Health Action International’s (HAI) work in Europe aims at contributing to EU policy that promotes universal and equitable access to affordable medicines for needed treatment. HAI also supports policy and practice that ensures those medicines respond to societal challenges, are acceptably safe, appropriately prescribed and used. Through its European network, we bring independent patient and consumer voice in decisions that will affect their health whilst advocating for high levels of transparency, accountability and impartiality in all aspects of EU medicines policy. HAI’s European work plan 2016 is dedicated to identify, monitor and support EU policies that provide a response to persistent shortfalls in access to needed medicines and that are aligned with HAI’s overarching goals on Access to Needed Medicines, Rational Use of Medicines and Democratisation of Medicines Policy projects. HAI will work towards these goals through evidence-based policy analysis and intervention, training and information sharing. HAI’s work plan addresses the objectives of the Third Health Programme and contributes to EU added-value by supporting initiatives that have the potential to maximise the impact of policy intervention at a regional level, contributing to better and safer healthcare for all in Europe.
HAI is a non-profit, independent, NGO and maintains a European membership network of consumer groups, healthcare professionals, academics and public interest NGOs. The growing European regional network is represented in over half of European Union Member States. The HAI European office coordinates actions in collaboration with the HAI Europe Association and European civil society organisations.

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Health Action International’s (HAI) work in Europe contributes to EU policy that promotes universal and equitable access to affordable medicines for needed treatment. HAI also supports policies and practices that ensure those medicines respond to societal challenges, are acceptably safe, and appropriately prescribed and used.
HAI’s 2017 European work plan focuses on providing technical expertise to policy makers, patient and consumer organisations, health NGOs and other relevant stakeholders. It also focuses on researching the extent of the pharmaceutical industry’s promotion of antibiotics to patients and healthcare professionals, as well as on identifying barriers to teaching on promotions in the medical curriculum. HAI will also enable public discussion on affordable access to needed medicines through the organization of public events. HAI will work towards these goals to support EU action that provides responses to gaps in medicines policies and are aligned with HAI’s overarching goals on Access to Needed Medicines, Rational Use of Medicines and Democratisation of Medicines Policy projects. Through its European network, HAI provides an independent patient and consumer voice in decisions that affects their health while advocating for high levels of transparency, accountability and impartiality.
HAI is a non-profit, independent non-profit organisation. It maintains a European membership network of consumer groups, healthcare professionals, academics and public interest NGOs. The growing European regional network is represented in over half of the EU’s Member States. The HAI European office coordinates actions in collaboration with the HAI Europe Association and European civil society organisations.

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