of life of all people associated
with rare diseases in Europe.
Their mission is to promote rare disorders
and to develop access to new therapies.
Contact details: Platforme Maladies Rares,
102 Rue Didot, F - 75014 Paris, France, Tel: (33
1) 56535216, Fax: (33 1) 56535215, email: eurordis@eurordis.org
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Doctors
Standing Committee of European Doctors
(CPME)
The Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME) is
the international umbrella organisation of the National
Medical Associations in the Countries of the European
Union/European Economic Area.
The aim of CPME is to promote the highest standards
of medical training and medical practice. CPME is particularly
concerned to promote the relationship between patients
and doctors and also works to promote the free movement
of doctors within the European Union.
Contact details: Avenue de Cortenbergh 66, Box 2, B
- 1000 Brussels, Belgium, Tel: (32 2) 7327202, Fax (32
2) 7327344, email: cpme@euronet.be
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European Federation of National Associations
of Orthopaedic and Traumatology (EFORT)
The European Federation of National Associations of
Orthopaedic and Traumatology has as main activities
to organise congresses, educational activities, tele-learning
and the development of an implants register.
Contact details: Freihofstrasse 22, CH - 8700 Küsnacht,
Switzerland, Tel: (41 1) 9133225, Fax: (41 1) 9133223,
email: office@efort.org
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European Medical Association (EMA)
The
European Medical Association (EMA) is an independent
non-profit organisation that offers every European
Community doctor the opportunity to join a European
network of doctors; to add a European dimension to
their professional activities and to actively influence
the development of European healthcare.
To improve the quality of healthcare and medical working
conditions in the European Community, EMA primarily
aims to enhance information, and to encourage cooperation
and mobility.
Contact details: Place de Jamblinne de Meux 12, B
- 1030 Brussels, Belgium, Tel: (32 2) 7342980, Fax:
(32 2) 7342135, email: contact@EMAnet.org
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European
Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS)
The aim of the European Union of Medical Specialists
(UEMS) is the harmonization and improvement of the quality
of medical specialist practice in the European Union
(EU). Education is a key element in this field and the
UEMS has been pursuing the formulation of a common policy
in the field of training for many years.
Contact details: Avenue de la Couronne 20, B - 1050
Brussels, Belgium, Tel: (32 2) 6495164, Fax: (32 2)
6403730, email: uems@skynet.be
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European
Society of Cardiology (ESC)
The goals of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
were clearly defined in the original statutes: "to foster
the development of cardiology, to further scientific
exchanges, to encourage personal contacts and to establish
standards of training for cardiologists and those who
work in the field of cardiovascular disease."
The European Society of Cardiology has now broadened
its goals and is "dedicated to improving the quality
of life of the European population by reducing the impact
of cardiovascular disease".
Contact details: The European Heart House, 2035 Route
des Colles, BP 179, Les Templiers, F - 06903 Sophia
Antipolis, France, Tel: (33 4) 92947600, Fax: (33 4)
92947601, email: webmaster@escardio.org
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Nurses
Standing Committee of Nurses
(PCN)
The Standing Committee of Nurses (PCN) of the EU,
representing more than 750,000 European nurses, shall
strenghten the status and practice of the profession
of nursing and the interests of nurses in the EU and
Europe.
Their objectives are to ensure that nurses and nursing
is central to the development of Social and Health
Policy and its implementation in the EU and Europe;
to support and facilitate a qualitative and equitable
health service in the EU and Europe by a strategic
contribution to the development of a sufficient effective,
competent and motivated workforce of nurses; and to
strengthen PCN representation in the EU and Europe
and develop PCN key role as bridge between NNA and
decision-makers in the EU institutions.
Contact details: Rue de la Concorde 53, B - 1050 Brussels,
Belgium
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Hospitals
Standing Committee of the Hospitals of
the European Union (HOPE)
The
Standing Committee of the Hospitals of the European
Union (HOPE) is a non-governmental European Association,
which was created in 1966.
The Committee includes national hospital associations
or representatives from the national health systems
of the 15 Member States of the European Union, plus
Bulgaria, Cyprus, Hungary, Malta, Romania, Slovakia
and Switzerland as observer members.
