Should the EU revise the EU Ambient Air Quality Directives? Patients say YES!
The European Commission launched in May-July a process to gather information on the impact and added value of the EU Ambient Air Quality Directives from...
SAVE THE DATE! The European Parliament Interest Group’s event on the barriers to research in chronic NCDs in Europe
Next 9th October 2018, the European Parliament Interest Group on Allergy and Asthma, is organising an event entitled “How to overcome the barriers to...
EUROPEAN REPORT: Itching for life - Quality of Life and costs for people with severe atopic eczema in Europe
EFA's 2018 European report Itching for Life: Quality of Life and costs for people living with severe atopic eczema in Europe uncovers the reality...
PRESS RELEASE: 1st European Atopic Eczema Awareness Day
On the 1st European Atopic Eczema Awareness Day
New patients report uncovers the reality of severe atopic eczema in Europe
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AEPNAA Summer Camp 2018 for children with food and latex allergies
From June the 23rd to July the 1st , AEPNAA organised their annual Summer Camp, aiming towards children with food and latex allergies....
IMI and its 10 years of medical innovation, the example of U-BIOPRED
On June 27th we were 400 participants to celebrate an outstanding achievement on medical research. In the last ten years, the Innovative Medicine Initiative...
Myaircoach in MedTech week
For the 4th time, national associations and companies active on medical devices organised from 4-8 June activities across Europe to promote the value of...
ENSP International Conference on Tobacco Control: new tobacco products, new evidence, need for stricter regulations
On the 14-16thJune, EFA Isabel Proaño participated at the European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP) International Conference on Tobacco...
EU projects results to be more accessible and transparent
On June the 7th, in the context of the European Commission’s new proposal on the next Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (FP9), we followed...
EFA at ERS Presidential Summit
The president of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Mina Gaga hosted in her home country a summit to "redesign the future of healthcare in respiratory...
Happy Anniversary Public Health!
EFA congratulates 25 years old European Public Health Alliance EPHA with the message that prevention is better than cure!
We took part in their celebration...
We want a future cooperation on HTA with patients at the center
On the 5thof June, we attended “What future for EU cooperation on HTA?” organised by the European Parliament Interest Group on Access to HealthCare,...
You too can Define your Asthma! A worldwide campaign
The Global Allergy and Asthma Patient Platform (GAAPP) of which we are Board Member has launched “Define Your Asthma”, an educational campaign...
Health Technology Assessment (HTA) in the spotlight in the European Parliament
In July, the European Parliament committee for Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) adopted its opinion on a report done by the Environment,...
SAVE THE DATE: 1st European Atopic Eczema Awareness day programme
Next 14th September, we are marking the 1st awareness day around atopic eczema to bring attention to a very common disease touching 1 in 5 children and...
Italian patients celebrate the Food Allergy Awareness Week
EFA Member Food Allergy Italia participated in the Food Allergy Awareness Week celebrated in May. Patient associations mobilise people online...
How to use your inhaler?
EFA Member the Spanish Foundation of Allergic and Airways Diseases Patients’ Association (FENAER), launched in May a playful explanatory video for children...
Chronic disease alliance calls for EU’s attention and money on health
On May 16th EFA Isabel Proaño participated in the official launch of the European Chronic Disease Alliance manifesto, called “Europe’s health deserves...
Good diagnosis Or How to live well with severe asthma
The National Conference of the Romanian Society of Clinical Allergology and Immunology took place in Sinaia between the 17th and the 19th of May. As...
MyAirCoach presented at HIMSS Europe and Health 2.0 conference
Technology nowadays allows patients to be surrounded with actionable data and knowledge. Sensors and trackers represent the core of the latest innovations...