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Launch of the Asthma Museum, a multilingual website

02 June 2016
Europe, France
Asthma
- Healthcare
An initiative launched in France, originally in Russian and translated into English. That is the online Asthma Museum, a website put together by Liliya...

Pollen allergy can decrease exam results! NAAF launched allergy tests in Norway

02 June 2016
Norway
Allergy
- Healthcare
April is high season for birch, which is the most common and problematic pollen allergen in Norway. That is why EFA Member the Norwegian Asthma and Allergy...

FENAER raises awareness about tobacco consumption in Spain

02 June 2016
Spain
- Tobacco & Smoking
In the month of the World No Tobacco Day, EFA Spanish Member FENAER has reached out to the press to inform about the consequences tobacco has in our health,...

Bubble Day and asthma education in Ireland

01 June 2016
Ireland
Asthma
On May 3rd EFA Member the Asthma Society of Ireland hosted Bubble Day, their biggest fundraising and awareness event to date, aiming to raise much...

Comic on asthma diagnosis and treatment

01 June 2016
France
Asthma
- Healthcare
Material: A comic explaining how is asthma diagnosed and treated Original name: Asthme: Depistage et Prise en Charge Author: French Federation of...

Guide to help and encourage pregnant women to quit smoking

01 June 2016
Finland
Asthma , COPD, Allergy, Food Allergy, Other Diseases
- Tobacco & Smoking
Material: Guide to help and encourage pregnant women to quit smoking Original name: Mikä onkaan parempi syy lopettaa tupakointi? and Det finns...

Guide for lung disease patients cope with oxygen treatment at home

01 June 2016
Finland
COPD, Other Diseases
- Inequalities, - Medicines
Material: Guide for lung disease patients cope with oxygen treatment at home Original name: Opas kotihappihoidosta Author: The Organisation for Respiratory...

A guide to deal with astma in every day life, with self-management advice

01 June 2016
Finland
Asthma
- Healthcare
Material: A guide to deal with astma in every day life, with self-management advice Original name: Opas astmaa sairastaville Author: The...

Guide for school nurses and teachers about the special needs of children with asthma

01 June 2016
Finland
Asthma
- Healthcare
Material: A guide for school nurses and teachers about the special needs of children with asthma Original name:Ohje lapsen astmasta päivähoitoon/kouluun Author:...

Guide for parents of children and young people with asthma, with self-management advice

01 June 2016
Finland
Asthma
- Healthcare, - Medicines
Material: A guide for parents of children and young people with asthma, with self-management advice Original name: Lasten ja nuorten astma and Astma...

Practical guide to exercice safely for people with respiratory disease

01 June 2016
Finland
Asthma , COPD, Allergy, Other Diseases
- Healthcare
Material: Practical guide to exercice safely for people with respiratory disease  Original name: Hengitä ja hengästy Author: The Organisation...

PRESS STATEMENT: Allergy and respiratory patients welcomed at the UK House of Commons

23 May 2016
Europe
London, 23 May 2016 - Allergy and respiratory patients from all over Europe will visit on May 23rd the United Kindgom House of Commons, invited by Member...

We are hiring! EFA Policy Adviser

18 May 2016
EU
We are looking for an EU Policy Adviser (m/f) to start in June/July 2016 for one year period to cover partial absence of EFA policy lead. EFA is the European...

World Asthma Day - Young patients have something to say about asthma

04 May 2016
Europe
Asthma
- Medicines
Adolescent patients with asthma encounter difficulties in following their medication but the reasons are unclear; HEY YA! HEalth Literacy, Young Patients...

Parliamentarians got their allergies tested

04 May 2016
EU
Asthma , Allergy, Food Allergy
- Food Safety, - Healthcare
With 150 million Europeans currently affected by allergy and estimations alerting that by 2025 half of the European population will suffer from them, we...

Health prevention is a right (and a duty)!

04 May 2016
EU
- Healthcare
Last April 20th we were invited to represent the patients’ perspective a European Health Parliament panel on prevention and self-care, together...

EU Conference on Chronic Diseases

04 May 2016
EU
- Healthcare
The European Commission Directorate General for Health (DG SANTE) organised on April the 21st, the conference “Towards better prevention and management...

Tobacco Control Conference: Research, prevention and treatment

04 May 2016
International
- Tobacco & Smoking
On the 5th-7th of April, we were invited to speak at a three-day international conference on tobacco control on research, prevention and treatment organised...

Register to AirPROM final event

04 May 2016
EU
Asthma
- Healthcare
AirPROM will end in June and partners are currently finalizing all activities and integrating the results. The latest AirPROM findings were discussed...

Bringing the patients’ perspective to the ERACoSysMED conference

04 May 2016
EU
- Healthcare
On the 5th of April, EFA Project Manager Giuseppe De Carlo attended in Bratislave the funders meeting of ERACoSysMed (the ERANET on System Medicine) as...