EFA calls for improved allergen labelling at the Codex Alimentarius Food Labelling Committee
From 15 to 19 May 2023, the Codex Alimentarius Food Labelling Committee (CCFL) met in Ottawa, Canada. Codex Alimentarius is a global body that develops...
EFA offers EUPATI Fellow Training to Members – Express your interest today!
As part of our Capacity Building project, EFA will sponsor five allergy, asthma and/or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients and...
EFA joins ENSP in citizen-led initiative for Smoke-Free Environments
The European Network of Smoking Prevention and Control (ENSP), of which EFA is associate member, has launched a key European Citizens Initiative (ECI)...
Core Outcome Measures Sets for Severe Asthma (COMSA) developed by 3TR researchers
Led by the 3TR consortium, a European multi-stakeholder working group has developed ‘Core Outcome Measures sets for paediatric and adult Severe Asthma'...
EFA patients in support of ambitious measures for smoke-free environments
EFA was invited by the European Commission to provide input to a targeted consultation on the update of the Council Recommendation on Smoke-Free...
Patients insist on greater air quality ambition as discussions move to the Parliament and the Council
Air quality in Europe stands at the crossroads. Following the Commission proposal for a revised EU air quality framework last October, the discussions...
EFA to bear the voice of respiratory patients in WHO network looking at climate and health
EFA has been selected to be member of the Alliance for Transformative Action on Climate and Health (ATACH), an initiative that aims to strengthen the engagement...
EFA 2023 Project: COPD Standards of Care – Raising the Bar
In 2023, EFA will work alongside with EFA Members and European Lung Health Group (ELHG) to evaluate impact on EFA’s 2013 COPD minimum standards of care...
PRESS RELEASE: Respiratory patients and doctors from 179 associations demand stricter air pollution levels in the EU Air Quality Directives
Brussels, 28 March 2023 – Today the European Lung Health Group launched its policy brief ‘Improving lung health in the EU with renewed Air Quality...
EFA addresses the 45th annual Codex meeting with an urge to advance standards on food allergens
From 21-25 November, EFA participated in the 45th version of the Codex Alimentarius Commission sessions (CAC45), the multilateral annual meeting for worldwide...
EFA at the 72nd WHO Europe Regional Committee meeting: our takeaways
From 12-14 September, EFA travelled to Tel Aviv, Israel to participate in the 72th meeting of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe (WHO/Europe). This...
EFA to contribute to European Lung Foundation's Severe Asthma Patient Conference
EFA partner, the European Lung Foundation (ELF), will hold a severe asthma virtual patient conference on Saturday 21 January 2023, 10:30 – 16:30 CET.
The...
Slovenian EFA member Društvo AD organised its first Atopic Eczema expo abroad
Based on its own previous successes, EFA member Društvo AD organised its first “Expo Atopica” outside Slovenia which took place in in Zagreb,...
Respiratory Health France holds webinar for Tobacco-free Month
EFA Member Respiratory Health France hosted a webinar on 27 October, ahead of Tobacco-Free Month (Mois Sans Tabac), to help patients and the general public...
Austrian Lung Union launches COPD awareness campaign
EFA Member, Austrian Lung Union launched a COPD awareness raising campaign featuring a “COPD tram” running through the heart of Vienna.
COPD is a...
EFA begins recruitment for TOLIFE Patient Advisory Group
EFA is participating to a new EU research project, ‘Combining Artificial Intelligence and smart sensing TOward better management and improved quality...
EFA took stock of latest patient involvement at the 3TR Annual Meeting
EFA representatives attended the 2022 Annual General Meeting of EU research project 3TR in Amsterdam on 12-13 October. EFA followed the programme for...
SynAir-G kicks off work on indoor air pollutants and childhood wellbeing
On 1 September the new Horizon Europe funded project, "Disrupting Noxious Synergies of Indoor Air Pollutants and their Impact in Childhood Health and...
EFA's Meet & Greet training increased patients' knowledge of the new EMA mandate and Clinical Trials Regulation
On 27 October, EFA held a Meet & Greet EU Training on the new, extended mandate of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the setup of the Health and...
EFA response to the EU consultation on a Global Health Strategy: An opportunity for health-in-all-policies
As part of the move towards a European Health Union, the European Commission launched in June a public consultation to review the EU Global Health Strategy,...