The EU’s Renovation Wave champions green homes to reduce pollution but lacks health as a priority
This month the European Commission published its Renovation Wave Strategy. This strategy outlines detailed plans to increase the energy efficiency of building...
Highlights from the Annual Stakeholder meeting of the EU Human Biomonitoring project – HBM4EU
EFA participated and gave a short presentation to the Annual Stakeholder Forum of the EU Human Biomonitoring project on 30 September. The project, called...
European Parliament pushes for a 60% emissions reduction target in the new Climate Law
At the start of October, the European Parliament voted to adopt an EU Climate Law with increased ambitions. The biggest news was MEPs calling for a 60%...
EFA participates in the 43rd Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission
The 43rd annual session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) was held from 24-26th September, and 12th and 19th October. It will also take place...
EFA allergy and respiratory patients conference
Digitalisation brings an enormous potential to improve health and care and the lives of patients. With new and emerging technologies, healthcare systems...
EFA response to the new EU Pharmaceutical Strategy: towards safe and more accessible medicines
Launched in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, the EU Pharmaceutical Strategy draft is an initiative that, along with the Beating Cancer Plan, tops the...
AEPNAA releases guide on food allergies for educational centres in Spain
EFA Member the Spanish Association of People with Food and Latex Allergy (AEPNAA) have created a guide for educational centres in Spain to understand food...
New Danish study on peanut allergies
EFA Member Asthma-Allergy Denmark has contributed to a study which reveals how peanut allergy affects the psyche. The study explored how limitations in...
Longfonds supports study of COVID-19 effect on lung tissue
Longfonds have supported a study by LUMC where scientists are investigating how lung tissue reacts to the coronavirus. This research uses a so-called Long...
Smoking ban extended to e-cigarettes in the Netherlands
Vaping and vaporising is no longer allowed in public from 1 July in the Netherlands, as part of an extension of the smoking ban to include e-cigarettes. This...
We joined World Patient Safety Day on September 17th!
17th September is celebrated around the world as World Patient Safety Day. Organised by the World Health Organisation, the day is used to advocate for...
EFA Patients highlights from 2020 online ERS Congress
Although this year it was particularly difficult to choose among the variety and intense 4 full days programme at the 2020 European Respiratory Society...
EFA Food DETECTives Project
In Europe, 17 million people live with food allergies, and the safest option available today remains avoiding the food they are allergic to. Yet this requires...
First CURE project findings published!
The CURE project is now in its third year of research, entering a period of evidence production. On August 4th, the first publication steaming from the...
ImmUniverse: Improving diagnostic and therapeutic options for atopic eczema patients
Through ImmUniverse, EFA is involved in research aiming at improving diagnostic and therapeutic options for patients living with immune-mediated inflammatory...
3TR: young and senior asthma and COPD patients involved in biomarker research
3TR is a high-end research project that aims at improving treatment available for asthma and COPD. Funded by the Innovative Medicine Initiative (IMI),...
EFA response to the review of the EU Regulation on Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases
In September EFA participated in the Inception Impact Assessment consultation launched by the European Commission Directorate General for Climate Action...
The psychological burden of atopic eczema will be discussed at the EADV Congress
The 2020 EADV Congress will take place from the 29-31 of October, as a global virtual event. Do not miss EFA’s session on the socio-psychological burden...
We showed how much we #CareforAtopicEczema
We are stronger together! On 14th September we celebrated World Atopic Eczema Day. The day connected patients, caregivers, healthcare professionals, and...
PRESS RELEASE: 3rd World Atopic Eczema Day
How do YOU care for atopic eczema?
World Atopic Eczema Day challenges patients, healthcare professionals and policy makers around the world to unite for...