At the ECOO General Assembly, held in Helsinki on 11 May 2024, ECOO members voted unanimously in favour of membership applications from both the Fédération Nationale des Opticiens de France (FNOF) and the Panhellenic Union of Opticians and Optometrists (PEOO). ECOO...
Following political agreement in March 2024 on the regulation of the European Health Data Space (EHDS), a new article in The Lancet Regional Health – Europe, by Hans Torvald Haugo (ECOO) and Jaisalmer de Frutos Lucas of the European Public Health Alliance...
With elections will taking place this June for the European Parliament, several national elections having recently taken place, and more to come over the course of this year, ECOO President Dr Matjaž Mihelčič reflects on why it is important to promote eye health and...
ECOO is proud to be part of the multidisciplinary consortium, led by the Medical University in Vienna, working on the EU-funded I- SCREEN project. The consortium will develop an efficient and cost-effective AI-based infrastructure for the early detection of...
With European Parliament elections taking place in June this year, and national elections having recently taken place or due later this year in a number of European countries, now is the time to remind politicians and policy makers about the importance of vision and...
In December 2023, ECOO President Dr Matjaž Mihelčič, wrote in Optometry Today, reflecting on the progress that is being made across Europe towards achieving more effective eye care and what more still needs to be done. He noted that “At ECOO we firmly believe...
