FENAER launches a shock-plan on tobacco, COPD and spirometry in Spain
In November, EFA Spanish Member FENAER launched an ambitious plan to improve diagnosis and reduce COPD deaths in Spain. The organisation has been presenting...
HEAL’s Annual General Meeting
In October 17-18, EFA Director of Policy and Strategy Isabel Proaño participated in the Annual General Assembly of the Health and Environment Alliance...
The European Patients Forum's manifesto is launched!
During a launch event on 9th October, the European Patients’ Forum launched a Manifesto calling on the political leaders of the EU, Members of the European...
Food allergies were on the spotlight in Brussels at the International Symposium on Food Allergens
On 18th October 2018 took place an International Symposium on Food Allergens: regulation, management and detection. The symposium was set in Brussels and...
We discussed Digital Health workshop at the Committee of the Regions
On 25th October 2018, we were invited as speaker in the “Digital Health for all” workshop, organised by the Regional Ministry of Health of Andalusia...
EFA re-newed as EMA eligible organisation
Following an annual assessment, the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the European Union agency for the evaluation of medicinal products, confirmed the...
Recommendations for Personalized Medicine from the European PRECeDI project
On 7th of November we attended the final conference in Brussels of the EU-funded research project Personalized PREvention of Chronic DIseases (PRECeDI)....
Healthier solutions for access to medicines
On 23d October 2018, the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) organised an event entitled “Healthier solutions for access to medicines” that was meant...
ERS-ENSP event: “H2020 funding for Tobacco Control: Scaling up for the prevention of lung diseases in the EU "
On 18th October the European Respiratory Society (ERS) and the European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP) organised an event on “H2020...
The EU Health policy platform: a health meeting point
On the 12th November 2018 EFA Director of Policy and Communications Isabel Proaño participated in the EU Health Policy Platform (HPP) Annual Stakeholder...
It’s Vaccination Season!
Autumn is passing and winter coming, are you thinking about whether to get the vaccination against influenza, also known as the flu? And what about the...
Capacity Building webinars
As announced in our October newsletter, our Capacity Building project is up and running with a new format to allow all our members to participate and benefit...
WHO first global air pollution conference
This October, the World Health Organisation held the first global air pollution conference. With 7 million people dying from air pollution each year, including...
The new AFPRAL magazine is published
EFA Member the French Association for Allergy Prevention is pleased to announce the launch of the new Allergy magazine, Le Mag. The whole AFPRAL team has...
Swedish patients launch an online recipe bank
EFA Member the Swedish Asthma and Allergy Association has launched the recipe bank, Receptbanken, where people can search for individual ingredients that...
Respiratory physiotherapy videos now in Portuguese
EFA Spanish Member FENAER has launched a website to support patients with pulmonary rehabilitation online and for free. The website can be opened in all...
EFA and EAACI sign memorandum of understanding
EFA has signed a memorandum of understanding with the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI), a longstanding partner of EFA. This...
@EFA_Patients at the European Respiratory Society Congress
The European Respiratory Society (ERS) Congress took place this year in Paris from the 15-19 September, right after the EADV Congress. The ERS Congress...
First studies from the CURE project presented in Georgia
Many asthma patients have access to a better life thanks to a series of treatments that allow them to keep their disease under control, but their dream...
Subscribe to our free webinars to increase national patient capacity
The time for EFA’s yearly capacity building training has arrived! Do you have what it takes to be advocate for the patient needs but you are missing...