- WHO publishes first guidelines on digital health interventions
- Over the last years, digital tools and solutions have increased their presence within the health sector. Their added value is to be found in numerous aspects, including access to information, diagnosi ...
- European Parliament approves new rules to boost food safety and consumer trust
- Two months after EU ministers agreed on the revision of the food law, last April the European Parliament endorsed revisions put forward by the European Commission for an updated EU General Food Law. T ...
- European Parliament adopts resolution on Endocrine Disruptor Chemicals
- In its last plenary sitting under the current election term, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on endocrine disruptor chemicals (EDCs). Such are chemicals that, at a certain level, can have ...
- 15 EU countries fail to submit their National Air Pollution Control Programme
- More than half of EU member states did not meet a key deadline in late April to submit their national air pollution programmes, an obligation under the National Emission Ceilings (NEC) Directive. Ad ...
- EU leaders discuss Future of Europe in Sibiu: our health struggles to be a priority
- On May 9th, the EU prime ministers and presidents convened in Sibiu (Romania) to discuss the Future of Europe. The purpose of the meeting was the renewal of the leaders’ commitment to the EU, as well ...
- EFA joins academics in calling for EU health research in action for equality in health
- EU health research has made significant strides in better knowledge on prevention and care related topics, but how can research actually promote equality in health. The third forum of the Horizon 2020 ...
- Europeans have positive attitudes towards vaccination, Eurobarometer shows
- In March 2019, the European Commission Directorate General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE) conducted a study on Europeans’ attitudes towards vaccination. The results of this Special Eurobaromete ...
- CURE asthma project news
- In early May, CURE has been highlighted in an article presenting the project and its first results. The article can be found here. Furthermore, EFA did an interview with Prof. Dr. Johan Garssen, Mem ...
- Join EFA webinar on patients’ data and research
- The introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation in 2018 has risen concerns on the ownership and use of personal data. The use of personal data is necessary in medical research to enable new ...
- EFA launches #DetectiveFood to denounce malpractice of allergen labelling
- To mark World Allergy Week celebrated last 7-13 of April 2019, EFA together with its Members launched a social media campaign called #DetectiveFood. First EFA project specifically focused on food al ...
- HTA Stakeholder Forum discusses patients quality of life and involvement
- On April 11th, EFA participated in the European Network for Health Technology Assessment (EunetHTA) annual stakeholder forum in Amsterdam. The meeting brought together speakers and participants from v ...
- WHO urges stronger action to reduce deaths from Non-Communicable diseases in Europe
- On April 9th and 10th, the World Health Organisation (WHO) held a High-Level Conference on Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in Turkmenistan. The discussions were focused on national actions to reduce ...
- Delivering patient value discussed at EU Parliament
- To mark the 13th European Patients’ Rights Day, EFA attended the conference on ‘Delivering patient value throughout the healthcare system’ organised in the European Parliament by the Active Citizenshi ...
- EFSA launches new framework to evaluate the cocktail effects of chemicals in food
- We are constantly exposed to chemicals in our daily life. It is in the cookies we eat, the cosmetics we use, and the clothes that we wear. Fortunately, most of them do not harm the majority of the pop ...
- EFA at Land Baden-Württemberg event on personalised medicine
- Personalised medicine is both a big opportunity for patients but also a necessity for many people living with a chronic diseases whose severity does not respond to widespread treatments. On March 21st ...
- EU Coalition for Vaccination unites for confidence
- The first meeting of the ‘EU Coalition for Vaccination’, convened by the European Commission Directorate General on Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE) united student and healthcare professional organis ...
- Allergy and respiratory patients present a European campaign calling for action for better care and prevention
- On March 20th, the European Parliament Interest Group on Allergy and Asthma organised the last policy meeting of the current mandate, aimed at renewing the EU policy agenda on allergy and airways dise ...
- EFA patient leaders make our Annual General Meeting 2019 in Brussels a success
- On March 19th and 20th EFA celebrated the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Members in Brussels, Belgium and launched the EFA annual report 2018, Shedding Light into the Severity of Allergy and Airways ...
- 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 ...
- First guidance on new rules for certain medical devices by European Medical Agency
- The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has published a first set of guidelines to help prepare for obligations coming from the new EU legislation on medical devices. The guidelines, formatted as a questi ...