On 3 February, the European Commission published the Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan which sets out a new EU approach to cancer prevention, early detection, treatment, and care. CPME believes that prevention is the most cost-effective long-term strategy for cancer control, and therefore is pleased to see that prevention is one of the key action areas […]

On 21 January 2021, CPME adopted a new policy on vaccination. It affirms that vaccination is a safe and efficient way of protecting individuals and populations from vaccine-preventable communicable diseases. The policy contains a set of recommendations and highlights that the role of medical doctors and other healthcare professionals is central in encouraging individuals to […]

39 civil society organisations are calling on the European Commission and EU national governments to ensure a maximum degree of transparency in the EU’s exchanges, negotiations and deals with pharmaceutical companies over COVID19 vaccines, proposing a new framework of transparency for future joint procurement negotiations. To this end: – We take note of the EC’s commitment for […]

On 19 November 2020, the CPME Executive Committee adopted the ’CPME response to public consultation on Social Europe’ (CPME 2020/114 FINAL).

On 7 December 2020, CPME and the Lancet Countdown are co-launching the 2020 EU Policy Brief, focusing on infectious disease, city-level climate change and its health related economic costs. The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change is a multidisciplinary collaboration between 120 experts from more than 35 institutions dedicated to monitoring the evolving health […]

The initiative is coordinated by the World Health Professions’ Alliance. Further information as well as campaign tools are available on their website, accessible here.

During its Annual General Assembly on 21 November, the Board of the CPME endorsed the World Medical Association’s position on the Turkish Government’s threat to dismantle the Turkish Medical Association. To read the CPME’s press release, click here.

European doctors from 30 National Medical Associations met online for the biannual General Assembly and Board meetings of the Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME) on 21 November. Read the full press release here

On 21 November 2020, CPME published the ‘CPME report on COVID-19 in Europe’. Click here to access the full report.

On 21 November 2020, the CPME Board adopted ’Pandemic Preparedness – European Doctors’ Recommendations to the EU’ (CPME 2020/111 FINAL).