- EFA joins academics in calling for EU health research in action for equality in health
- EU health research has made significant strides in better knowledge on prevention and care related topics, but how can research actually promote equality in health. The third forum of the Horizon 2020
- The EU Health policy platform: a health meeting point
- On the 12th November 2018 EFA Director of Policy and Communications Isabel Proaño participated in the EU Health Policy Platform (HPP) Annual Stakeholder Meeting. The HPP is a European Commission forum
- Our health is not sufficiently protected from air pollution, says the EU Court of auditors
- Every year, more than 400,000 premature deaths in the EU are caused by air pollution, resulting in significant human and economic costs. A new report from the European Court of Auditors published in
- Health research in a connected and participative Society
- EFA co-chaired with the European Commission a session in the 2nd Annual forum of the Horizon 2020 Scientific Panel for Health, organized by the European Commission DG Research together with the Scient
- Clinical Data: key to the understanding and efficacy of treatments
- Systems medicine is a novel approach based on computer models which, by analyzing a large amount of clinical data, have the potential to improve the understanding of the diseases and raise the efficac
- Scientific Panel for Health meets Commissioners for Health and Research
- Our Director Susanna Palkonen is the patient representative of the EU Research Programme H2020 Panel for Health , charged to prepare a vision and address hurdles for EU funded health research. In
- Is pollen a pollutant? Our views at the European Aerobiology Symposium
- EFA was invited to open the European Symposium on Aerobiology celebrated in Lyon from the 18th-22nd July. The event was organised by the European Aerobiology Society and aimed to share latest research
- We need better research for better health outcomes
- On 21st of January the European Commission's Scientific Panel for Health (SPH) presented its initial findings for future health research at the European Parliament to a wide range of stakeholders. T ...
- Public Health Priorities of the Dutch Presidency of the Council of the EU
- The presidency of the Council of the European Union rotates among the EU member states every 6 months. As of 1st January 2016 the Netherlands holds the Presidency and will hold this post until
- Many UK takeaways do not comply with allergen labelling legislation
- The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) has recently published a report showing many takeaways in the United Kingdom are still not adhering to the new EU food allergy regulations, putting peop ...
- EFA in events (March 2015)
- Much new evidence of interest for allergy, asthma and COPD patients was published in March. We attended the launch of the EMA 20th years anniversary, the Roadmap for sustainable care, the EEA State of
- EU Policy update (March 2014)
- In March, the Tobacco Products Directive was finally adopted by the Council and ended a process started more than 1 year ago to protect Europeans’ health. The new health programme for the period