- ASI launches 'control asthma at Christmas' guidance
- The Asthma Society of Ireland is alerting people with asthma, especially children, to take special care to avoid asthma triggers this Christmas and winter period. Hidden asthma triggers at Christmas a ...
- ASI rewards making a difference for people with asthma
- On the 29th of November, the Asthma Society of Ireland awarded Nurse Mary Hughes from County Cork in Ireland the esteemed annual Órán Ó Muiré Bursary Award. The focus of the 2010 awards was to support ...
- Press Release: Two thirds of people with asthma do not lead a full life
- Two thirds of people with asthma do not lead a full life because of their condition, new survey reports BRUSSELS, 6 May 2008, World Asthma Day (WAD) - Two in three people with asthma still feel that ...
- Does Rhinitis Lead to Asthma?
- The first public campaign of the Global Allergy and Asthma European Network of Excellence in which EFA is a partner was launched 20 April in London in connection of the third GA²LEN Annual Confer ...
- Press Release: Largest survey ever on severe asthma
- Largest survey ever on severe asthma highlights true impact and need for improved care across Europe Brussels, March 5, 2007 – A groundbreaking survey revealing the potentially ...
- Lithuanian National Asthma Congress
- Both EFA and ERS supported the third Lithuanian National Asthma Congress, that was organised on 8 October 2005 in Vilnius by the Lithuanian Pulmonology Society in collaboration with the Lithuanian Cou ...
- Are you in control of your asthma, or is it in control?
- Asthma UK launched the Asthma Control Test? on World Asthma Day. The Test is a 60-second five-point questionnaire to help people really understand how well their asthma is controlled. Just 1 in 5 adul ...
- World Asthma Day in Kaunas, Lithuania
- World Asthma Day on 2 May was celebrated in Kaunas, by a conference “Living with Asthma“ directed at nurses from across the country, tackling both children' ...
- World Asthma Day in Lithuania
- The Lithuanian Council of Asthma Clubs is holding events to celebrate World Asthma Day in Lithuania on 6 and 7 May 2006. Representatives from more than 20 Lithuanian asthma clubs will take part in th ...
- Asthma UK launches Asthma Control Test
- On World Asthma Day on 2 May 2006, Asthma UK is launching the Asthma Control TestTM, a 60-second five-point questionnaire to help people really understand how well their asthma is controlled. The rati ...
- Asthma care in the EU - a time for change
- The International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG) has just released a report of the policy roundtable on asthma, which it hosted with UK MEP Liz Lynne on 24 January 2006 in the European Parliam ...
- Asthma UK launches media campaign on seriousness of asthma
- There are 5.2 million people with asthma in the UK alone. This means that one in five households has a person with asthma. On 6 March, Asthma UK launches its first ever television advertising campaign ...
- Asthma Care in Europe - time for change
- EFA was invited to a Policy roundtable discussion on 24 January in the European Parliament. The roundtable was organised in conjunction with IPCRG. EFA is an associate member of the IPCRG which is an ...
- EFA calls on MEPs to prioritize allergy, asthma and COPD
- On Wednesday 22 February, the European Parliament’s Environment Committee is due to vote on the European Commission Proposal for the EU 7th Framework Programme for Research and EFA has sent each ...
- European asthma patients living in isolation and fear of fatal attack
- European Respiratory Society Congress, Copenhagen, Monday, 19 September, 2005 – The European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients’ Associations (EFA) launches a new report i ...
- Launch of EFA Fighting for Breath Severe Asthma Report
- EFA launched the results of the survey: Fighting for Breath - a European Patient's Perspective on Severe Asthma at the ERS Congress in Copenhagen this month. The first report of its kind, the report i ...
- Press Release: A European patient perspective on severe asthma
- 1.5 million Europeans fear their asthma will kill them “Fighting for Breath” - A European patient perspective on severe asthma World Asthma Day, 3rd May 2005 - New research reported by EFA (the Eu ...
- Learn to Live with Asthma - EFA project
- In 2005 EFA completed its project on “Learning to Live with Asthma” aimed at answering important questions for asthma patients about coping with asthma-related problems. The main questio ...
- The Burden of Asthma in Europe
- World Asthma Day, 14 May 2004 - On World Asthma Day 4 May 2004 GINA Global Initiative for Asthma published their Global Burden of Asthma report. The report is based on standardized data collected in e ...