Projects
EFA launches European Respiratory Patient Academy
The European Respiratory Patient Academy trains respiratory advocates to influence research, policy, and care across Europe. Learn, connect and lead the way to better outcomes! (Applications open for Steering Committee patient organisations only)
EFA brings COPD to the European Parliament Health Committee debate
On 3 June, the European Parliament’s Health Committee held its first dedicated debate on COPD and lung health, highlighting the urgent need for stronger EU action. Representing patients, EFA led the call for early diagnosis, better care, and decisive policies to tackle this leading cause of preventable death in Europe.
EFA joins LungHealth4Life project to advance lung health for children
LungHealth4Life, a new EU4Health project, is bringing lung health education and early screening into schools across Europe. Leading the Community of Practice, EFA is connecting patients, health professionals, and educators to inspire early prevention and reduce the impact of chronic respiratory diseases from childhood onward.
Atopic Eczema Consensus Europe
EFA is running a project to fill the awareness gap and develop a Consensus among the burden of Atopic Eczema/Dermatitis for Patients.
Campaigns
World Atopic Eczema Day
The European Atopic Eczema Community will come together on World Atopic Eczema Day 2025 to amplify the voices of those living with atopic eczema through the #AtopicEczemaJourney campaign.
#KeepBreathing
The time is now for a lung health policy that helps Europe to Keep Breathing.
Endorse the Breathe Vision for 2030
The Breathe Vision for 2030 outlines shared aims by respiratory partners to increase attention towards respiratory health, while also supporting the general awareness and understanding of lung disease in society.
Show your support to the Breathe Vision for 2030!
#ShowLeadership
#ShowLeadership is a pan-European campaign encouraging policymakers, stakeholders and individuals to take action to improve the situation of allergy, asthma and COPD patients in Europe. Only together, change is possible
Severely Asthma
Severely, ASTHMA! is a video series portraying six severe asthma patients and their families throughout Europe, each bringing a unique insight on diagnosis, care, social and family life, participating in research and living with air pollution.
Publications
Annual Report 2024
Discover the 2024 Annual Report: a comprehensive overview of the patients' agenda for allergy and airways diseases.
Raising standards of care for COPD
EFA launched a new report - 'Raising standards of care for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)'. The report examines care in 19 European countries, revealing critical gaps in prevention, diagnosis, and treatment and calls for urgent regional policy action to reduce economic and social burden of COPD in Europe.
A vision for EU action on lung health 2024-2029
EFA and The European Lung Health Group call on EU policymakers to address lung health in a new publication: #KeepBreathing: A vision for EU action on lung health 2024-2029. Read more
European Consensus Report 2022: The Burden of Atopic Eczema
Following one year of in-depth discussions around the reality of Atopic Dermatitis/Eczema (AD/E), the Atopic Eczema Consensus Committee launched their consensus on the struggle of AD/E patients in Europe: ‘The Burden of Atopic Eczema / Dermatitis - European Consensus Report 2022’.
EFA launches AboutAsthma.org website to help asthma patients in Europe
EFA and the Global Allergy and Airways Patients Platform (GAAPP) launched an educational website on asthma for patients and carers – AboutAsthma.org. The website serves as a comprehensive patient guide to asthma and provides science-based information and tips to patients and carers across five areas: asthma symptoms, attacks, care, life with asthma and help.
