On 24 February 2018, HAHNEMANNIA, one of EFHPAs German homeopathic patients’ associations, celebrated its 150th birthday. The photo shows the president, Mario Hopp, and the office director, Sonja Zeyer-Hopp, in Hahnemannia’s office with a 150th anniversary cake. The jubilee will be officially celebrated on October 20, 2018 in Stuttgart / Bad Cannstatt in the Kursaal.
Fabienne Gigandet voted new VP for EFHPA
At our October annual meeting in Edinburgh, Cristal Sumner announced her decision to step down from her role as Vice-President, although she remains a much-valued member of the board. Fabienne Gigandet was nominated for the role of vice-president, and a vote was taken in which she was unanimously given the role of vice-president for EFHPA. […]
Hahnemannia to celebrate 150 years jubilee – with EFHPA!
One of our German Associations, Hahnemannia, which represents over 38 groups and more than 4000 members, is holding its 150 year jubilee in 2018 in the Stuttgart area. This was discussed at our Annual Meeting in Edinburgh in October 2017, and EFHPA is delighted to announce that our Annual Meeting will take place in the […]
Petition on Universal Access to Healthcare by 2030
EFHPA is a member of the EPF, the European Patients Forum. We fully support the petition to the European Parliament to raise awareness on the barriers patients face in accessing healthcare and to propose key political steps, actions and recommendations that EU decision makers and member states need to take in order to achieve universal […]
EFHPA General Assembly in Edinburgh
The EFHPA Annual General Assembly took place on Saturday 7th October in the sun-kissed city of glorious Edinburgh. Delegates from Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, France, England and Scotland met to discuss the past year and to make plans for the future year. Improving communication and making connections helps to strengthen all of us, and all patients […]
EFHPA Annual Meeting 2017, Edinburgh
This year our Annual meeting will take place in the beautiful and vibrant city of Edinburgh. The meeting will take place on the 7th of October but there will also be a social event on the Friday evening as well as on the Sunday. If your organisation has not yet sent in an annual report […]
A rebuttal of the NHMRC report on homeopathy
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 […]
“Homeopathy is a recognised and proven therapy for patients in Germany”
Although homeopathy is a practice that is increasingly under attack in countries all over the world, some nations such as Germany, one of the largest markets for homeopathy, continue endorsing its use. This is indicated by a survey published by the Federal Pharmaceutical Industry Association (BPI), according to which 70 percent of German patients are […]
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 of […]
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. […]
EFHPA General Assembly November 2016
The EFHPA General Assembly took place on Saturday 19 November, at the Imperial Riding School Renaissance Hotel in Vienna. Registration for the General Assembly was submitted via the European Congress for Homeopathy website, through which there was also the option to take advantage of special rates at one of three hotels. The General Assembly was free to attend but […]
European Committee for Homeopathy: Celebrating 25 years
The European Committee for Homeopathy, ECH, celebrated its 25th birthday last year. The ECH was founded in 1990. The reason for its foundation was the need for European societies of homeopathic physicians to cooperate and coordinate efforts in representation of their interests. Also, they wanted to promote a favourable view of homeopathy at a European […]
New member EFHPA
L’Association pour la promotion de la médecine homéopathique – APMH For information see page Member countries France