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The new AFPRAL magazine is published
EFA Member the French Association for Allergy Prevention is pleased to announce the launch of the new Allergy magazine, Le Mag. The whole AFPRAL team has conceived it as a communication and informatio ...

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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 research in chronic NCDs in Europe? The case of al ...

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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 stakeholders. It is what has been fancily calle ...

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The 7th Environment Action Programme evaluated by allergy and respiratory patients
The European Commission launched a public consultation to evaluate the 7th Environment Action Programme (7th EAP), which is the strategic document that guides EU policy to reduce pollution in the air, ...

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Is the role of patients neglected in the prevention of Chronic Respiratory Disease? Our presentation at GARD
EFA Board Member, Hubert Nettel, had the honour to present in the opening of the 12th Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases (GARD) General Meeting entitled “The Natural Step to Respirat ...

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HTA proposal approved by the European Parliament health committee leaves out some patients expectations
The proposal for a regulation on Health Technology Assessment (HTA) has been high on the agenda of the European Parliament during the last months. The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and F ...

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EU-UK patient group meets the European Commission to discuss Brexit
In July, our Director Susanna Palkonen chaired a meeting on behalf of the European Patients’ Forum and coordinated by the Association of Medical Research Charities UK (AMRC) to meet the Brexit taskfor ...

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We are members of the Digital Health group at EPF
The European Patients Forum (EPF) has recently launched a working group to guide and support its strategy on digital health with the aim of positioning the patient community as a driver of innovation  ...

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New President for the food allergy patients in France
AFPRAL, the French Association for the Prevention of Allergies, has a new elected president, Pascale Couratier, replacing exiting President Véronique Olivier. Pascale has been working for AFPRAL for m ...

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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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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 of atopic eczema, a chronic inflammatory skin dis ...

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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 up to 3% of adults in Europe. Atopic eczema, als ...

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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, Public Health and Food Safety Committee (ENVI) ...

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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 to “provide knowledge, confidence and impetus for a ...

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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, in cooperation with the Patient Access Partnership  ...

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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 of the journey and impact that EPHA has ha ...

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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 diseases". EFA was represented by Susanna  ...

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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 Control hosted in Madrid. As partners of the  ...

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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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