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EFA Capacity Building Project (ongoing)
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EFA consists of 38 national patient associations from across Europe, each organistaion varies in their disease focus, capacity and resources. Through capacity building, EFA aims to enable its members ...
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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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Press Release: World COPD Day 2014
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Air travel for patients requiring oxygen should be facilitated, not hindered
On the World COPD Day, EFA calls on European air travel authorities to rule on the use of medical oxygen on airports and ...
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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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Press Release: World Asthma Day 2014
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“Know your air for health” aims to help us breathe more easily
Improving air quality can limit the symptoms of asthma and other breathing problems in children and adults, say HEAL/EFA on ...
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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 EMA
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EFA training for patient experts on allergy, asthma and COPD on getting involved with the European Medicines Agency (EMA)
As we informed you in the last issue of our eZine, EFA planned to host on 18 ...
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EU Policy update (December 2013)
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EU Ministers of Health discussing patients’ safety and health
On December 10, in the framework of the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs (EPSCO) configuration of the Counci ...
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Standards for COPD Care Now
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EFA Releases its Book on COPD in Europe Seeking Minimum Standards of Care
At the EFA-ECC World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Day Event in Brussels on November 28th, the EFA Book on Mi ...
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COPD as a Priority Disease
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COPD finally declared a priority disease by WHO
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) was for the first time listed as one of the priorities in the latest World Health Organisation’s (WHO) " ...
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