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Healthcare challenges
At the end of May, Servimedia staged a debate on the challenges facing Spanish healthcare which involved the leading national political parties’ spokespeople for this field. The event, which also...
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Interview with Dr. Enrique Porres
Dr Enrique de Porres is Espriu Foundation Trustee and Secretary, and Asisa CEO. In this interview, he explains his views on the implications of cooperativism in the medical profession and the future...
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Passing of Dr José Carlos Guisado, leader of the international health...
Dr José Carlos Guisado, President of the International Health Co-operatives Organisation, IHCO, passed away on 14 October in Quebec City, Canada, at the age of 61. The co-operative leader suffered a...
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IHCO General Assembly emphasized the positive impact of cooperatives on...
The members of the International Health Cooperatives Organisation, the IHCO, held their general assembly in Antalya, Turkey on 8 November. The President, Dr José Carlos Guisado, emphasised the...
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Espriu Foundation once again among the top four health co-operatives in the...
The results of the World Co-operative Monitor 2016 position the organisations that make up the Espriu Foundation among the ten largest health co-operatives in the world in terms of turnover. The study,...
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Doctors and executives from Brazilian co-operatives visit Moncloa University...
On 22 November, a Brazilian delegation visited Moncloa University Hospital, which belongs to the Asisa HLA Hospital Group, one of the institutions that make up the Espriu Foundation. The delegation,...
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National Health Co-op, the largest health co-operative in Australia, joins...
Coinciding with the International Summit of Co-operatives, the IHCO held a gathering in Quebec at which it welcomed Australia’s largest co-operative health organisation as a member. The representatives...
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#Sleep1MoreHour
Sleeping is a vital activity in order for our bodies to function at their best. It is an essential and physiologically necessary act, as it restores and supplements our metabolism, and is fundamental...
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Bursaries for health professionals
Assistència Sanitària announces 9th edition of bursaries for health professionals Assistència Sanitària has now announced its 2016-2017 bursary programme, amounting to 30,000 euros for third-cycle...
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Co-operative healthcare as a vocation
What I noticed about him the first day I met him in 2005 at the International Health and Co-operative Seminar was his friendliness, his approachability. Wherever he went, he was always welcome because...
View ArticleRenewal of positions on the Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees of the Espriu Foundation decided on 13 November to renew the positions of those heading the organisation, the President Teresa Basurte, and the Vice-Presidents Dr Ignacio Orce and...
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International cooperative movement pays tribute to Dr José Carlos Guisado
The Alliance’s Board meeting in São Paulo emphasised the commitment and dedication shown by Dr Guisado to the global co-operative movement for more than three decades. On 7 March, the Board of the...
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«Health cooperativism is the solution for a sustainable national health systems»
Dr Carlos Zarco, the new Director General and Trustee of the Espriu Foundation, who takes over from Dr José Carlos Guisado as Chief Executive, will be combining his new responsibilities with those he...
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Vimmerby University visits Barcelona Hospital
On 25 April, a group of Swedish students from Vimmerby University took part at an information session at Barcelona Hospital, where they were welcomed by the President of the Espriu Foundation, Teresa...
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European co-operative movement gathers in Malta
On 27 and 28 April, Malta was the venue for the annual assembly of European Co-operatives, at which the Espriu Foundation was represented by its Managing Director, Carlos Zarco. On this occasion, the...
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Dr Francisco Carreño passes away
Dr Francisco Carreño, Honorary President of the Espriu Foundation and of ASISA-Lavinia, passed away in Malaga on 8 May. Born in Adra, Almeria, Dr Carreño was a favoured disciple and inseparable...
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Health co-operatives in the policies of the G20
For the first time since it was founded, public health problems are now present on the agenda set out by the rotating German presidency for the members of the G20. The health ministers of the 20...
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Chinese oncologists visit the Hospital de Barcelona
On 28 June, a group of oncologists and gastroenterologists from several hospitals in the Chinese provinces of Shandong, Jiangsu and Anhui participated in a conference to exchange experiences and...
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Meeting with Ariel Guarco, ICA presidential candidate
In early September, Dr Carlos Zarco and Jose Pérez, Director-General and Deputy Director, respectively, of the Espriu Foundation, represented the Foundation at a meeting held at the headquarters of...
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Cooperative Roundtable meets in Montreal
The Espriu Foundation took part at the gathering of executives of co-operative enterprises, at which a project for a commercial and knowledge exchange among co-operatives worldwide was presented. On 11...
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