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Towards a truly participatory, democratic, and impactful involvement of patient organisations

Amplifying Patient Advocacy on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)

Understanding Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and its impact on patients. The AMR Info Point is dedicated to providing extensive resources on AMR. Our goal is to improve awareness and understanding of AMR among patient communities.

Patient Involvement in Health Technology Assessment (HTA)

Health Technology Assessment (HTA) is a systematic evaluation process used to assess the properties, effects, and impacts of health technology. This includes not just medical devices and equipment, but also drugs, medical procedures, and broader healthcare policies and systems.

Knowledge Hub on Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare

The AI Knowledge Hub is dedicated to help patient organisations and other interested stakeholders to better engage in debates, projects and initiatives on AI in healthcare, both at national and European levels.

WHAT WE DO

Policy and advocacy

EPF is active in a number of policy areas to ensure that patients' views are incorporated into the EU policy agenda. We develop campaign and advocacy strategies

Projects

EPF has been active in various health-related EU projects over the past few years both as a leader or associate partner to gather patient-related evidence based information

Capacity building

The Capacity Building Programme was designed in 2012 to respond to needs and concerns which have been identified by our membership during previous activities of EPF.

NEWS AND UPDATES

17/10/24 EVENTS PATIENT EMPOWERMENT PATIENT INVOLVEMENT

Towards a patient-centred EU mandate: Health policy with and for patients

The High-Level Policy Event "Towards a patient-centred EU mandate: Health policy with and for patients" took place on October 16th, 2024, in Brussels, Belgium. The event marked a step toward enhancing patient representation in healthcare policymaking,

15/10/24 EVENTS PATIENT EMPOWERMENT PATIENT INVOLVEMENT

EPF warns against rushed revision of the EU Medical Devices Regulations

EPF is very concerned about calls for an immediate reopening of the Medical Devices Regulations and fast-track amendments to the legislation within 100 days of the new European Commission taking office.

01/10/24 EVENTS PATIENT EMPOWERMENT PATIENT INVOLVEMENT

EPF Advocacy Toolkit on the Revision of the EU Pharmaceutical Legislation

The European Patients’ Forum (EPF) is pleased to announce the issue of its Advocacy Toolkit, developed to support efforts surrounding the revision of the EU pharmaceutical legislation. This toolkit collects essential resources for organisations

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