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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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EARIP - EU funded project
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Europe is one of the most affected regions by asthma prevalence in adults. The European Asthma Research and Innovation Partnership (EARIP) aims to reduce asthma attacks, emergency healthcare use, asth ...
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AirPROM - EU funded project
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Our lungs may look similar, but they are not exactly the same. They differ on shape, capacity and properties just like our eyes do not have the same colour. To help understand more about the functioni ...
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MyAirCoach update
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MyAirCoach kick-off meeting: the quest for an asthma and COPD self-management tool
In January, the Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, the project coordinator, hosted the kick-off meeting of ...
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EU Policy update (January 2015)
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2015 has started with new leadership to boost patients' access to healthcare, Latvia taking over the Presidency of the European Union and a freshly approved European Commission Work Programme. In this ...
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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 (November 2014)
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European Commission structural changes affecting public health
The new European Commission has started its work as from the 1st November launching the final decision on the organisation of responsib ...
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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 (Summer 2014)
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New leaders of the European Institutions
We left you before the summer break with updates on the composition of the new European Parliament coming out from the elections of May 2014. As from July, i ...
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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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World Asthma Day 2014
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World Asthma Day 2014
Asthma is a disease characterized by recurrent attacks of breathlessness and wheezing, which vary in severity and frequency. An asthma attack is the result of an inflammation o ...
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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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EFA training on involvement with the EMA
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Rationale: 12 patient experts from EFA member associations will have the opportunity to discover what the European Medicines Agency (EMA) is and especially how patients can be involved in its activiti ...
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