- Horizon 2020: Launch of Work Programme 2016-2017
- The European Commission will invest almost €16 billion in research and innovation in the next two years under Horizon 2020, the EU's research and innovation funding scheme, following a new work progra ...
- Mapping the use of European Structural and Investment funds in health
- The report “Mapping of the use of European Structural and Investment funds in health in the 2007-2013 and 2014-2020 programming periods” presents the investments in health-related areas that have been ...
- EMA HCWP/PCWP meeting
- On the 26th of November, Jelena Malinina, EFA EU Policy and Membership Officer took part in the European Medicines Agency (EMA) Human Scientific Committees' Working Party with Patients’ and Consumers’ ...
- The Campaign for Clean Air, Update on NEC Vote
- Over 400,000 people die prematurely each year because of air pollution, and the European Commission estimates that the health-related costs in the EU range from 390 to 940 billion euros per year. ...
- European Need for Precision Medicine in Allergy and Airways Disease
- Precision medicine is an emerging approach for disease treatment and prevention that takes into account individual variability in genes, environment, and lifestyle for each person. While significant a ...
- This World COPD Day remember it’s not too late to travel the globe!
- At the present time 10% of the adults in Europe are diagnosed with COPD. 3.5 million people need supplemental oxygen, and the numbers keep growing. Many patients are advised by their physician to trav ...
- EARIP Project Update: Stakeholder Meeting Report and London Meeting
- Following the Stakeholder Workshop held last September at the European Parliament (report available at EFA website), EFA brought together relevant European asthma experts for a crucial meeting which w ...
- Update on Capacity Building in 2015
- This month EFA launched its 2015 Capacity Building project. Capacity Building Ireland The first meeting took place in Dublin on the 16th of October, where EFA’s representatives A ...
- Launch of European Commission 2016 Work Programme
- Every year, the European Commission adopts a plan of action covering the next twelve months. On the 27th of October, the European Commission adopted its 2016 Work Programme. The 2016 Commission Wo ...
- Which priorities for a European policy on multimorbidity?
- On the 27th of October, EFA EU Policy and Membership Officer Jelena Malinina attended the conference on multimorbidity organised by the European Commission (EC). The conference highlighted the curre ...
- The World Allergy Organisation Guidelines for the assessment and management of anaphylaxis
- In October, The World Allergy Organisation (WAO) published Guidelines for the assessment and management of anaphylaxis providing a unique global perspective on this increasingly common, potentially li ...
- Scoping study on communication to address and prevent chronic diseases: Final Report
- The Directorate General for Health and Food Safety of the European Commission released the Final Report on the scoping study on communication in preventing and addressing chronic diseases. The study ...
- Public consultation on the access to health services in the European union
- The European Commission and the Expert Panel on Effective Ways of Investing in Health (EXPH) have launched a public consultation on the preliminary opinion on the “Access to health services in the Eur ...
- Health and Environmental Alliance Annual General Assembly
- On the 28th and 29th of October, Senior EU Policy Advisor Roberta Savli and Treasurer of the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) participated in their Annual General Assembly in Brussels. The two-d ...
- Towards a Tobacco Free Europe
- On the 19th-21st of October, EFA representative at the European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP) Roberta Savli participated in their network meeting and capacity building workshop. To ...
- Food and allergens: Our contribution to Expo Milan
- Since May, Expo Milano (the Universal Exhibition celebrated in Milan, Italy), has hosted the ideas of more than 140 participating countries on one topic: how to guarantee healthy, safe and sufficient ...
- Sharing best practice in patient education materials
- Following its launch meeting in May 2015, EFA Patient Education Working Group held a teleconference on the 9th of September to discuss the group’s priorities for 2015 and 2016. All the participants ...
- EFA gathering of asthma and allergy experts
- On the 15th of September, EFA Members travelled to Brussels to participate in a face-to-face meeting of the EFA Asthma and Allergy Working Group. The meeting took place just before the EARIP event org ...
- Who is responsible for dirty air?
- In September, the German car manufacturer Volkswagen was forced by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to recall almost 500,000 vehicles, after discovering that the company was using in-car i ...
- EMA updates on the publication of clinical data and risk minimisation measures
- On return from the summer break we participated in the European Medicines Agency (EMA) joint meeting between Patients and Consumers (PCWP) and Healthcare Professional Organisations (HCPWP). At the m ...