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 […]

On February 27, UEMO President Tiago Villanueva and UEMO Secretary General Catarina Matias hosted representatives in the UEMO office in Brussels from WONCA Europe, EURACT, UEMS (Nada Cikes), European Commission (Petronille Bogaert), and European Parliament (MEP Tilly Metz) at the 3rd meeting of the European Alliance for Primary-Care Workforce Development, an informal group of European […]

UEMO, as a member of the Coalition for Vaccination, supports the Coalition’s 10 February 2026 appeal urging EU countries to strengthen vaccination programmes, tackle misinformation, and remove access barriers. Vaccination against influenza, SARS-CoV-2, RSV, pneumococcal disease, herpes zoster, and HPV remains a safe, effective way to protect patients and communities. Read the Full Coalition Statement […]

On 13 December, in Athens, UEMO President Tiago Villanueva attended the centenary celebrations of the Pan-Hellenic Medical Association (PHMA), together with representatives of other European medical organisations (EJD, CEOM, CPME, UEMS and WMA), in the presence of the Greek Minister of Health. In his address, he praised the achievements of the PHMA and expressed the […]

UEMO is proud to be part of the EMA’s new “It Takes a Team” campaign, launched on the 4th of November to raise awareness about the shared responsibility of tackling medicine shortages across Europe. Medicine shortages affect patients, clinicians, and healthcare systems alike. As frontline doctors, GPs are often the first to support patients when […]

Calin Bumbulut, the immediate past President of UEMO and a member of the Romanian delegation to UEMO, represented UEMO at the CPME meeting in Athens on October 24-25. He stated that recognition of the specialty as a European specialty remained our primary objective. The UEMO strategy, which we call the “dual path”, does not envisage […]

UEMO President Tiago Villanueva attended the UEMS Council meeting in Tbilisi, Georgia (17-18 October) and participated in a panel discussion session chaired by Dr Marc Hermans (UEMS) on the topic “The advancement of Disaster Medicine in Europe”, along with representatives from other European Medical Organizations (AEMH, CEOM, CPME EJD, FEMS). He stressed the central role […]

UEMO held its Autumn General Assembly in Skopje, North Macedonia, on 3 and 4 October, with the presence of delegations from 20 countries, observers from two countries and representatives from five European Medical Organizations (European Union of Medical Specialists, European Junior Doctors, European Federation of Salaried Doctors, Standing Committee of European Doctors, and European Medical […]

UEMO President Tiago Villanueva took part in the panel “Health workforce: recruitment, retention and remodelling” at the 2nd annual Future of Health Europe in London on September 30. He underlined the central role family physicians play in delivering preventive, accessible care and proposed practical solutions to strengthen their recruitment and retention across health systems. UEMO […]