- EFA Capacity Building 2015 Follow Up Meeting in Italy
- Building on the success of the 2014 meetings, and to follow-up with participants from the 2014 Capacity Building project, EFA returned to Italy on the 5th of December 2015 to meet representatives of F ...
- First steps in harmonising COPD Care across Europe
- Our 2014 report “Harmonizing Prevention and Other Measures for COPD Patients across Europe” revealed varying levels of COPD care across Europe. Following on from this research, and with the help of EF ...
- EFA's 2015 Highlights
- 2015 was an exciting year for EFA. In a year filled with activity we want to take this opportunity to pick out some of our main highlights. One particularly significant highlight was the develop ...
- A respiratory tour of the world - Global Alliance against Respiratory Diseases Report
- We wrote in July that the WHO has put new focus on respiratory diseases through their ‘Global Alliance against Respiratory Diseases’ where EFA is happy to be a founding member. The report from GARD’s ...
- Patient Toolbox launched by EUPATI
- On Wednesday 27th of January the European Patient's Academy on Therapeuric Innovation (EUPATI) launched it's new Educational Toolbox. The online toolbox contains patient-friendly, ready-to-use ...
- Public Health Priorities of the Dutch Presidency of the Council of the EU
- The presidency of the Council of the European Union rotates among the EU member states every 6 months. As of 1st January 2016 the Netherlands holds the Presidency and will hold this post until ...
- EFA joins European Commission Working Group on mHealth assessment guidelines
- Mobile Health is an emerging and rapidly developing field: with around 100,000 mHealth apps currently available across multiple platforms on the global market. It has the potential to play a part in t ...
- Recommendations for Equal Treatment of patients in education and employment
- People with chronic and long term conditions face a variety of obstacles, including stigma and discrimination, at school or at work. These issues can potentially affect a large share of the population ...
- Lack of Action on Air Quality as Council Dilutes NEC Directive
- Back in December 2015, the EU Environment Ministers had a discussion on the National Emissions Ceilings Directive. Unfortunately they have taken a considerably weaker position than that of the Europea ...
- WHO: How can we best protect non-smokers from exposure to tobacco smoke?
- There is no safe level of exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke, and comprehensive smoke-free laws are the only effective means of eliminating the risks associated with smoking. Smoke-free legislation ...
- WHO European health report 2015 - Targets and beyond
- The World Health Organisation (WHO) European health report is now available to download. Printed copies can also be ordered in French, German and Russian. The report was released in English in Septemb ...
- Plain Packaging Developments Spreading throughout Europe
- France is the latest country to introduce plain cigarette packaging from 2016. Cigarettes in France will be sold in plain packaging under a law that was finally passed in the French parliament in Dece ...
- Capacity Building in 2015
- The 2015 Capacity Building project ended with a return to Italy, in Genoa. On 5th December EFA again met the representatives of FederASMA e ALLERGIE Onlus for a follow up session of the meeting held i ...
- Promoting MyAirCoach at DDL Conference
- From Thursday the 8th until Friday the 9th of December 2015, EFA project officer Joke De Vocht had the pleasure to represent EFA and the myAirCoach project at the Drug Delivery to the Lungs (DDL) Con ...
- Horizon 2020 Success Story – MeDALL project brings new insights into allergy
- The MeDALL project ended in May with a public event organized by EFA at the European Parliament. During its 5 years of implementation MeDALL partners investigated the mechanisms of allergy from early ...
- Bulgarian Advocacy Campaign to mark World COPD Day
- COPD is among the most common chronic diseases in people over 45 years and one of the leading causes of death. However, the disease is commonly goes unrecognized. To mark World COPD Day on 18th Novemb ...
- Asthma Society of Ireland Launches Membership for Healthcare Professionals
- The Asthma Society of Ireland launched a special membership for Healthcare Professionals at the end of 2015. ASI works very closely with Healthcare Professionals in Ireland and the goal of the initiat ...
- Lack of Action on Air Quality as Council Dilutes NEC Directive
- Last month the European Parliament voted on the National Emissions Ceilings Directive (NEC), a piece of legislation that sets maximum pollution limits for 5 main pollutants. You can read more on the o ...
- Product Recall: Allergy Immunotherapy Products (APSIs)
- On 2nd December the French Health Authority, l’Agence Nationale de Sécurité du Médicament et des produits de santé (ANSM), announced its decision to temporarily suspend all medicinal products produced ...
- Joint letter to Ministers for Environment with Public Health recommendations for strong NEC Directive
- Ahead of the ENVI Council meeting on 16th December, EFA joined a number of charities in sending a joint letter to Health & Environment ministers on 10th December. The letter urged ...