The Association Internationale de la Mutualité (AIM) is a grouping of autonomous health insurance and social protection bodies operating according to the principles of solidarity and non-profit-making orientation.
Health and social mutual societies differ very much but share all common values. Through history, they adapted to the national systems they are working in. In general, health and social mutuals can be defined by some common characteristics. The first is that they all have the funding and/or provision of healthcare and social services as their principal activity. Secondly, they are all autonomous and have some form of internal member control. As health and social mutuals have no shareholders, they are not oriented to make profits but to serve members interests.
Welcome to the website of the Association Internationale de la Mutualité (AIM).
This website provides you with information about the association, its members and about issues relating them.
Contact: AIM, 50 rue d'Arlon, B-1000 Brussels • aim.secretariat@aim-mutual.org
Tel + 32 2 234 57 00 • Fax + 32 2 234 57 08
13-06-2008 Health Council statement on information to patients regarding pharmaceuticals - Overwhelming opposition from nearly all stakeholders to allow patient information by pharmaceutical companies On 10 June, at the Health Council meeting, European Health Ministers discussed the topic of information to patients on pharmaceuticals. Most delegations agreed on the following views:
the need to further develop means of distinction between advertising and information,
the need to maintain the ban on advertising for prescription-only medicines,
the role of Health Competent Authorities and healthcare professions to provide information to patients.
About 20 health stakeholder organisations including AIM sent a joint letter to the EU Health Ministers to express the almost unanimous opposition from civil society to the proposal from the European Commission to allow pharmaceutical companies to provide information on their prescription drugs directly to the public, via all available media.
02-06-2008 Paul van Rooij and Tony Lamping join board ZN Paul van Rooij and Tony Lamping will complete the board of Directors at Zorgverzekeraars Nederland (ZN). As from 1 June, Van Rooij will act as a deputy-Director Care. Lamping will start as a Director Care in September. They form together with Pieter Hasekamp, Director-general, and Theo Hoppenbrouwers, Director Insurance, the new full board of Directors of ZN.
30-05-2008 Jimmy Tolan and Declan Moran appointed to the Board of Vhi Healthcare Jimmy Tolan , Chief Executive , Vhi Healthcare will replace Vincent Sheridan who has retired as Chief Executive and Declan Moran, Director of Marketing and Business Development will replace Pat Farrell, who recently retired as a Non Executive Director at the end of his term of office.
