Upcoming policies - EFA discussions with the Dutch Presidency of the European Union
Given that the Dutch Presidency of the Council of the EU has identified improving occupational health and safety as one of their working priorities, we...
Funding opportunities for patients – New European Commission Health Programme
The European Commission has published the 2016 work programme for implementing the 3rd public Health Programme and for financing the EU contribution to...
Our calls on food labelling at the World Allergen Fair
From 20-22 March, we participated in the World Allergen Food, a fair of products suitable for people with food allergy, intolerance and coeliac disease,...
French EFA Member demands urgent action against allergy
To mark the 10th anniversary of the French Allergy Day, EFA Member Asthma & Allergies published 10 proposals to improve allergy management in France....
EFA Annual General Meeting 2016
We are happy to announce that our Annual General Meeting 2016 and EFA’s Network Meeting will take place on the 23rd-24th of May in London. EFA’s AGM...
Need for increased investment in health
European population in good health is value in itself and also one of the prerequisite for the EU’s economic growth, which is one of the main goal of...
Test your allergies at the European Parliament
The European Parliament Interest Group on Allergy and Asthma will gather on the 26th of April to discuss how to improve allergy prevention and care in...
EU Member States should accept stricter air pollution levels
Last year, with the great support of EFA members, we managed to achieve some significant changes regarding the adoption of stricter air pollution limits...
Patients’ views on the Medical Devices Regulation
On the 22nd of February, Senior EU Policy Advisor Roberta Savli met with the assistant of Mrs Wilmot MEP (rapporteur of the medical devices regulation...
€ 3 million prize for clean air materials
At this very moment, around 90% of the European population living in cities is exposed to air pollution levels exceeding the World Health Organisation...
New eHealth guidelines for nurses and social workers
The EU-funded Ens4Care project has developed five guidelines for European nurses and social workers on how to use eHealth for promoting a healthy lifestyle...
We need better research for better health outcomes
On 21st of January the European Commission's Scientific Panel for Health (SPH) presented its initial findings for future health research at the European...
Making tobacco a thing of the past: WHO roadmap
A newly published roadmap of actions to strengthen implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in the European Region 2015 – 2025...
EARIP: Building the investment case for asthma research and development
The last EARIP partner meeting celebrated in London last 23rd of February served to present the 15 most important asthma research priorities for future...
Patients will have more input in myAirCoach project
Since February several representatives from myAirCoach Advisory Patient Forum will be more intensively involved in the different myAirCoach Workpackages...
In Memoriam of Luísa Soares Branco
It was with great sadness that we inform you about the passing of Luísa Soares Branco, the President of EFA Portuguese member RESPIRA.
As a patient and...
Last chance to apply for EFA’s Capacity Building Project
For the third consecutive year, EFA has launched its Capacity Building Project aimed to leverage members capacity to be involved in our projects and run...
48 tobacco additives could be banned in the European Union
The European Commission is due to develop by May 2016 a priority list of at least 15 additives contained in cigarettes and roll your own tobacco that will...
EFA Capacity Building 2015 in Spain
The EFA team visited FENAER in Malaga, Spain on the 4th of November for the second meeting of EFA Capacity Building project. EFA representatives Antje...
EFA Capacity Building 2015 in Ireland
The first capacity building training took place in Dublin on the 16th of October, where EFA’s representatives Antje Fink-Wagner, Giuseppe De Carlo and...