The Constitution of 1995 states that it is the Standing
Committee's mission to promote, as an NGO, improvements
in the health of citizens throughout the countries of
the EU and a uniformly high standard of hospital care
throughout the EU and to foster efficiency, effectiveness
and humanity in the organization and operation of hospital
services and of the health systems within which they
function.
Contact details: Kapucijnenvoer 35, B - 3000 Leuven,
Belgium, Tel: (32 16) 336902, Fax: (32 16) 336906, email:
sg@hope.be
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European
Association of Hospital Managers (EAHM)
The
European Association of Hospital Managers is an EU umbrella
association of 26 national associations. It represents
more than 22 000 individuals through their membership
in their national hospital managers associations.
Their objectives are to inform their members, to promote best
practice, to facilitate access to EU institutions
and co-operation with other associations, to assist
hospital directors in their management tasks through
the organisation of regular congresses, scientific committees,
and through their publication. They also lobby for the
concerns of hospitals at EU level.
Contact details: Boulevard du Jardin Botanique Kruidtuinlaan 32, B - 1000 Brussels, Belgium, Tel: (32 2) 733 69 01, Fax: (32 2) 733 69 01, email: sg@eahm.eu.org
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Industry
The Association of the European Self-Medication
Industry (AESGP)
The
Association of the European Self-Medication Industry
(AESGP) was founded to contribute to the improvement
of responsible self-medication at the European level
and to ensure that the views and interests of the
manufacturers of non-prescription medicines and self-care
products in Europe are recognised in pharmaceutical
and health matters.
The mission of AESGP is to represent the interests
of its members in a way that facilitates consumers'
access to high-quality, safe and effective consumer
healthcare products.
Contact details: Avenue de Tervuren 7, B - 1040 Brussels,
Belgium, Tel: (32 2) 7355130, Fax: (32 2) 7355222,
email: info@aesgp.be
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European
Coordination Committee of the Radiological and Electromedical
Industry (COCIR)
COCIR, the European Coordination Committee of the Radiological
and Electromedical Industry, is the European organisation
of trade associations representing the European electromedical
industry.
Their objectives are to represent and promote the various
interests of their members; to act as the main communication
channel the governmental bodies and their members; to
promote the efficient development of international,
and wherever possible, identical European standards,
consistent with the maintenance of quality, safety,
effectiveness and the furtherance of free world-wide
trade in medical devices; to promote the harmonisation
of world-wide regulatory control on medical devices,
consistent with the maintenance of patient and user
safety.
Contact details: COCIR Secretariat General c/o ZVEI,
Fachverband Elektromedizinische Technik, Stresemannallee
19, D - 60596 Frankfurt/Main, Germany, Tel: (49 69)
6302207, Fax (49 69) 6302390, email: office@cocir.org
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EDMA
EDMA represents the in vitro diagnostics (medical testing)
industry active in Europe. They act in co-operation
with other European trade associations representing
medical devices, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology in
general, and with associations representing the medical
device industries in other parts of the World.
Contact details: Place Saint-Lambert 14, B - 1200 Brussels,
Belgium, Tel: (32 2) 7722225, Fax: (32 2) 7722329, email:
edma@edma-ivd.be
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The
European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and
Associations (EFPIA)
The European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries
and Associations (EFPIA) is the representative voice
of the pharmaceutical industry in Europe.
Their mission is to promote pharmaceutical research
and development in order to bring new medicines onto
the market in the interest of patients and human health
world-wide; to foster a favourable policy climate that
enables the pharmaceutical industry in Europe to meet
the growing high-quality health care expectations of
present and future generations and to contribute to
the strength of the EU economy and to the social well-being
of its citizens.
Contact details: Rue du Trône 108, B - 1050 Brussels,
Belgium, Tel: (32 2) 6262555, Fax: (32 2) 6262566, email:
info@efpia.org
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EUROM VI
The European Federation of Precision Mechanics and Optical
Industries was founded in 1960.
