The European HMPWG
should review and reformulate
the official requirements for
Nosodes in a positive way!
should review and reformulate
the official requirements for
Nosodes in a positive way!
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2014-2020 EU Health Program Conference, Brussels, 30th September 2019
Report by Nora Laubstein
“Vaccinate, vaccinating brings a blessing. Vaccinate, the more the better, to vaccinate is necessary. Yes, it is really great!"-The statement began the one-day event held by the Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency, CHAFEA, based in Luxembourg for the past 15 years. The statement was inclusive in a film shown at the event— a deeply one-side propaganda film.
The EU Health Program Conference brought a large stratification of many highly distinguished health-sector members. The EU health commissioner, Vytenis Andriukaitis, offered his farewell speech, gave thanks to all attendees as well as the approximate 7000 organisations. Andriukaitis proudly pointed to the achievements. There was a sense of reflection and sentiment that is usually uncommon in EU-circles, and this resonated and blew through the hall! Andriukaitis stated that under the slogan: “Health in all policy areas,” a new economic system, evidence-based, individual-related care, and digitalization of health and advanced cooperation within the EU had been initiated.
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The International Yoga Day in the UK Parliament and the Nehru Centre of The High Commission of India
20th + 21st of June in London with the participation of the Professional Chamber Sanator
Report by Marketa Lacikova and the APPG
On behalf of All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) - Indian Traditional Sciences, a warm welcome was given by Rt Hon Tom Brake MP, to Committee Room 10 full to bursting of enthusiastic participants for the 5th Int’l Yoga Day at the Houses of Commons on Thursday evening 20th June 2019. He read the proposed one-million signature petition to the European parliament on Traditional Medicines:
“As a citizen, I urge our policy makers, at national and European level, to encourage the medical profession to take a more holistic view of our health, looking at the whole person not just particular symptoms, promoting overall well-being, and recognising the potential benefits of complementary treatments, including respected traditional approaches such as Ayurveda and Yoga.”
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CHRODIS+ Conference - 14.5. and 15.5.2019 in Budapest
Report by Lauren Tuchman
CHRODIS PLUS (CHRODIS+), is a three year initiative that began in 2017 and will conclude in 2020. It is funded by the European Commission and participating partner organizations, and was established under the Third Health Program (2014-2020) to work to support member states to “alleviate the burden of chronic diseases.” There are 42 partners, 21 EU countries represented, all working together to share knowledge, collaborate, and implement projects and initiatives to reduce the occurrence and severity of chronic disease.
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Multi-Purpose 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Agenda
The United Nations (UN), World Health Organization (WHO), and European Union’s (EU’s) Multi-Purpose 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Agenda: A report on the content of the 4.8.2018 EU conference in Brussels –
by Nora Laubstein
In September 2015, the UN made a bold attempt to try to transform the world by creating the Agenda 2030, a plan of action for the people, planet, and increased economical stability. In the agenda many items were labeled and categorized under the terminology: Sustainability. Examples of this are: Extended peace, ending worldwide poverty, tackling climate change, and ensuring the successful collaboration among stakeholders.
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World Acupuncture Day! A Celebration in Paris of Eight Years Acknowledging Acupuncture as Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH)
15 November 2018, UNESCO headquarters, Paris
Report by Nora Laubstein
Beginning at 8 a.m, a flock of visitors from around the world waited in front of the grey concrete palace of UNESCO in Paris to be let inside. Although off to a slightly late start, the day began. Mr. Dr. Denis Colin, the president of WADO (World Acupuncture Day Organization), moderated the event that was well-attended by many Chinese representatives.
The first speaker, the president of WFAS (World Federation of Acupuncture-Moxibustion Societies), Professor Luis Bao-Yan, spoke out in favor of scientific research and integrative medicine. He pointed out the special role of the 34 Traditional Medicine (TM) centers around the world. Mr. Buon Hong Tan, a member of the Paris city-parliament, described the history of the application filed in 2009 that served to acknowledge and solidify acupuncture as Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH): Two hospitals, the St. Salpitiere in Paris, and a hospital in Hong Kong provided the practical basis for the application at UNESCO.
