Attention students! Win a chance to present at the HAI Europe Annual Meeting 2012

24 Jan 2012 - Health Action International (HAI) Europe is sponsoring an essay contest. The essay should focus on one of the principal areas of HAI Europe’s policy work: Rational use of medicines, Access to essential medicines, and Democratisation of medicines policy. There will be (limited) funding available to cover the costs (travel, hotel, entry visa) for the winner to attend the autumn Annual General Meeting of the HAI Europe Association so that she/he can make a short 15-minute Power Point presentation based on their essay at the meeting and be present over the course of the two-day meeting (exact date and location to be determined). Winning essays will also be posted on the HAI website. Further details can be found here.

HAI Europe, the Medicines in Europe Forum and the ISDB Joint Press Release:
Revised proposal for a Directive on “information” to patients.

1 Dec 2011 - On 11th October the European Commission published its revised Directive proposal on “information” to patients about prescription-only medicines. The revised proposal is a response to the opposition to previous drafts by the end of 2010, considered by the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers of Health to be inadequate, as they did not uphold patients’ safety and public health. The revised proposal for a Directive on “information” to patients threatens the sustainability of health financing systems, and does not serve the interests of the citizens. The Medicines in Europe Forum, the ISDB and HAI Europe therefore call on all European Union’s Health Ministers to continue to refuse to study this legislative proposal. The press release can be viewed here.

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