EATG’s mission is to achieve the fastest possible access to state of the art medical products, devices and diagnostic tests that prevent or treat HIV infection or improve the quality of life of people living with HIV, or who are at risk of HIV infection.

In responding to HIV, EATG also considers diseases frequently seen as co-infection in people with HIV, as well as other health issues that increase the risk of HIV.

EATG’s primary geographic focus is the member states served by the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Europe. However, EATG does consider opportunities to collaborate with and support similar efforts in other parts of the world.

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The International Association for Ambulatory Surgery (IAAS) was founded in 1996 and is a registered charity in Belgium EU. The IAAS is the only non-profit umbrella organization based on membership of national ambulatory surgery associations from countries around the world, and independent medical associations. Over half of the EU member countries are represented in the IAAS.
“Day Surgery: Making it Happen” represents the overall vision of the IAAS – working together, through education, consultation and communication, with national societies, governmental organizations and service providers with the goal of furthering the understanding of the benefits and advantages of day surgery as well as the barriers to its full development.
The mission of the IAAS is to promote the worldwide development and growth of high quality ambulatory surgery worldwide. Day surgery has proven itself to be a high-quality, safe and cost-effective approach to surgical health care. In this light, IAAS members work together to carry out this mission free of partisan spirit, polemics and prejudice, and are committed to the values of solidarity and equity of access to healthcare.
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The International Association for Ambulatory Surgery (IAAS) was founded in 1996 and is a registered charity in Belgium EU. The IAAS is the only non-profit umbrella organization based on membership of national ambulatory surgery associations from countries around the world, and independent medical associations. Over half of the EU member countries are represented in the IAAS.
Day Surgery: Making it Happen represents the overall vision of the IAAS working together, through education, consultation and communication, with national societies, governmental organizations and service providers with the goal of furthering the understanding of the benefits and advantages of day surgery as well as the barriers to its full development.
The mission of the IAAS is to promote the worldwide development and growth of high quality ambulatory surgery worldwide. Day surgery has proven itself to be a high-quality, safe and cost-effective approach to surgical health care. In this light, IAAS members work together to carry out this mission free of partisan spirit, polemics and prejudice, and are committed to the values of solidarity and equity of access to healthcare.

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Every year about 9 children per million children develop end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) and require dialysis or a kidney transplant. ESKD is a rare condition, and its treatment is complex and expensive. Low patient numbers per country complicate clinical epidemiological research and hamper the development of evidence-based guidelines. This results in large variation of treatment practices and outcomes across Europe. Therefore, the European Society for Paediatric Nephrology (ESPN) and the European Renal Association and European Dialysis and Transplantation Association (ERA-EDTA) have initiated the ESPN/ERA-EDTA Registry. This specialized network collects prospective data on all European children on dialysis or with a kidney transplant.

The Academic Medical Center (AMC) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, one of the world`s leading medical centres, hosts the ESPN/ERA-EDTA registry and takes care of its financial management.

The ESPN/ERA-EDTA Registry MISSION is to provide high-quality information on all European children on dialysis or with a kidney transplant.
To achieve this mission, we pursue the following activities:
(1) Collect standardized data on children on dialysis or with a kidney transplant from 35 European countries on a yearly basis;
(2) Regularly publish demographic information on paediatric ESKD;
(3) Perform research projects focusing on
- Transnational differences in paediatric ESKD treatment, aiming at reducing health inequalities
- Rare diseases leading to ESKD in children
- Defining optimal strategies to harmonize and reduce practice variation in ESKD management
The demographic information and research results are disseminated online, emailed to all members and contributors, published in high-quality medical journals and presented at national and international congresses.
Covering a population of 630 million in 35 European countries, the ESPN/ERA-EDTA registry is the world`s largest population-based registry for children with ESKD. Our VISION is to provide access to high quality, evidence-based clinical care to all European children.
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The general objective of e-ENERCA is to provide professionals and patients with e-Health tools to assure the same level of access to rare anaemias (RA) services across Europe. e-Health services will be developed through the implementation of three e-platforms endorsed on the ENERCA website. The specific objectives are: 1) to enhance the creation and use of European inventories to gather updated and reliable data on centres of expertise (CEs) and epidemiological figures 2)To facilitate the continuing medical education and best practices 3) To create a telemedicine platform for the provision of health care and medical advice avoiding the need of physical travelling 4) To promote the recognition of CEs on RA by national health authorities and ENERCA as the European Reference Network for RA 5) To develop e-Health tools in the field of RA and promote their use among the scientific community and patients` associations and 6) to assure the project sustainability in the future.
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