European Liver Patients' Association
ELPA
ELPA’s aim is to promote the interests of people with liver disease and in particular: to highlight the size of the problem; to promote awareness and prevention; to address the low profile of liver disease as compared to other areas of medicine such as heart disease; to share experience of successful initiatives; to work with professional bodies such as EASL and with the EU to ensure that treatment and care are harmonised across Europe to the highest standards.
Lobbying Activity
Meeting with Olivér Várhelyi (Commissioner) and
18 Sept 2025 · Commission priorities in the area of health
Response to Commission Communication on a EU Cardiovascular Health Plan
17 Sept 2025
Meeting with Olivér Várhelyi (Commissioner) and
25 Jun 2025 · Ongoing policy developments
Meeting with Michalis Hadjipantela (Member of the European Parliament)
28 Jan 2025 · Follow up meeting before event
Meeting with Irena Joveva (Member of the European Parliament)
27 Jan 2025 · Issues liver patients face in Slovenia and the EU
Meeting with Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis (Member of the European Parliament) and
20 Nov 2024 · EU health policy
Meeting with Stella Kyriakides (Commissioner) and
3 Apr 2023 · noncommunicable diseases
Response to Council Recommendation on vaccine-preventable cancers
6 Feb 2023
Response to Revision of Council Recommendation of 2 December 2003 on cancer screening (2003/878/EC)
21 Feb 2022
Response to Commission Communication on Europe’s Beating Cancer Action Plan
3 Mar 2020
Meeting with Anne Bucher (Director-General Health and Food Safety)
3 Feb 2020 · presenting most important initiatives and discussing future collaboration
Meeting with Vytenis Andriukaitis (Commissioner) and
2 Mar 2017 · Towards a renewed EU Alcohol and Health Forum
Meeting with Vytenis Andriukaitis (Commissioner) and
28 Nov 2016 · EU and NGOs action on HIV, TB and Hepatitis
Meeting with Vytenis Andriukaitis (Commissioner) and
11 Jan 2016 · Hepatitis: action to fight Hepatitis, access to Hepatitis treatment