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The mass ageing of our populations has been one of the crowning achievements of the end of the second millennium. This ageing has also brought challenges in terms of a new order of complexity in ensuring the health of the ageing populations. Geriatric medicine has developed to meet this challenge, and has been proven to be an efficient and cost-effective development.

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Greece takes over the EU Presidency

Greece will be in charge of the EU until 30 June...

European Patients Forum position on the rights and needs of older patients

As the general population is ageing, EPF is...

EMPATHiE:

empowering patients in the management of chronic...

Directive on Patients' Rights in Cross-border Healthcare comes into force

On 25 October the Directive on Patients’ Rights...

First formal meeting of the Commission’s Expert Panel on Effective Ways on Investing in Health

On 11 July, a first formal meeting of the...

Launch of the European Patients Forum 2014 Election Manifesto, 1 October

On 1 October, the EPF launched its EPF 2014...

Lithuanian EU Presidency conference on mental health, 11 October

Mr Borg underlined the importance of...

Joint practitioners meeting, 13 October

At a meeting of the...

Monitored medicines:

indication on packaging