Guide for parents of children and young people with asthma, with self-management advice
Material: A guide for parents of children and young people with asthma, with self-management advice
Original name: Lasten ja nuorten astma and Astma...
Practical guide to exercice safely for people with respiratory disease
Material: Practical guide to exercice safely for people with respiratory disease
Original name: Hengitä ja hengästy
Author: The Organisation...
PRESS STATEMENT: Allergy and respiratory patients welcomed at the UK House of Commons
London, 23 May 2016 - Allergy and respiratory patients from all over Europe will visit on May 23rd the United Kindgom House of Commons, invited by Member...
We are hiring! EFA Policy Adviser
We are looking for an EU Policy Adviser (m/f) to start in June/July 2016 for one year period to cover partial absence of EFA policy lead.
EFA is the European...
World Asthma Day - Young patients have something to say about asthma
Adolescent patients with asthma encounter difficulties in following their medication but the reasons are unclear; HEY YA! HEalth Literacy, Young Patients...
Parliamentarians got their allergies tested
With 150 million Europeans currently affected by allergy and estimations alerting that by 2025 half of the European population will suffer from them, we...
Health prevention is a right (and a duty)!
Last April 20th we were invited to represent the patients’ perspective a European Health Parliament panel on prevention and self-care, together...
EU Conference on Chronic Diseases
The European Commission Directorate General for Health (DG SANTE) organised on April the 21st, the conference “Towards better prevention and management...
Tobacco Control Conference: Research, prevention and treatment
On the 5th-7th of April, we were invited to speak at a three-day international conference on tobacco control on research, prevention and treatment organised...
Register to AirPROM final event
AirPROM will end in June and partners are currently finalizing all activities and integrating the results.
The latest AirPROM findings were discussed...
Bringing the patients’ perspective to the ERACoSysMED conference
On the 5th of April, EFA Project Manager Giuseppe De Carlo attended in Bratislave the funders meeting of ERACoSysMed (the ERANET on System Medicine) as...
Register now for myAirCoach workshop
The myAirCoach project is organizing on the 6th of September the Workshop on Mobile Healthcare for the Self-Management of Chronic Diseases and the Empowerment...
A MUST READ: guide to involve patients in EU research
The U-BIOPRED project has published “A short guide to successful patient involvement in EU-funded research”. The booklet was produced by the project’s...
Asthma and Allergy pictured at European Parliament
With 150 million Europeans currently affected by allergy and estimations alerting that by 2025 half of the European population will suffer from them, we...
EFA Environmental Determinants expert network
On the 15th of April, EFA Environmental Determinants Working Group hold a teleconference to discuss EFA future activities and priorities around the topic....
RESPIRA celebrates the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Day
The Portuguese Chronic Respiratory Diseases patients’ organisation, RESPIRA, celebrated on April 21st the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Day, were they asked...
PRESS RELEASE: Young patients with asthma need more investment in technology and health literacy
Young patients with asthma need more investment in technology and health literacy
Brussels, 28 April, 2016 – BEFORE WORLD ASTHMA DAY. Asthma is the...
Health is like gold in bank but empowered patients are diamonds!
How are the value and effectiveness of health systems measured? How should we measure it?
Patients think that any measure should be patient centred, measuring...
Food allergy expert patients to analyse allergen labelling
EFA Food Allergy Working Group discussed last 14th March EFA future activities and priorities in the field of food allergy. Our group of food allergy expert...
EFA’s Director elected Board Member of European Patients’ Forum
On the occasion of the European Patients’ Forum (EPF) Annual General Meeting, EPF members elected new Board members such as a new President (Marco Greco,...