EC Proposal for modernisation
The European Commission has released a memo (MEMO/06/208) outlining in the form of Frequently Asked Questions the proposals for modernisation of the Television...
Networking Day
Starting in 2011, EFA began to integrate an optional event, called the Networking Day, following the AGM for EFA members presenting the opportunity for...
Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Each year the EFA Secretariat organizes an AGM in a city corresponding to an EFA member organisation who volunteers to assist in hosting the event by making...
Red meat allergy
Background: We have observed patients clinically allergic to red meat and meat-derived gelatin.
Objective: We describe a prospective evaluation...
TSLP DURING ALLERGIC INFLAMMATION
Originally shown to promote the growth and activation of B cells, TSLP is now known to have wide-ranging impacts on hematopoietic and nonhematopoietic...
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European Respiratory Society (ERS)
COPD guidelines
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EFA eNews
In this section you will find:
- This month's EFA ezine
- An archive of past ezines
- Press information: releases, backgrounders etc.
- News from the...
Our Activities
For the past 20 years EFA has advocated the inclusion of patient perspective in EU projects and published fliers and documents to promote awareness of...
About EFA
Patients and their needs and rights are at the heart of everything we do. The European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients Associations...
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INTRALYMPHATIC IMMUNOTHERAPY
Background: Subcutaneous allergen-specific immunotherapy frequently causes allergic side effects and requires 30 to 80 injections over 3 to 5 years.
Objective: We...
EFA Members “Meet and Greet” EU Institutions Training
Starting in 2007, the EFA Secretariat has organised an event in Brussels called the “EFA Members ‘Meet and Greet’ EU Institutions Training,” which...
EFA at the Forum on active and healthy ageing
In the framework of the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations, the Committee of Regions organised a forum to provide local...
EFA at the launch of the European COPD Coalition
Susanna Palkonen together with some EFA members took part in the launch event of the ECC at the European Parliament, hosted by MEP Glenis Wilmott. The...
Patient group involvement during EAACI Annual Conference
The EAACI (European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology) annual conference is to be held this year from June 16th to 20th in Geneva, under the official...
EU adopts new health warnings for tobacco packaging
On March 7, the European Commission adopted a Directive introducing a set of 14 new written health warnings due to appear on tobacco packaging in the near...
Mid-term evaluation of EU Health Programme
The EU Health Programme is one of the EU’s main instruments for improving European public health. It proposes various funding schemes for European health...
Open dialogue between EU institutions and citizens
The EU Health Programme is one of the EU’s main instruments for improving European public health. It proposes various funding schemes for European health...
EFA at Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) Open Info Day
On February 27th, David Brennan represented EFA at the IMI Open Info Day for its 5th Call for proposals in order to learn about the revised scientific...