23-29 April 2023 is the European Immunization Week. Learn more about the event.

UEMO celebrates the World Health Day and congratulates the WHO on its 75th anniversary. Read here our statement.

Read our statement on shortages of medicines.

UEMO attended the European Health Union Network’s meeting on January 11, at the European Parliament, where several stakeholders gathered to debate the future implementation of the European Health Data Space (EHDS) as well as the challenges associated to it. Several MEPs addressed the audience during the event, including Victor Negrescu, Tomislav Sokol, Alex Agius Saliba, […]

UEMO’s Treasurer, Dr Mădălina Vesa is attending the Expert Conference on Vaccination organized by the EU Czech Presidency, taking place on November 21 and 22, in Prague. Building on the Council Recommendation on strengthened cooperation against vaccine-preventable diseases from 2018 and important lessons learned during last years of COVID-19 pandemic, the Czech Presidency of the […]

Each year, UEMO, together with other healthcare professionals, mark the week of 18-22 November to raise awareness of antimicrobial resistance and informing patients to always finish their prescribed antibiotics and to never take them to treat viral diseases. A special Eurobarometer published on November 17 offers an overview of the Europeans’ attitudes towards antibiotics. The […]

The UEMO hold its General Assembly on November 4 & 5, 2022 in Ljubljana with the support of the Slovenian Medical Association.  This was the last meeting of the Romanian Presidency. During the meeting, elections were organized to elect the upcoming presidency and two vice-presidents. The upcoming UEMO Presidency is composed of: Tiago Villanueva, Ordem […]

In October, the European Commission published a report assessing the level of medicines shortages in the bloc, as well as ways to secure them. The purpose of the Commission’s work is: • to present the main findings of the Structured Dialogue that should be considered in the analysis of supply security (Section I). • to […]

As part of the EU Cancer Screening Scheme to be put forward under Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan, the European Commission presented, on September 20,  a new approach to support Member States increasing the uptake of cancer screening. Focusing on detection of cancers at an early stage, the objective of the proposed recommendation is to increase the […]