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A Roadmap to patient safety, access to healthcare and eradicating inequalities
In connection with the #ShowLeadership campaign and our recently published ACCESS report, EFA organised an event in the Strasbourg European Parliament, hosted by Member of the European Parliament (MEP ...

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EFA continues to #ShowLeadership for people living with allergies, asthma and COPD
In 2019, EFA launched the #ShowLeadership campaign to encourage relevant stakeholders – including patients and caregivers, healthcare professionals and policymakers – to take action and address the ch ...

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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 of the recently released European Commission  ...

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Interest Group on Asthma and Allergy is launched! A new Direction for Allergy and Asthma health in Europe
On November 26th, the European Parliament Interest Group on Allergy and Asthma had its first policy meeting of the current 2019 -2024 mandate, organised by EAACI in collaboration with EFA. The event,  ...

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EFA celebrates World Patient Safety Day
On September 17th, EFA has been active on the World Health Organizations’ (WHO) 1st World Patient Safety Day. The day has been set up to create awareness for patient safety and urge people for support ...

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EFA at the Patient Access Partnership conference on the Future of Health
On 11 and 12 July, EFA was proud to contribute to the high-level conference of Patient Access Partnership (PACT) on ‘The Future of Health: Advancing the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda in Europ ...

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AFPRAL co-signs open letter to French Minister of Health
EFA Member the Association Française pour la Prévention des Allergies (AFPRAL) has co-signed an open letter calling on the French Minister of Health to address the exclusion of young children with chr ...

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European Parliament Interest Group on Allergy and Asthma launches a Blueprint
On 20th March, the European Parliament Interest Group on Allergy and Asthma, co-run by EFA and EAACI, organised at the European Parliament a Breakfast Policy Meeting on a renewed EU policy agenda on a ...

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Asthma UK: Stop unfair asthma prescription charges
EFA Member Asthma UK has launched a petition to stop unfair asthma prescription charges. By now, some 55,000 people have already signed and supported the initiative! Click here if you want to suppor ...

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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 Parliament and the future Commission, to ens ...

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European Atopic Eczema Day
Last September 14th the atopic eczema patient community belonging to EFA’s Members marked the first ever European Atopic Eczema Awareness Day to inform and bring attention to this allergic disease  ...

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European Commission report on cross-border healthcare Directive shows it helps clarify patients' rights
On 21 September, the European Commission published an implementation report on the directive on cross-border healthcare (2011/24/EU). The concept of the cross-border healthcare directive has the poten ...

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Do you support atopic eczema patients? Put the filter on
To mark #AtopicEczemaDay we have launched a social media filter to raise awareness about a disease that goes beyond the skin. We want to catch people’s attention and force them look behind a skin that ...

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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 life-changing technologies. This year MedTech ...

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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 has done more than 100 European projects an ...

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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. During this week, children between 6 and 16 years ...

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EU Health Commissioner invited us to present our views on HTA
On May 15th we were amongst the 8 patient, consumer and public health associations invited by the EU Commissioner on Health and Food Safety Vytenis Andriukaitis to present our views on the proposed ...

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Do you know how community care can improve patients' access to care?
This 25th May, we took part in a workshop organized by MedTech and the European Patients Forum (EPF) to explore how community care can ensure equal and broad access to medical technologies for patient ...

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Check the air quality in your city! WHO publishes the biggest ambient air pollution database
This May 2018, the World Health Organisation has updated the ambient air quality database, which now covers 4,300 cities in 108 countries. These data are the world’s most comprehensive database on amb ...

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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 to bring a support to us for living a heal ...

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