- EFA becomes observer in Codex Alimentarius Commission
- Starting in late October, EFA has been granted observer status in the Codex Alimentarius Commission. Thus, EFA will be subject to follow, attend and provide input to the CAC sessions and meetings, wit ...
- EFA Capacity Building 2019: Evidence Based advocacy
- Between November 26th and 27th, EFA members were invited to Strasbourg to engage in a 2-day programme, consisting of presentations from external speakers and a practical workshop. During the presentat ...
- Christmas meals for people living with food allergies
- Christmas has a large focus on food, with time spent enjoying treats and wonderful meals with our friends and family. Yet those living with food allergy should not miss out on the festivities. EFA mem ...
- Finland: allergen labelling in non-prepacked foods
- EFA member Finnish Allergy, Skin and Asthma Federation will start cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Finnish Food Authority, the Finnish Hospitality Association MaRa and Finnis ...
- Allergy UK invited to the “Allergy House”
- In October, EFA member AllergyUK invited the outside world to explore the home of an atopic family. During the walk through the house, visitors could find useful tips on how to manage allergy hotspots ...
- EFA at 69th WHO Regional Committee in Copenhagen
- Ahead of this important meeting, EFA produced a video statement which looked into the lessons learnt from the implementation of WHO Health2020 framework in the European region. WHO’s work in 2018/19 ...
- 2nd Atopic Eczema Day has been a big success!
- #1: AtopicalLives online photo exhibition and video Our AtopicalLives online photo gallery and video introduces eczema patients from several countries and shows their daily lives with the disease, t ...
- Global Vaccination Summit
- EFA attended the 1st Global Vaccination Summit, held in Brussels on 12th September. The summit was a joint organisational effort of the European Commission and the World Health Organisation (WHO). T ...
- EFA response to EMA public consultation on Drug-Device Combination
- In June, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) launched a public consultation on the basis of a draft guideline discussing the ‘Quality requirements for drug-device combinations’. The draft guideline pr ...
- EFA at European Health Stakeholder Meeting in the European Parliament
- On September 12th, EFA participated in a panel-discussion in the European Parliament on “Brexit: the European Parliaments’ role in prioritising patients, public health and health security across Europ ...
- Health is In! and with more responsibility in the new European Commission
- The European Commission President-elect Ursula von der Leyen announced the names and portfolios of the new college of Commissioners. The health files were handed to Stella Kyriakides from Cyprus who h ...
- EFA response to HMA public consultation on allergen product development
- In April, the network of Heads of Medicines Agencies in the EU (HMA) launched a public consultation on common regulatory approaches for allergen products. The consultation puts several draft recommend ...
- 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 ...
- International awareness days – great opportunities for patient groups
- International awareness days are an opportunity to educate the general public on specific issues. Especially for patient organisations, it is a great possibility to mobilise political will and resourc ...
- Danish politicians tested for allergies
- In September, EFA member Asthma and Allergy Denmark has carried out a campaign specially focussed on the lack of specialists and asking for greater capacity in healthcare for the 1.5 million people wi ...
- Back to school – Being prepared with allergy
- EFA member Allergy UK has collected a variety of resources for students, parents and carers to empower parents and children feeling safe in school despite having allergies, available here. The Schools ...
- Food allergen regulation around the world
- EFA member Dutch Food Allergies Foundation, has shared an interactive chart providing interesting information on food allergen regulation around the world. The chart can be accessed here.
- Survey on the use of lay language summaries in paediatric clinical trials
- The European Forum of Good Clinical Practices (EFGCP) in collaboration with the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Association (EFPIA) are working together to understand what is the ...
- Join us on the 2nd World Atopic Eczema Day on September 14th
- On September 14th, EFA, together with Global Skin, is marking World Atopic Eczema Day. With the day’s theme BENEATH THE SURFACE we raise awareness and understanding of this allergic skin disease. We i ...
- 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 ...