State of Health in the EU Cycle: EFA at CoR Interregional Group on Health & Well-being
In early December, EFA attended the Committee of the Regions (CoR) “Interregional Group on Health & Well-being”. The meeting focused on a presentation...
EFA at EMA Patients and Healthcare Professionals Meeting
On 20 November, EFA attended the Annual European Medicines Agency meeting with all eligible organisations who are members of the EMA Patient and Consumer-...
European Health Parliament – 5th edition started
For the fifth time, the European Health Parliament (EHP) has started its work in late November. The EHP connects and empowers the next generation of European...
EFA contributes to EPIS Summit
Digital solutions have the potential to improve the life of millions of European patients and transform the way we deliver care at country level. However,...
EFA at EPF 2019 Congress
For the very first time, the European Patient Forum (EPF) organised a Congress on meaningful patient involvement. Between Tuesday 12th and Thursday 14th,...
EFA becomes observer in Codex Alimentarius Commission
Starting in late October, EFA has been granted observer status in the Codex Alimentarius Commission. Thus, EFA will be subject to follow, attend and provide...
Moving forward to better management and personalised therapy in asthma and COPD
However, recent studies have shown that on a molecular level, certain patterns are shared by patients, suggesting that they may also share pathways of...
Winter is coming: Tips for clean air indoors
In winter, indoor air quality may decrease due to heating, cooking and closed windows. Yet a lot can be done to have clean air indoors anyway. Danish EFA...
World COPD Day in Czech Republic
EFA member Czech Associations against Lung Diseases, ČOPN, carried out several activities around World COPD Day 2019. In out-patient departments and department...
WE ARE HIRING: Communications Assistant (f/x/m) to start in January 2020
EFA is looking for a full time Communications Assistant to start in January 2020.
The full job advertisement can be found here.
EFA-Live: EFA #ShowLeadership in Strasbourg
On November 26th, EFA organized an event in the Strasbourg European Parliament to present its roadmap to patient safety, access to healthcare and...
EFA-Live: World COPD Day 2019
Brussels, 19/20.11.2019. Globally, more than 300 million people live with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Cigarette smoking remains...
EFA-Live: EFA at EFSA annual Stakeholder Forum
Parma, 17/18.10.2019. On October 17-18, EFA attended the 3rd annual EFSA Stakeholder Forum meeting in Parma, Italy. It is the second such meeting...
EFA-Live: EFA at EADV Congress in Madrid
Madrid, 12.10.2019. Between the 9th and 11th of October, EFA was present at the largest dermatology congress, European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology,...
EFA-Live: Tackling Second-Hand Smoke
Brussels, 10.10.2019. Tobacco is still the deadliest preventable source of disease in Europe, causing more than 700.000 premature deaths every year. New...
EFA at 69th WHO Regional Committee in Copenhagen
Ahead of this important meeting, EFA produced a video statement which looked into the lessons learnt from the implementation of WHO Health2020 framework...
2nd Atopic Eczema Day has been a big success!
#1: AtopicalLives online photo exhibition and video
Our AtopicalLives online photo gallery and video introduces eczema patients from several countries...
Global Vaccination Summit
EFA attended the 1st Global Vaccination Summit, held in Brussels on 12th September. The summit was a joint organisational effort of the European Commission...
EFA response to EMA public consultation on Drug-Device Combination
In June, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) launched a public consultation on the basis of a draft guideline discussing the ‘Quality requirements for...
EFA at European Health Stakeholder Meeting in the European Parliament
On September 12th, EFA participated in a panel-discussion in the European Parliament on “Brexit: the European Parliaments’ role in prioritising patients,...