EFA is preparing to co-host a symposium on ‘Patient views on respiratory allergies’ at the annual European Respiratory Society Congress in Vienna on the 4th of September this year. The symposium, subtitled ‘Raise awareness, release the burden’, will be co-hosted with the European Lung Foundation (ELF), and EFA board member Per-Ake Wecksell of the Swedish Asthma and Allergy Association will co-chair the event.
During the symposium, subjects for discussion will include best practices in coping with respiratory allergy and main patient concerns, in addition to others. Primary questions of interest will address how politicians can act to increase political awareness of the disease area, how to promote national prevention and awareness programmes, how to improve training in allergy for healthcare professionals and how best to align healthcare reimbursement policies to support management of respiratory allergy.