Patient and patients representatives’ direct feedback is crucial to help stimulate policy discussions and inspire new approaches to resolve most of the problems confronting them on a daily basis.
At present, EFA gathers 45 national patient associations representing 26 European countries and over allergy, asthma and COPD patients living in Europe.
Members of EFA are national patients’ organisations in the field of allergy, asthma and/or COPD, who have been provisionally approved by the EFA Board and validated then by the Annual General Meeting, composed by all the EFA Members. Members demonstrate that they are legitimate, not-for-profit independent patient organisations, and transparent on their funding. EFA is inclusive and welcomes new members but it is fundamental that governance of Member organisations supports a genuine and inclusive allergy and airways patient voice in their country. All EFA Members accept and abide by EFA’s Statutes and internal rules of accountability, legitimacy, and independence.
EFA Members help build and share the allergy, asthma and COPD patients’ perspectives in Europe. EFA works hand in hand with our members to promote patient-centred research and care in health policy, and advocate for change for all people with allergy and airways diseases.
Thanks to our advocacy activities and projects, and our role in many EU-funded projects, we provide valuable information to patient associations across Europe and create opportunities for them to familiarise and influence European health policy and research.
Become an EFA Member
EFA membership is an opportunity for European patient associations of allergy and respiratory diseases to work together and share best practices through working groups disease specific on asthma and allergy, COPD, food allergy and atopic eczema as well as on cross-cutting topics likeprevention and patient education.
By joining forces, EFA membership:
- Ensures access to updated information on the development of European public health policies and research,
- provides a louder voice for national members when approaching local policy makers,
- enables their representation in EU policies and research,
- offers a springboard for networking with other patients associations in Europe and,
- proposes opportunities for training and capacity building possibilities
If you share our aim and values, we would be delighted to welcome you. Since EFA strives to be inclusive in representing patients, membership fees are low (€500/year).
EFA Membership grants voting rights for each respective patient association at the Annual General Meeting
If you are interested in learning more about EFA membership, contact
EFA Members' List
Austria |
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Austrian Lung Union Obere Augartenstrasse 26-28, |
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Bulgaria |
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Association of Bulgarians with Bronchial Asthma, Allergy and COPD 5B Triditza Str. |
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Belgium |
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Asthma and Allergy Association Staatsbaan 165 |
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Croatia |
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BREATH Croatia - Association of Parents of Asthmatic Children of Croatia Srebrnjak 100 www.bolnica-srebrnjak.hr/index.php/hr/udruga-roditelja-djece-astmaticara-hrvatske |
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Czech Republic |
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CIPA - Czech Initiative for Asthma Sokolská 31 |
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Denmark |
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Asthma-Allergy Denmark Universitetsparken 4 |
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Finland |
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Finnish Allergy, Skin and Asthma Association Paciuksenkatu 19 |
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Pulmonary Association Heli Oltermannintie 8, PL 40 |
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France |
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French Asthma and Allergies Association 9 rue de Vanves |
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FFAAIR - French Federation of Friends of Respiratory or Disabled Patients’ Associations 66 Boulevard Saint Michel |
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AFPRAL - French Allergy Prevention Association 4 place Louis Armand |
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French Eczema Association 15 Rue du Val |
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Respiratory Health France 115 rue Saint Dominique |
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Greece |
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Aniksi 75, El. Venizelou, Holargos |
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Germany |
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DAAB - German Allergy and Asthma Association An der Eickesmühle 15-19 |
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Iceland |
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Asthma and Allergy Society of Iceland Borgartun 28a |
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Icelandic Lung Association (SLS) Samtök lungnasjúklinga Borgartún 28a, 105 Reykjavík, Kennitala: 670697-2079 Iceland |
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Ireland |
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Asthma Society of Ireland 42-43 Amiens Street |
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COPD Support Ireland C/O Creidim Centre |
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Italy |
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Italian Federation of Asthma and Allergy 33 Via Ser Lapo Mazzei |
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Food Allergy Italia Piazza De Gasperi 45/A |
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APS Respiriamo Insieme Via Niccolò Tommaseo 94 |
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Latvia |
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Latvian Allergy and Asthma Association 116 Berģu iela |
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Norway |
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Norwegian Asthma and Allergy Foundation (NAAF) PB 6764, St. Olavs plass |
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The Netherlands |
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Dutch Lung Foundation Stationsplein 127
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Dutch Food Allergies Foundation Postbus 207
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Dutch Atopic Eczema Patients’ Association Stationsweg 6-B
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Poland |
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Polish Federation of Asthma, Allergy and COPD Patients’ Organisations ul. K. Promyka 5 lok. 162
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Portugal |
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Portuguese Asthma Patients’ Association Rua Arnaldo Gama 64 |
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Portuguese Association of People with COPD and Other Chronic Respiratory Conditions Rua Infante D. Pedro, 10-B
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Serbia |
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| National Association for Help and Support for People with Allergies, Celiac Disease and Other Autoimmune Diseases with Restrictions in Diet – Allergy and me Nacionalno udruženje za pomoć i podršku osobama sa alergijma, celijakijom i ostalim autoimunim oboljenjima sa ograničenjima u ishrani - Alergija i ja Milentija Popovića 64/21 11070 Novi Beograd Serbia www.alergijaija.com |
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Spain |
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Spanish Federation of Respiratory Diseases’ Associations Tudela de Agüeria 47 |
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Spanish Association for People with Food and Latex Allergy Avda. del Manzanares 62 |
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Slovakia |
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Slovak Association of Allergic and Asthmatic Patients Slovenská asociácia alergologických a astmatických pacientov (SAAAP) Hurbanova 3461 902 03 Pezinok-Grinava Slovakia |
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Slovenia |
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Atopic Dermatitis Association Medvoška cesta 3 |
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Pulmonary and Allergy Patients’ Association of Slovenia Koprska cesta 94, III. nadstropje, pisarna 9
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Zavod Atopika Stantetova 12, 2000 |
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Sweden |
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Swedish Asthma and Allergy Association Rosenlundsgatan 52 |
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Swedish Heart and Lung Association Wollmar Yxkullsgatan 14 |
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Switzerland |
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aha! Swiss Allergy Center Scheibenstrasse 20
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Swiss Lung Association Chutzenstrasse 10
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Turkey |
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Alerji ile Yasam Dernegi Kordonboyu Mah. Hukumet Cad. No:1 Kat:4 Oda No:1 |
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COPD Patients' Society of Turkey KOAH Hastalari Derneǧi Mustafa Kemal Mh. 2132. Sok, Ege Apt. 9/6, 06510 Çankaya/Ankara Turkey |
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United Kingdom |
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Allergy UK Planwell House, LEFA Business Park, Edgington Way DA14 5BH, Sidcup |
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| Asthma UK and the British Lung Foundation
18 Mansell St, E1 8AA |
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