Launch of the Interprofessional Education Framework for Action July 2009

Catalina Panatescu, Romania, representing the IPCRG, contributed to a meeting in Geneva two weeks ago at which WHO launched its WHO Framework for Action on Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice.

The meeting was attended by around 45 international representatives and key stake holders and the report World Health Organization Framework for Action on Interprofessional Education & Collaborative Practice document will be live on the web site shortly.

A WHO web site is developed to encourage interprofessional dialogue: Health Professionals Global Network

See for more information on Inter Professional Education (IPE) the website of the Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative

INFORMATION TO PATIENTS
IPCRG supports Good Clinical Practice Alliance – Europe's response to European Commission consultation on draft legal framework.

Guidance on the information concerning paediatric clinical trials to be entered into the EU Database on Clinical
Trials (EudraCT) and on the information to be made public by the European Medicines Agency (EMEA)
IPCRG supports Good Clinical Practice Alliance – Europe's response to European Commission consultation on its draft guidance.

Consultation on Patient Safety on the European Union, May 2008
IPCRG response, 15 May 2008: this is Word version of the online form submitted 15 May.  Our choices are highlighted in yellow, and any text in blue.

Smoke-Free Environments

July 2006

Jointly with EFA, response to the European Commission: Informal stakeholder consultation on smoke-free environments. This was led by DG SANCO in the run-up to the adoption of a Commission Green Paper on Smoke-Free Environments.

Towards Healthy Air in Dwellings in Europe

We are delighted to inform you that EFA, one of our associate members, has just announced that the EFA THADE Towards Healthy Air in Dwellings in Europe project results have now been published in a peer reviewed journal, Allergy. The full article is available at the members' only section of EFA's website (PDF). An abstract of the article accessible to all is available at Blackwell Synergy

The IPCRG welcomes the adoption of the Paediatrics Regulation by the European Parliament

1 June 2006

With the adoption of the Paediatrics Regulation, Members of the European Parliament in Brussels have sought to end the current situation, under which most children across the EU take small doses of medication developed for adults, which may not correspond to their metabolism and can even be harmful. Click here for the press release.

An Assessment of the Community System of Pharmacovigilance

May 2006

On 12 May 2006, the International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG) and European Federation of Allergy and Airway Diseases Patients’ Associations (EFA) submitted comments to the European Commission’s Public Consultation regarding “An Assessment of the Community System of Pharmacovigilance”. Click here for PDF document.

IPCRG and EFA submit comments to EMEA consultation for medicines used in children

19 January 2006

On 19 January 2006, IPCRG International Primary Care Respiratory Group and EFA European Federation of Allergy and Airway Diseases Patients' Associations submitted comments to the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) draft "Guideline on conduct of pharmacovigilance for medicines used by the paediatric population". Click here for the comments.

EMEA guidance on paediatric pharmacovigilance

The IPCRG and EFA (European Federation of Allergy and Airway Diseases Patients' Associations) welcome the recent adoption of the European Medicines Agency's (EMEA) "Guideline on conduct of pharmacovigilance for medicines used by the paediatric population", after having submitted comments to the draft guideline in an open consultation earlier this year. Click here for the guidance. (Word document)