'Know your air for health' website
EFA and the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) have launched a website to sheds light on how air pollution is implicated in the development and rise...
EU Policy update (May 2014)
Currently the European Union institutions are carrying out several consultations that are relevant to EFA’s activities. In this section, you will find...
EFA in meetings - May 2014
European Summit on Hospital Pharmacy
The European Summit on Hospital Pharmacy, organised by the European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP)...
EFA Patients will discuss at the European Parliament
Benefits of EU research on allergy, asthma and COPD On June 17th 2014, EFA invites all stakeholders interested in ongoing EU-funded research initiatives...
EFA Members' News - May 2014
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New European Parliament!
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
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EFA is pleased to confirm a public event on June 17th entitled “Does innovative research for allergy and respiratory...
Consultation on fragance allergens
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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)
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
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)
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
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
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
This month EFA features activities surrounding patient EU patient empowerment. It features EFA’s presentation of patient involvement within the EU project...