FFAAIR organised a workshop for parents of children with severe asthma
EFA Member FFAAIR (Fédération Française des Associations et Amicales de malades, Insuffisants ou handicapés Respiratoires) organised together with...
Allergy UK celebrates its 2015 Annual Conference
This year EFA Member Allergy UK Annual Conference took place on Saturday the 9th of May at St Thomas’ Hospital, London where it was announced that Carla...
EFA Belgian Members gathered in a coalition meeting
On the 21st of May, the representatives of three EFA Belgian members, Asthma en Allergie Koepel, FARES - Fond d’Affections Respiratoires and Prévention...
Innovative health systems for Active and Healthy Ageing
The first European Summit on Innovation for Active and Healthy Ageing took place in Brussels on 9-10th of March 2015. Over 1,400 leaders from government,...
Eurobarometer: Patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare
The provision of cross-border health services and their coverage by national healthcare systems is a highly complex process, still surrounded by legal...
New on eHealth: eHealth Week and mHealth Green Paper
On the 11th-13th of May, Riga (Latvia) hosted the European eHealth Week. Attracting over 2,000 international delegates and 75 exhibitors, the event addressed...
PRESS RELEASE: World No Tobacco Day 2015
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Respiratory patients ask for equal access to smoking cessation programmes in Europe
Brussels, 29 May 2015, Ahead of the WORLD...
Novel vaccine could open new horizons against house dust mites allergy
Many asthma patients have dust mite allergy, but maybe not for so long: researchers from France and Austria have developed a new preventive vaccine.
House...
Twitter can predict asthma-related emergency rooms visits
American researchers have analysed asthma-related tweets, along with data from air quality sensors, to successfully predict how many sufferers would...
Poor air quality in European schools
Children are exposed to poor indoor environments in schools in many countries in the WHO European Region, with issues including stuffy air, dampness and...
Save the Date: MeDALL Results Symposium
We are pleased to announce on behalf of the MeDALL Consortium the celebration of the event “Are Europeans developing more allergies? – From research...
World leaders adopt the first ever resolution on air pollution and health
On the 18th-26th of May, world health leaders gathered in Geneva for the 68thsession of the World Health Assembly (WHA). Delegates at the World Health...
EU Projects update (April 2015)
In April we launched a call for asthma patients who wish to become experts in myAirCoach consortium, an EU research project that is developing a mobile...
Reducing tobacco use
After our contribution to the WHO Tobacco or Health conference in March, we travelled to Athens in April to participate at the European Network for Smoking...
EFA Members news (April 2015)
This month patients associations have mobilized at national level through a wide variety of activities to raise awareness about allergy (UK), indoor air...
EU Policy update (April 2015)
Launch of Interest Group on Allergy and Asthma: EFA/EAACI REPORT
The European Parliament Interest Group on Allergy and Asthma was launched on the 25th...
EFA in Meetings (April 2015)
In April we had the pleasure to participate in a training on Health Technology Assessment (HTA) to increase patient involvement in development of medicines...
Linking air pollution and health
In April EFA participated at the 18th meeting of the WHO Task Force on Health Effects of Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution, a sharing platform that...
Press Release : World Asthma Day 2015
Involving patients to develop a mobile system to self-manage asthma
Brussels, 5 May 2015 / WORLD ASTHMA DAY – Despite the wide availability of asthma...
MeDALL - EU funded project
Allergy often starts in childhood. MeDALL (Mechanisms of the Development of ALLergy)aims at improving the health of European citizens by investigating...