SILNE-R – Discussing tobacco control and young people
On the 3rd of March, EFA EU Policy and Membership Officer participated in the SILNE-R Focus Group organised by the European Network for Smoking and Tobacco...
European experts to improve data from health apps
The European Commission Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CNECT) has created a mhealth working group to develop...
Register now for AirPROM final event in May
Five years have already passed since we started working on the “Airway Disease Predicting Outcomes through Patient Specific Computational Modelling”...
Patients want access high on the political agenda
On the 21st of March, EFA attended a meeting organised by the Patient Access Partnership (PACT) to ensure access to care is high on the European agenda.
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1 in 4 deaths are due to polluted environments
Nearly 1 in 4 of total global deaths are attributable to an unhealthy environment, according to new estimates from the World Health Organisation. Environmental...
Behavior towards tobacco in school-aged children
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a new international report on young people’s health, which is the latest addition to the health behavior...
How to develop medicines faster? - EFGCP Annual Conference
On the 1-2nd of March, EFA participated in the annual conference of the European Forum for Good Clinical Practice (EFGCP), “Faster and Safer Paths to...
EMA Meetings – Insight from patients
The European Medicines Agency (EMA), patients & healthcare professionals have been actively interacting since the creation of the Agency in 1995 to...
Upcoming policies - EFA discussions with the Dutch Presidency of the European Union
Given that the Dutch Presidency of the Council of the EU has identified improving occupational health and safety as one of their working priorities, we...
Funding opportunities for patients – New European Commission Health Programme
The European Commission has published the 2016 work programme for implementing the 3rd public Health Programme and for financing the EU contribution to...
Our calls on food labelling at the World Allergen Fair
From 20-22 March, we participated in the World Allergen Food, a fair of products suitable for people with food allergy, intolerance and coeliac disease,...
French EFA Member demands urgent action against allergy
To mark the 10th anniversary of the French Allergy Day, EFA Member Asthma & Allergies published 10 proposals to improve allergy management in France....
EFA Annual General Meeting 2016
We are happy to announce that our Annual General Meeting 2016 and EFA’s Network Meeting will take place on the 23rd-24th of May in London. EFA’s AGM...
Need for increased investment in health
European population in good health is value in itself and also one of the prerequisite for the EU’s economic growth, which is one of the main goal of...
Test your allergies at the European Parliament
The European Parliament Interest Group on Allergy and Asthma will gather on the 26th of April to discuss how to improve allergy prevention and care in...
EU Member States should accept stricter air pollution levels
Last year, with the great support of EFA members, we managed to achieve some significant changes regarding the adoption of stricter air pollution limits...
Patients’ views on the Medical Devices Regulation
On the 22nd of February, Senior EU Policy Advisor Roberta Savli met with the assistant of Mrs Wilmot MEP (rapporteur of the medical devices regulation...
€ 3 million prize for clean air materials
At this very moment, around 90% of the European population living in cities is exposed to air pollution levels exceeding the World Health Organisation...
New eHealth guidelines for nurses and social workers
The EU-funded Ens4Care project has developed five guidelines for European nurses and social workers on how to use eHealth for promoting a healthy lifestyle...
We need better research for better health outcomes
On 21st of January the European Commission's Scientific Panel for Health (SPH) presented its initial findings for future health research at the European...