EFA Allergy and Respiratory Patients Conference: Delivering patient-centric care through innovation and digitalisation
While 2020 has been a challenging year, it has also shown the potential of a more digitalised world, particularly in healthcare and the management of chronic...
EFA’s evaluation of the 3rd EU Health Programme 2014-2020: insufficient to protect our health
As the voice for over 200 million people living with allergy and airways diseases in Europe, EFA participated in the European Commission consultation to...
EFA brings the patient perspective to the European Commission preliminary opinion on electronic cigarettes
The Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER), organised a public consultation on its preliminary opinion on electronic...
EFA discusses Qualitative Risk Assessment for food allergens at ILSI event
On 29 October, EFA participated in the digital event on Qualitative Risk Assessment organised by the International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI). It was...
Chemicals and health: EFA highlights from the ECHA Open Forum 2020
As Accredited Stakeholder to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), EFA participated in the 2020 Joint Forum-BPRS (Biocidal Products Regulation Subgroup)...
Food transparency: EFA participates in EFSA stakeholder engagement series and discussion groups
In October, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) launched a series of digital events to inform stakeholders about it engagement to increase transparency...
European Commission looks towards a European Health Union
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Commission presented its Communication on ‘Building a European Health Union: Reinforcing the EU’s resilience...
The European Parliament Interest Group on Allergy & Asthma welcomes new members
The co-Secretariat of the European Parliament Interest Group on Allergy & Asthma, EFA and EAACI, are delighted to welcome 3 new MEPs to its ranks!
MEPs...
Tools to understand asthma better – Share your experience in a survey
EFA and the European Lung Foundation (ELF) have launched a Europe-wide survey to understand how people with severe asthma feel about the tools available...
Allergy-Asthma Denmark: Christmas without allergies
EFA member Allergy-Asthma Denmark has published a set of guidelines for people living with allergies and asthma to navigate the Christmas period.
Trees...
Allergy-Asthma Denmark: Asthma patients overconsume emergency medicine
Research has revealed that people with asthma tend to overconsume emergency medicine and do not use preventative medicine enough. In consequence, this...
Asthma-Allergy Denmark tells shops to drop perfumed hand sanitisers
Danish EFA Member Asthma-Allergy Denmark is raising awareness around the use of perfumed hand sanitisers made available for people upon entry into shops...
Respiriamo Insieme: A digital community for patients with asthma, severe asthma, and allergies in Italy
EFA member Association Respiriamo Insieme launched the digital hub ‘Respiriamo Insieme Community’, a digital community for patients with asthma and...
Longfonds: Michael Rutgers voted most influential player in Dutch philanthropy
The Director of Dutch EFA member Longfonds, Michael Rutgers, has been named the most influential player in Dutch philanthropy for 2020-2021 by Philanthropy...
FFAAIR: World COPD Day became World COPD Week for FFAAIR
EFA’s member from France, FFAAIR, acknowledged World COPD Day on 18th November through taking part in a national debate on "Make COPD healthcare a priority”,...
COPN: World COPD Day in Czech Republic
EFA’s member the Czech Civic Association Against Lung Diseases (COPN), in cooperation with Czech Pneumological and Phthisiological Society, created online...
EFA President Mikaela Odemyr elected as chair of the ELF Patient Advisory Committee (PAC)
EFA President Mikaela Odemyr was elected as Chair of the European Lung Foundation (ELF)’s Patient Advisory Committee (PAC) in August 2020.
In an interview...
EP Interest Group on Allergy and Asthma: Launch of the Youth Parliament's recommendations
On Thursday 10 December, the European Parliament Interest Group on Allergy & Asthma hosted a digital launch for guidelines created by the the Allergy...
How do you care for atopic eczema? EFA at the EADV Virtual Congress
Representing European atopic eczema patients, EFA took part in the annual Congress of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venerology (EADV) that...
Europe’s Zero Pollution Action Plan: the chance for an air quality framework for better health
Clean air is central to human health and essential to the wellbeing and quality of life for people with allergies and airways diseases.
In 2021, the European...