EUROCAM Events
CAM Interest Group in the EU Parliament
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM): Reducing the need for antibiotics
EU Parliament, Brussels, 1 April 2014
Documents:
- Invitation (pdf)
- European
Commission position (pdf)
Ms Herta Adam, Deputy Head of Unit (C3 - Health Threats), DG Health and Consumers. - Introduction:
The role of CAM in reducing antimicrobial resistance (pdf)
Dr Ton Nicolai, EUROCAM spokesman/coordinator - Herbal
medicine – its role in combating antimicrobial resistance (pdf)
Mr Michael McIntyre, Visiting Professor, Middlesex University, London, Chair European Herbal and Traditional Medicine Practitioner Association, UK - Integrative
approach in anthroposophic hospitals (pdf)
Dr Thomas Breitkreuz, President Federation of Anthroposophic Medical Associations (IVAA), Senior Consultant at the Paracelsus Hospital, Unterlengenhardt, Germany - Homeopathy
as an alternative to antibiotics (pdf)
Professor Dr Michael Frass, Professor of Medicine, Senior Intensivist, Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Austria - Herbal
medicine as an alternative to antibiotics in animal husbandry
(pdf)
Professor Dr Johanna Fink-Gremmels, veterinarian, chair in veterinary pharmacology and toxicology at the Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS), Utrecht University, the Netherlands. - Homeopathy
as an alternative to antibiotics in animal husbandry (pdf)
Ms Liesbeth Ellinger, veterinarian, researcher, Past-President International Association for Veterinary Homeopathy (IAVH), the Netherlands
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM): An investment in health
EU Parliament, Brussels, 27 June 2013
Documents:
- Invitation pdf
- Summary of the event (pdf)
- Commissioner Tonio Borg's keynote speech (pdf)
- EU policy “Investing in Health” and the added value of CAM" (Dr Ton Nicolai) (pdf)
- <CAMCrossEurope> regulation - impact on patent safety (Ms Solveig Wiesener) (pdf)
- CAM – the providers’ perspective (Mr Stephen Gordon) (pdf)
- Improving the provision of homeopathic & anthroposophic medicines (Mr Nand De Herdt) (pdf)
- The availability of herbal medicines throughout the EU (Mr Michael McIntyre) (pdf)
- Prevention, health promotion, reduced inequalities and CAM Innovation (Mr Seamus Connolly) (pdf)
- Cost-effectiveness and efficiency of CAM (Prof Dr Erik Baars) (pdf)
- Good practices of CAM integration in the EU: the Tuscan experience (Dr Elio Rossi) (pdf)
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Cancer and the contribution of Complementary and Alternative
Medicine (CAM)
EU Parliament, Brussels, 27 March 2011
- Invitation pdf
- Summary of the event (pdf)
- Prevention and treatment of cancer from a conventional and CAM perspective and the benefits of integrating both approaches:
- Position paper EUROCAM: The role of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the context of cancer (pdf)
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The need for research into health promotion
EU Parliament, Brussels, 11 March 2011
Documents:
- Invitation pdf
- Summary of the event (pdf)
- The view of the researcher by Harald Walach (pdf)
- The view of the Commission (pdf)
- Position paper EUROCAM: Research in CAM and Health Policies (pdf)
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Healthy ageing, chronic disease management and the potential
contribution of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in
these areas
EU Parliament, Brussels, 12 April 2011
Documents:
- Invitation pdf
- The view of the medical doctor (pdf)
- The view of the practitioner (pdf)
- The view of the Commission (pdf)
- EUROCAM Statement on Healthy Aging (pdf)
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EU Directives are not working for products used in
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)
EU Parliament, Brussels, 16 November 2010
Documents:
