The Association of Natural Medicine in Europe (ANME) held a symposium on the specific needs of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in the EU on 13 November 2004 in Frankfurt/M., Germany.
While discussions on health care costs and reimbursement structures are going on, while regulations on pharmaceuticals are being released, some of them threatening the test certificate of natural drugs, CAM is neglected in the debate on health policy.
But if health systems are to remain affordable in all states, the citizen must be made to be more responsible for his health.
CAM can make a start and advocate for a position for Nature Healing in Health Care and for the occupation of non-medical Nature Healers in the whole of Europe.
The patients who visit a CAM therapist, act firstly on their own responsibilty and secondly ease the burden on the sickness insurance companies. So CAM has an important role to play in the EU Health care systems.
This symposium was an opportunity to hear speakers on research in natural medicine, prospects of EU-health policy, the future of natural pharmaceuticals in the EU and other topics. Furthermore there was time to meet up with other activists on CAM in the EU and discuss next steps in our activities.
More background information on this symposium on ANME’s website.
You can also read the attached invitation form and registration (in German).
