- The involvement of patients in HTA becomes secondary for the European Parliament
- On October 3, the European Parliament plenary adopted in the first reading the file on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on health technology assessment (HTA) ...
- Personalised Medicine alliance discusses HTA at Parliament
- On September 26, the European Alliance for Personalised Medicine (EAPM) organised a Roundtable in the European Parliament to discuss how to coordinate Health Technology Assessment between Member ...
- European Commission report on cross-border healthcare Directive shows it helps clarify patients' rights
- On 21 September, the European Commission published an implementation report on the directive on cross-border healthcare (2011/24/EU). The concept of the cross-border healthcare directive has the poten ...
- WHO - Life expectancy is on the rise in Europe but caveats for allergy and respiratory health remain
- The newest European Health report by the World Health Organisation published on 12 September, shows that life we live longer in Europe. The European Health report is published every three years and is ...
- The Human Biomonitoring in Europe, or how to assess our exposure to chemicals
- On 28 September the Austrian EU Presidency organised in Vienna a major European conference on the health effects of environmental chemicals. The conference entitled "Human Biomonitoring in Europe - ...
- Our health is not sufficiently protected from air pollution, says the EU Court of auditors
- Every year, more than 400,000 premature deaths in the EU are caused by air pollution, resulting in significant human and economic costs. A new report from the European Court of Auditors published in ...
- Patient priorities at the International Congress of Aerobiology
- From September 3-7, EFA Director of Operations and Projects travelled to Parma to speak at the International Congress of Aerobiology about the problems that respiratory allergy poses to Europeans. He ...
- Subscribe to our free webinars to increase national patient capacity
- The time for EFA’s yearly capacity building training has arrived! Do you have what it takes to be advocate for the patient needs but you are missing impact? Do you feel you can improve this or t ...
- EFA and EAACI sign memorandum of understanding
- EFA has signed a memorandum of understanding with the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI), a longstanding partner of EFA. This memorandum of understanding will lay the groundwo ...
- Swedish patients launch an online recipe bank
- EFA Member the Swedish Asthma and Allergy Association has launched the recipe bank, Receptbanken, where people can search for individual ingredients that they want to exclude or include. The purpose o ...
- The new AFPRAL magazine is published
- EFA Member the French Association for Allergy Prevention is pleased to announce the launch of the new Allergy magazine, Le Mag. The whole AFPRAL team has conceived it as a communication and informatio ...
- SAVE THE DATE! The European Parliament Interest Group’s event on the barriers to research in chronic NCDs in Europe
- Next 9th October 2018, the European Parliament Interest Group on Allergy and Asthma, is organising an event entitled “How to overcome the barriers to research in chronic NCDs in Europe? The case of al ...
- Should the EU revise the EU Ambient Air Quality Directives? Patients say YES!
- The European Commission launched in May-July a process to gather information on the impact and added value of the EU Ambient Air Quality Directives from stakeholders. It is what has been fancily calle ...
- The 7th Environment Action Programme evaluated by allergy and respiratory patients
- The European Commission launched a public consultation to evaluate the 7th Environment Action Programme (7th EAP), which is the strategic document that guides EU policy to reduce pollution in the air, ...
- Is the role of patients neglected in the prevention of Chronic Respiratory Disease? Our presentation at GARD
- EFA Board Member, Hubert Nettel, had the honour to present in the opening of the 12th Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases (GARD) General Meeting entitled “The Natural Step to Respirat ...
- HTA proposal approved by the European Parliament health committee leaves out some patients expectations
- The proposal for a regulation on Health Technology Assessment (HTA) has been high on the agenda of the European Parliament during the last months. The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and F ...
- EU-UK patient group meets the European Commission to discuss Brexit
- In July, our Director Susanna Palkonen chaired a meeting on behalf of the European Patients’ Forum and coordinated by the Association of Medical Research Charities UK (AMRC) to meet the Brexit taskfor ...
- New President for the food allergy patients in France
- AFPRAL, the French Association for the Prevention of Allergies, has a new elected president, Pascale Couratier, replacing exiting President Véronique Olivier. Pascale has been working for AFPRAL for m ...
- EUROPEAN REPORT: Itching for life - Quality of Life and costs for people with severe atopic eczema in Europe
- EFA's 2018 European report Itching for Life: Quality of Life and costs for people living with severe atopic eczema in Europe uncovers the reality of atopic eczema, a chronic inflammatory skin dis ...
- PRESS RELEASE: 1st European Atopic Eczema Awareness Day
- On the 1st European Atopic Eczema Awareness Day New patients report uncovers the reality of severe atopic eczema in Europe [Press release avaiable in 9 European languages below] PARIS, 14/09/201 ...