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PRESS RELEASE: MEPs voice concern over budget cuts to lung health and warn of knock-on effects amid fresh COVID outbreaks and climate change

21 February 2024
Asthma , COPD
INFORM
  Brussels, 21 February, 2024 – MEPs Tomislav Sokol, Radka Maxová and Stelios Kympouropoulos have voiced their concern over the recent...

EFA launches “A vision for EU action on lung health 2024-2029” together with the European Lung Health Group

21 February 2024
Asthma , COPD
INFORM
  Lung health is fundamental for a healthier, stronger and more resilient society in Europe. However, respiratory disease, including asthma and chronic...

Lungs in focus: #KeepBreathing campaign event for EU action on lung health

01 February 2024
Asthma , COPD
INFORM
How to improve lung health in Europe? What action must EU policymakers undertake to ensure Europeans can #KeepBreathing? Join the MEP Lung Health Group...

Communication to all EFA members and friends

09 January 2024
We are deeply saddened to inform that President of RESPIRA Association, Portugal, our dear friend and colleague, Isabel Saraiva has passed away. We...

EFA collaboration with the European Medicines Agency

20 December 2023
EU
CARE, - Digital Health, - Medicines
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is requesting more often and more deeper collaboration with European level patient organisations such as EFA. In the...

Welcome new EFA Team members!

18 December 2023
The EFA Team has grown – new colleagues joined our mission to support with Projects, Programmes, Community and Communications, bringing new skills to...

Codex consultations on Food information: how can technology reinforce food allergy patients’ safety

14 December 2023
International
Food Allergy
PREVENT, - Food Safety
  At a time of increased integration of digital technology in all aspects of life, food information is just another field expected to go through...

Food labelling in online grocery shopping: allergy patients respond to Codex e-commerce guidance

11 December 2023
International
Food Allergy
PREVENT, - Food Safety
Grocery e-commerce has been selling more and more prepacked food in the past years. In 2023, the Codex Committee on Food Labelling (CCFL) has launched...

EFA participates in the Codex Alimentarius Commission revision consultations of the General Standard for the Labelling of Prepacked Food (GSLPF)

07 December 2023
International
Food Allergy
PREVENT, - Food Safety
In 2022-2023, EFA has participated in a consultation process organised by the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC), a WHO-FAO body setting international...

EU tobacco and smoking legislation review delayed, despite urgent update is needed

05 December 2023
PREVENT, - Tobacco & Smoking
Since May 2022, the Commission has launched the evaluation process of the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) and the Tobacco Advertising Directive (TAD)....

EFA appointed at the newly-launched WHO Civil Society Commission

05 December 2023
  EFA has been selected as a member of the newly-established WHO’s Civil Society Commission (CSC), to contribute to the WHO’s initiative of deepening...

EFA brings chronic respiratory disease patients’ perspectives to the NCD discussions at the European Parliament

04 December 2023
CARE, - Quality of Life
EFA co-authors the recommendations of the Partnership for Health System Sustainability and Resilience (PHSSR) new report on Non-Communicable Diseases...

EFA participates in two European Commission consultations on the upcoming EU HTA Regulation implementation

04 December 2023
EU
CARE, - Medicines
EFA participates in two European Commission consultations on the upcoming EU HTA Regulation implementation Since its set up in June 2023, the European...

EFA brought the voice of allergy, asthma and COPD patients in the meeting of the 73rd WHO Regional Committee for Europe in Astana

29 November 2023
Europe
INFORM, - Patient Evidence
On October 24-26, EFA participated in the 73th meeting of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe, that took place in Astana, Kazakhstan. It was the 73rd...

EFA cosigned paper on the future of HERA

27 November 2023
EU
CARE, - Digital Health
In November, the Civil Society Forum (CSF) of the European Commission’s Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) adopted its first...

Revision of EU air quality laws in search of urgency and ambition: EFA at the 4th EU CleanAirForum

27 November 2023
PREVENT, - Air Quality
EFA travelled to  Rotterdam (the Netherlands), to bring to the EU Clean Air Forum the perspective of allergy, asthma and COPD patients, at a crucial...

EFA responds to European Commission final consultations on the EU pharmaceutical legislation proposals

15 November 2023
- Medicines
  In November 2023, EFA responded to the European Commission final consultations on the much-awaited proposals for the revision of the EU general...

EU is scanning technologies for better Indoor Air Quality during pandemics

13 November 2023
PREVENT, - Air Quality
In November 2023, EFA participated in a full day workshop in Brussels to explore technologies for mitigating the transmission of airborne pathogens. At...

Health organisations urge EU member states to adopt their clean air negotiating position

08 November 2023
- Air Quality
  In view of ongoing deliberations on the revision of the EU’s Ambient Air Quality Directive (AAQD), health organisations representing...

Capacity Building: First EFA sponsored advocates graduate as EUPATI Patients Experts

30 October 2023
As part of the EFA Capacity Building 2022-2023, two EFA members completed the EUPATI Patient Expert Training Programme and graduated on the 26th of October...