EFA is immensely grateful to our Members, expert volunteer patients and members in the Youth Parliament for their continued support that has enabled us to reach important milestones in 2022. None of this would have been possible without their generosity and contributions through EFA's advocacy work. They help us strive for a Europe where allergy, asthma and COPD patients live uncompromised lives, have the right and access to the best quality care, participate in their care, in a safe environment.
Sincere thanks to the individual patient advocates representing EFA Members in the working Groups for their valuable support and contribution to the EFA responses in public consultations at both the EU and global level.
Special thanks to EFA Vice-President Marcia Podestà (Italy) and Sabine Schnadt (Germany) for their work as EFA representatives at the Codex Alimentarius Commission. Special thanks to Erna Botjes (Netherlands) for her work representing EFA at the European Food Safety Authority and the European Medicines Agency. Deep thanks to Mikaela Odemyr (Sweden) for chairing the European Lung Foundation Patient Advisory Group as EFA.
Sincere thanks to the EFA Office and special farewell to Maï Shafei who left EFA in 2022.
EFA thanks sincerely our sustainable funding partners who have made our work possible.
EFA extends its deepest gratitude to the many organisations that embrace our mission and mission and that collaborate with us daily to defend the interests of allergy, asthma, and COPD patients in Europe.