In March 2015, NHMRC, the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council, published an Information Paper on homeopathy, which is often referred to as “the Australian report”. This claimed that there was no reliable evidence that homeopathy is effective. 1. However, when the report was sent for independent peer review, the Australasian Cochrane centre wrote […]
Introducing a new member to EFHPA.
On the 27th of January 2017 a new patients organisation was formed with an initial membership of around 50 and a board of 8 members. ACPAUH is the Catalan Homeopathic patients association, and applied to join EFHPA on the 8th of May. ACPAUH President Miquel Peralta who has used homeopathy as a patient for many […]
HRI: scientific evidence for homeopathy
https://www.hri-research.org/resources/homeopathy-faqs/there-is-no-scientific-evidence-homeopathy-works/ July 2017. The Homeopathy Research Institute HRI publishes an online article on 189 randomised controlled trials (RCT’s) on 100 different medical conditions, published in peer-reviewed journals. 41% of these were shown to be positive, meaning that treatments were likely to be beneficial, 54% inconclusive and 5% negative. In comparison, an analysis of 1016 systematic […]
EFHPA representative provides patient view within ECH Council
EFHPA representative provides patient view within ECH Council Cristal Sumner, EFHPA’s Vice President is the Patient representative on the Council of the European Committee for Homeopathy (ECH) http://homeopathyeurope.org/ . Cristal attended her first meeting in her new role with the ECH at their recent meeting in Heerhugowaard, Netherlands. The ECH respects and values the views […]
EFHPA General Assembly will be held in Edinburgh, Scotland on Saturday, 7th October 2017
EFHPA General Assembly will be held in Edinburgh, Scotland on Saturday, 7th October 2017. Every year EFHPA holds its General Assembly in different European cities. The General Assembly is an opportunity to share information with other patient groups and learn about useful strategies in building supporters, running campaigns and making the most of the internet. […]