Their objectives are to promote the interests of its
members, to promote the cooperation of the European
medical technology industry, to encourage free world-wide
trade, to cooperate with European organisations, to
effect a harmonisation of legislation, standardisation,
mutual recognition of certification procedures and the
implementation of the medical devices directives in
Europe and to represent a European position in international
activities.
Contact details: Kirchweg 2, D - 50858 Köln, Germany,
Tel: (49 221) 94862832, Fax: (49 221) 483428
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EuropaBio
EuropaBio's mission is to promote an innovative and
dynamic biotechnology-based industry in Europe. They
advocate free and open markets and the removal of barriers
to competitiveness with other areas of the world.
EuropaBio, the European Association for Bioindustries,
represents nearly 40 member companies operating worldwide
and 18 national biotechnology associations.
Contact details: Avenue de l'Armee 6, B - 1040 Brussels,
Belgium, Tel: (32 2) 7350313, Fax: (32 2) 7354960, email:
mail@europabio.org
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European
Biosafety Association (EBSA)
EBSA aims to provide a forum for its members to discuss
and debate issues of concern and to represent those
working in the field of biosafety and associated activities.
To date, the Association has over 300 individual members
and around 20 Corporate members, representing over 15
countries in Europe, as well as the United States and
Canada.
EBSA's mission is to enhance the knowledge and understanding
of biological safety issues throughout Europe and the
world. They strive to establish and communicate best
practices amongst its members and they encourage dialogue
and discussions on developing issues. EBSA will seek
to influence and support emerging legislation and standards
in the areas of biological safety, biotechnology, and
associated activities and will act as a focal point
for the consolidation of views on these issues.
Contact details: EBSA Administration Office, Theodor-Heuss-Allee 25, 60486 Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Tel: +49 69 75 64 381 / 143, Fax: +49 69 7564 299, e-mail: ebsa-office@ebsaweb.eu |
Other
European Dialysis
and Transplant Nurses Association/European Renal Care
Association (EDTNA/ERCA)
EDTNA/ERCA was established in 1971 to address the special
needs of nurses and other professionals that treat patients
suffering from renal failure. Since then, the Association
has become the most important forum in Europe for the
exchange of information and experience from all members
of the renal care team who treat patients suffering
from renal failure.
The Association currently has more than 5000 members
in more than 66 countries worldwide. Their goals are
to achieve a high level of quality care and support
for patients and their families; to develop and continually
update standards for renal care; to promote the advancement
of renal care through education and continuous professional
development; to initiate, promote and conduct research
in renal care and disseminate the results, ....
Contact details: Pilatusstrasse 35, Postfach 3052, CH
- 6002 Luzern, Switzerland, Tel: (41 41) 4407555, Fax:
(41 41) 4403962, email: info@edtna-erca.org.
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European
Public Health Alliance (EPHA)
The European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) is an international
not-for-profit association which represents over 90
non-governmental and other not-for-profit organisations
working in support of health in Europe.
EPHA's initiative is to promote and protect the health
interests of all people living in Europe. They achieve
their mission by strengthening dialogues between the
EU institutions, citizens and NGOs in support of public
health policies.
Contact details: Rue de Pascale 33, 1040 Brussels, Belgium,
Tel: (32 2) 2303056, email: epha@epha.org
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European Institute of Medicine (EOM)
The EOM was founded in 2001 by the European Academy
of Sciences and Arts in order to examine political factors
pertaining to public health in Europe. The Institute
aims to be an advisor to the governments of Europe and,
acting on its own initiative, identifies issues of medical
care, research and education.
The mission of the European Institute of Medicine is
to improve the quality of health care in Europe.
Contact details: Kärntner Ring 14/4, A - 1010 Wien,
Austria, Tel: (43 1) 5125760, email:office@european-academy.at
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European
Health Forum Gastein (EHFG)
The main objective of the EHFG is to facilitate the
establishment of a framework for advising and developing
European health policy while recognising the importance
of national and regional authorities and decision-making
bodies. The EHFG is organised by the International Forum
Gastein (IFG), a non-profit and non-partisan association.
Contact details: International Forum Gastein, Tauernplatz
1, A - 5630 Bad Hofgastein, Austria, Tel: (43 6432)
711070, Fax (43 6432) 711071, email:info@ehfg.org
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