- ENSP International Conference on Tobacco Control: new tobacco products, new evidence, need for stricter regulations
- On the 14-16thJune, EFA Isabel Proaño participated at the European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP) International Conference on Tobacco Control hosted in Madrid. As partners of the ...
- Myaircoach in MedTech week
- For the 4th time, national associations and companies active on medical devices organised from 4-8 June activities across Europe to promote the value of life-changing technologies. This year MedTech ...
- IMI and its 10 years of medical innovation, the example of U-BIOPRED
- On June 27th we were 400 participants to celebrate an outstanding achievement on medical research. In the last ten years, the Innovative Medicine Initiative has done more than 100 European projects an ...
- EU Health Commissioner invited us to present our views on HTA
- On May 15th we were amongst the 8 patient, consumer and public health associations invited by the EU Commissioner on Health and Food Safety Vytenis Andriukaitis to present our views on the proposed ...
- We presented our Atopic Eczema Score of Emotional Consequences at the EAACI Congress
- Every year we are active participants in the most important gathering from the allergologists community, the annual European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) Congress celebrated i ...
- Suggestions from EMA Digital Health topic group
- As official members of the European Medicines Agency Patients’ and Consumers’ Working Party (PCWP), we are also very active in several of the agency’s topic groups to ensure that the regulatory work d ...
- Medical Technology and Health Workshop EPF-MedTech on HTA
- *EPF Credits* On Thursday 24th May we participated in a workshop on Health Technology Assessment (HTA) and Medical Technologies organized by MedTech and the European Patients Forum (EPF). HTA i ...
- Do you know how community care can improve patients' access to care?
- This 25th May, we took part in a workshop organized by MedTech and the European Patients Forum (EPF) to explore how community care can ensure equal and broad access to medical technologies for patient ...
- Check the air quality in your city! WHO publishes the biggest ambient air pollution database
- This May 2018, the World Health Organisation has updated the ambient air quality database, which now covers 4,300 cities in 108 countries. These data are the world’s most comprehensive database on amb ...
- MyAirCoach presented at HIMSS Europe and Health 2.0 conference
- Technology nowadays allows patients to be surrounded with actionable data and knowledge. Sensors and trackers represent the core of the latest innovations to bring a support to us for living a heal ...
- Good diagnosis Or How to live well with severe asthma
- The National Conference of the Romanian Society of Clinical Allergology and Immunology took place in Sinaia between the 17th and the 19th of May. As part of the conference, EFA Director Susanna Pal ...
- Chronic disease alliance calls for EU’s attention and money on health
- On May 16th EFA Isabel Proaño participated in the official launch of the European Chronic Disease Alliance manifesto, called “Europe’s health deserves the EU’s attention: Investing in chronic disease ...
- How to use your inhaler?
- EFA Member the Spanish Foundation of Allergic and Airways Diseases Patients’ Association (FENAER), launched in May a playful explanatory video for children to learn to use their inhaler properly. It i ...
- The Manifesto on Influenza Vaccination at the core of the vaccination week
- Last 24th of April, EFA, together with the six other organisations, launched the European Union Manifesto on Influenza Vaccination. The Manifesto, which was launched online in March, is now open for s ...
- ERS severe asthma satellite
- EFA’s president Mikaela Odemyr (Stockholm) and Susanna Palkonen (Brussels) took part in the ERS first ever Satellite symposium, dedicated to where we are with diagnosis, treatment and care for severe ...
- Patients are driving the future of Severe Asthma research through ERS SHARP
- SHARP is a Clinical Research Collaboration promoted by the European Respiratory Society. It stands for Severe Heterogeneous Asthma Research Collaboration, Patient centred and it aims to facilitate stu ...
- The Swiss Pulmonary League launches 11 learning video clips for children with asthma in German, French and Italian
- EFA Member, the Swiss Pulmonary League, has launched eleven learning video clips to help children with asthma manage better their condition. It complements traditional education and helps affected chi ...
- PRESS RELEASE: World Asthma Day 2018
- Life is possible for patients with severe asthma Provided that they have accurate diagnosis Brussels, 1st May 2018 – WORLD ASTHMA DAY – Today European asthma patients are joining voices under the ...
- Some patients with asthma are affected… SEVERELY!
- In March we travelled to the UK and kicked-off our new project “Severely, Asthma!”, a video series that explores the different issues impacting the life of severe asthma patients. Severe asthma is sub ...
- EU Summit on airways diseases, air pollution and mobile health
- Digital tools are already part of our daily life, whether they are mobile applications or connected machines. In health, digital tools can play a key role in allowing guided self-management, leading t ...