UEMO President Tiago Villanueva attended the joint AEMH-FEMS meeting, which took place on 8-9 May in Wroclaw, along with representatives from CEOM, CPME and UEMS. He had the opportunity to update the audience on UEMO’s activities, in particular the ongoing efforts of different European countries to send notifications to the European Commission via the internal […]

Please find the video of UEMO President, Tiago Villanueva, interviewing FEMS President Alessandra Spedicato on how to improve the working conditions of Family Doctors in Europe.

UEMO Vice President Branka Lazic from the Serbian Medical Chamber represented UEMO at the WMA Council meeting on 24th and 25th April in Belgrade. She actively participated in the Round Table Women in Medicine, which was inspired and organized by the current President of WMA Dr. Jacqueline W. Kitulu. Although women make up the majority […]

UEMO is happy to share with you the official support message from the Medical Chamber of Montenegro: Dear President and Members of the UEMO General Assembly, The Medical Chamber of Montenegro (Ljekarska komora Crne Gore), through its official UEMO Delegate dr Dušan Popović, specialist in family medicine, and with the full support and endorsement of […]

UEMO Secretary-General Catarina Matias attended the UEMS Council meeting in Tunis, Tunisia, on 24-25 April. She participated in a roundtable discussion with representatives from other EMOs (“How can EMOs promote their work and strengthen their influence at European and international level?”) and pointed out that EMOs strengthen their influence not by speaking louder, but by […]

UEMO President Tiago Villanueva attended the 50th anniversary celebrations and General Assembly of the European Junior Doctors (EJD) on April 16 and 17 in Bad Nauheim, Germany, where EJD was founded. The meeting accommodated a slightly modified format to accommodate the birthday celebrations, which included several panel debates with several external guests and the current […]

UEMO President Tiago Villanueva attended in the CEOM Plenary meeting on 27 March, in Ljubljana, where he gave an update of UEMO’s activities, in particular the latest developments to pursue the recognition of the specialty of general practice/family medicine in Europe (the notification of Spain to the European Commission requesting inclusion of general practice/family medicine […]

On March 20 and 21, UEMO Vice-President Hermenegildo Marcos participated in the CPME General Assembly in Dublin. Attendees discussed “The Digital Determinants of Poor Health,” focusing on smartphone applications, understanding what pornography is, and gambling addiction. Other topics of discussion included optimization of the health workforce, the health effects of gambling, the digital omnibus package, […]

On March 6, UEMO President Tiago Villanueva delivered a keynote presentation at the Conference of the Croatian Society of Teachers in Family Medicine (DNOOM) in Zagreb on “Enhancing the recognition and value of Family Medicine in European healthcare systems” The session focused on the current challenges affecting Family Medicine across Europe and the opportunities to […]