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New European Parliament!

30 May 2014
The new European Parliament will have 751 seats compared to the 766 existing in the old Parliament. The centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) will...

EFA's EU Project Event

16 May 2014
Click here for the draft programme. EFA is pleased to confirm a public event on June 17th entitled “Does innovative research for allergy and respiratory...

Consultation on fragance allergens

15 May 2014
The European Commission might include new measures for fragrance allergens The European Commission has recently launched an open consultation on fragrance...

New Tobacco Measures from 2016

07 May 2014
New Tobacco Measures from 2016 The EU has finally published the Tobacco Products Directive After being formally adopted last March by the Council of...

Press Release: World Asthma Day 2014

06 May 2014
Europe
Asthma
“Know your air for health” aims to help us breathe more easily Improving air quality can limit the symptoms of asthma and other breathing...

European Parliament Elections

30 April 2014
The new and the old: past European Parliament achievements and elections polls European Parliament achievements in public health during 2009-2014 During...

EU Public Health and Chronic Diseases

30 April 2014
First ever EU Summit on Chronic Diseases On April 3 and 4, the European Commission organised the first ever EU Summit on Chronic Diseases. The World Health...

World Asthma Day 2014

30 April 2014
EU
Asthma
World Asthma Day 2014 Asthma is a disease characterized by recurrent attacks of breathlessness and wheezing, which vary in severity and frequency. An...

EU projects update

30 April 2014
  EFA attends the 2014 AirPROM Annual Meeting in Barcelona   The annual meeting for Airway Disease Predicting Outcomes through Patient Specific...

EFA in meetings (April 2014)

30 April 2014
European Conference on Tobacco or Health   As announced in March, EFA was present in the sixth European Conference on Tobacco or Health in Istanbul...

EFA Member news - April 2014

30 April 2014
Belgium, Finland, Poland
New campaign and tools for allergy-friendly schools in Belgium Prévéntion des Allergies, in partnership with the Flemish patient organisation Allergienet...

The Third Health Programme (2014-2020)

14 April 2014
The European Union launches a multiannual health framework with a 30% budget increase The European Parliament and the Council have recently adopted the...

Press Release: EFA Calls for Strategy at Chronic Diseases Summit

03 April 2014
Patients with asthma, allergy and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease call for an EU strategy on chronic diseases European institutions must take the...

EFA's EU Innovative Research Projects event

31 March 2014
EU
Asthma , COPD, Allergy
- Healthcare
EFA's EU Innovative Research Projects event EFA held a public event on June 17th entitled “Does innovative research for allergy and respiratory disease...

EU patient empowerment

31 March 2014
This month EFA features activities surrounding patient EU patient empowerment. It features EFA’s presentation of patient involvement within the EU project...

EFA in meetings - March 2014

31 March 2014
This month EFA President spoke about asthma at IMI staff meeting, EFA met with the US COPD Coalition on collaboration as well as European Disability Forum....

EFA Member News - March 2014

31 March 2014
Belgium, Bulgaria, Norway, Sweden
News from EFA’s members this month includes worrying details of legislative changes in Belgium which could negatively impact EFA’s members in the country...

Europe for Patients at EP Elections

31 March 2014
The European Parliament elections are approaching. In less than two months European citizens will be called to vote on their future representatives...

EU Policy update (March 2014)

31 March 2014
EU, Europe
Asthma , Allergy
- Tobacco & Smoking, - Healthcare, - Medicines, - Air Quality
In March, the Tobacco Products Directive was finally adopted by the Council and ended a process started more than 1 year ago to protect Europeans’...

AGM and Strategic Planning & Networking Meeting and EP Event

27 March 2014
EFA is looking forward to this year's Annual General Meeting AGM which will take place in Brussels on the 16th of June 2014. All EFA members are...