Mr. Michel Spinelli , the permanent representative of Greece in UNESCO, congratulated the organizers and pointed to the special role of Greece’s Hippocratic medicine. Mr. Laurent Stefanini, who represents France within UNESCO, emphasized the success of acupuncture treatment by talking about its use by actress Juliette Binoche.
Professor Yang Long-Hui discussed the government-funded, “China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences” (CACMS) and their research pool. [Further information for CACMS is available at: www.catcm.ac.cn.] For example, the research that led to the Nobel Prize for medicine in regard to Artemisinin comes from the CACMS.
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European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Conference 2018: “Science, Food, Society”
September 18 - 21, 2018, Parma, Italy
By Lauren Tuchman
This Fall EFSA hosted their annual conference in Parma, Italy. The attendees numbered upwards of one thousand and were a diverse group made up of national and international organizations, EU bodies, stakeholder organizations, research institutes, consumer groups, and food safety agencies. This was a four-day event and while the general theme focussed on the dynamic power and relationship cause and effect between ‘science, food, and society’ —the title of the event— more specific discussion centered on the role of: “contextualizing risk assessment,” which was the motto of the conference. This motto played out throughout the conference in the exploration of the role of risk assessment within science, and its interplay in human health, environment, nutrition, biological hazards, etc. Additionally, there were prominent discussions involving the concept of designing and projecting for the future, and managing current evidence whilst concurrently actively engaging with society.
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Balneotherapy = water therapy + X in the bathroom?
A report of Nora Laubstein on the 13th Vincenz Priessnitz conference at 5th - 7th October in Jesenik, Czech Republic (ANME + DNB)
The main issue of this year’s conference was defined by the operators, the Spolecnost (association) Vincenze Priessnitze z.s. and the Priessnitz Spa AG (Priessnitzovy lecebne lazne a.s.) as follows: „The history and present of the spa therapy in Central Europe“
The chairperson of the „Association Vincenz Priessnitz“ Dr. Jaroslav Novotny started the conference with his lecture on the effect of balneotherapy on mentally ill people. Basis of his study was the Knobloch-questionaire no5 which couldn’t provide clear results in single measures though. The study started with 100 patients in 2007 and finished with 69 persons. All participants were suffering from anxiety disorders and were asked 33 questions on subjective improvements. During the whole time the existing pharmaceutical medication was not changed.
The health resorts had to cover the costs for this qualitative research themselves, although depression is currently the most common disease in the Czech Republic. In order to have at least the treatment costs covered a psychiatrist has to make a stigmatizing diagnosis.
Besides the salutary conditions of a health resort (climate, environment, reputation) walks, social activities belong to the indispensable factors of a hydro therapeutic treatment. A treatment period of 21 until 28 days is considered a medical treatment and will be paid for by the public system if a prescription of a psychiatrist is on hand.
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How long is the Arm of “Big Pharma”?
European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium 9.1.2018 – Report by Lauren Tuchman, ANME e.V.
This event at the European Parliament involved the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and was co-hosted by WEMOS (an independent civil society organization based in the Netherlands, whose aim is to improve public health worldwide)...
One intent behind this event was to discuss and understand how the European Medicines Agency (EMA) tackles the idea of transparency, and how the EMA is addressing and minimizing ‘conflicts of interest’. An additional focus was on a discussion of EMA’s openness/willingness to work toward greater attention, time, and allocation of resources to the idea of ‘added therapeutic value.’ This added therapeutic value could be applied to new medicines and independent clinical research as a precursor to decisions made on marketing authorization and acceptance of new pharmaceuticals; added therapeutic value could also aid in assessing, monitoring, enforcing safety, standardization, and accountability for those pharmaceuticals that are already approved and on the market.
