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EFA Members news (April 2015)
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This month patients associations have mobilized at national level through a wide variety of activities to raise awareness about allergy (UK), indoor air quality in schools (Sweden), asthma (Finland), ...
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EU Policy update (April 2015)
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Launch of Interest Group on Allergy and Asthma: EFA/EAACI REPORT
The European Parliament Interest Group on Allergy and Asthma was launched on the 25th of March. The event was co-hosted by the Inte ...
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Linking air pollution and health
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In April EFA participated at the 18th meeting of the WHO Task Force on Health Effects of Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution, a sharing platform that advices the United Nations Economic Commission ...
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EU Policy update (March 2015)
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March was full of novelties! WHO published a report on the access to new medicines in Europe and the EEA published the State of the Environment linking environmental policies to our health. The Commis ...
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EFA in events (March 2015)
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Much new evidence of interest for allergy, asthma and COPD patients was published in March. We attended the launch of the EMA 20th years anniversary, the Roadmap for sustainable care, the EEA State of ...
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EU Policy update (December 2014)
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Despite many positive concerns showed by the European Union on the matter of public health and patients’ safety, the biggest and most worrying news of December is that the National Emission Ceilings ( ...
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EU Policy update (September 2014)
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Fundamental changes in the new European Commissioners College
In September the new European Commissioners’ team was designated by the new President of the Commission, the Luxembourgish Jean ...
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EU Policy update (June 2014)
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Environment Council discussions on air quality legislation
The debates on the clean air package are ongoing. As a background, the European Commission proposed a new package on air quality, in Decemb ...
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EU Policy update (May 2014)
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Currently the European Union institutions are carrying out several consultations that are relevant to EFA’s activities. In this section, you will find information about the consultations on (1) fragra ...
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EU Policy update (March 2014)
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In March, the Tobacco Products Directive was finally adopted by the Council and ended a process started more than 1 year ago to protect Europeans’ health. The new health programme for the period ...
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