In September, at the European Academy of Dermatology and Venerology (EADV) Congress in Milan, Italy, EFA launched with a press release the “European Consensus Report 2022: The Burden of Atopic Eczema”, which has been translated into 10 languages that will be published in 2023.
During the Congress, EFA delegation composed presented the report to healthcare professionals and industry representatives. The meeting in person also provided us with the opportunity to greet several members of the Consensus Committee and record videos around the main messages of the consensus report: atopic eczema affects patients far beyond the skin so patients require patient-centred, multidisciplinary, integrated care models to respond to address the many burdens brought by the disease. The resulting videos, together with a Call to Action and an advocacy toolkit to guide national associations with the communications of the report, will underpin EFA’s dissemination of the report in 2023.
Finally, we brought the consensus report to the 72th WHO Europe Regional Committee meeting in Tel Aviv, where we presented on the main findings the “speaker corner” on World Atopic Eczema Day 2022.
Panagotis Chaslaridis, EFA’s Senior Policy Advisor spoke on the behalf of patients and took part in the Inside Out campaign, with his clothes inside-out to demonstrate the discomfort atopic eczema patients feel each day, on World Atopic Eczema at the 72th WHO Europe Regional Committee meeting in Tel Aviv.
Valeria Ramiconi, EFA’s Project Manager presented the report during a side-event organised by the International Alliance of Dermatology Patient Organizations (GlobalSkin) on 7th September to an audience of international patient representatives.
Thanks to the 15 members of the Atopic Eczema Consensus Committee, EFA’ Atopic Eczema Working Group, Dr Silvia Paz, Gary Finnegan, ACUMEN Public Affairs, Terminal 4 Communications, and Altitude Creative Design, for their collaboration on this project.