European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel
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The European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel was created in London in December 1996 to lead and support all European countries in the efforts to prevent and treat pressure ulcers. At its inaugural meeting in London in December 1996, which included experts from many European countries, the group of over twenty agreed their mission statement and the initial Executive Board and Trustees.
THE MISSION
To provide the relief of persons suffering from or at risk of pressure ulcers trough:
- research in prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers
- raising awareness on the importance of prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers
- influencing pressure ulcer policy in all European countries
- working towards an adequate patient-centred and cost-effective pressure ulcer care
Current trustees
![Kirsti Ahmajärvi (Finland)](https://epuap2023.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2022/08/Kirsti-Ahmajarvi-150x150.jpg)
![Maarit Ahtiala (Finland)](https://epuap2023.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2022/08/Maarit-Ahtiala-2018new-150x150.jpg)
![Paulo Alves (Portugal)](https://epuap2023.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2022/08/Paulo-Alves-150x150.jpg)
![Carina Bååth (Sweden)](https://epuap2023.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2022/08/Carina-Baath-150x150.jpg)
![Dimitri Beeckman (Belgium)](https://epuap2023.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2022/08/Dimitri-Beeckman-150x150.jpg)
![Ida-Marie Bredesen (Norway)](https://epuap2023.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2022/08/Ida-Marie-Bredesen-150x150.jpg)
![Lucie Charbonneau (Switzerland)](https://epuap2023.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2022/08/Lucie-Charbonneau-150x150.jpg)
![Guido Ciprandi (Italy)](https://epuap2023.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2022/08/Guido-Ciprandi_-150x150.jpg)
![Susanne Coleman (Great Britain)](https://epuap2023.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2022/08/Susanne-Coleman-133x150.jpeg)
![Serena Crucianelli (Italy)](https://epuap2023.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2022/08/Serena-150x150.jpg)
![Marie-Line Gaubert-Dahan (France)](https://epuap2023.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2022/08/GAUBERT-DAHAN-150x150.jpg)
![Amit Gefen (Israel)](https://epuap2023.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2022/08/Amit-Gefen-150x150.jpg)
![Britt Hansen (Denmark)](https://epuap2023.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2022/08/Britt-Hansen-150x150.jpg)
![Beáta Grešš Halász (Slovakia)](https://epuap2023.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2022/08/Beata-Gress-Halasz-150x150.png)
![Jan Kottner (Germany)](https://epuap2023.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2022/08/Jan_Kottner-150x150.jpg)
![Jane Nixon (Great Britain)](https://epuap2023.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2022/08/Jane-Nixon-150x150.jpeg)
![Tom O'Connor (Ireland)](https://epuap2023.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2022/08/Tom-O-Connor_small-150x150.jpg)
![Andrea Pokorná (Czech Republic)](https://epuap2023.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2022/08/Andrea_Pokorna-2-150x150.jpg)
![Alison Porter-Armstrong (Great Britain)](https://epuap2023.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2022/08/Alison-Porter-Armstrong-150x150.jpeg)
![Knaerke Soegaard (Denmark)](https://epuap2023.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2022/08/Knaerke-Soegaard-150x150.jpg)
![Camilla Sørensen (Denmark)](https://epuap2023.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2022/08/Billede-arbejde-150x150.jpg)
![Helen Strapp (Ireland)](https://epuap2023.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2022/08/Helen-Strapp-150x150.jpg)
![Joan-Enric Torra Bou (Spain)](https://epuap2023.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2022/08/Joan-Enric-Torra-150x150.jpg)
![Peter Worsley (Great Britain)](https://epuap2023.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2022/08/peter-worsley-150x150.jpeg)
![Pierre-Yves Rohan (France)](https://epuap2023.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2022/08/Pierre-Yves-150x150.jpg)