European Strategy for Chronic Conditions – Second Workshop

This one-day open event will focus on the challenges faced by patients with chronic diseases.
 It will point out the specific burdens that chronics conditions put on patients, in comparison with other acute diseases; these burdens go beyond the commonly mentioned one financial impact.
 Indeed, living with one – or as so often happens more than one – chronic disease has a huge impact on all aspects of their lives and those of their relatives. These specific needs call for specific solutions. Key topics would include eHealth, social and medical dimensions, and economic issues.
The workshop will take place on 9 December 2010 in Brussels.
Please note that EPPOSI is working to be officially supported by the EU Belgian Presidency, which begins on 1 July and whose top priorities include tackling chronic disease. The Belgian Presidency is organising its own event on this topic next autumn, and EPPOSI plans to discuss with officials the right moment to organise it.

For further information please contact us at info@epposi.org or check our website in the coming weeks.

The organising committee for the December workshop is co-chaired by Rod Mitchell, European Federation of Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis Associations, representing patients; Bernard Maillet, UEMS (European Union of Medical Specialists), representing science; and Detlef Niese, Novartis, representing industry.