Launch of the Asthma Museum, a multilingual website
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)!
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
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
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
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
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...