Press Release : World Asthma Day 2015
Involving patients to develop a mobile system to self-manage asthma
Brussels, 5 May 2015 / WORLD ASTHMA DAY – Despite the wide availability of asthma...
MeDALL - EU funded project
Allergy often starts in childhood. MeDALL (Mechanisms of the Development of ALLergy)aims at improving the health of European citizens by investigating...
MyAirCoach - EU funded project (ongoing)
Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases in Europe, but if affects each patient differently. MyAirCoach project seeks to merge mobile health potential...
Harmonising COPD Care in Europe - EFA project
COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) is a preventable and treatable disease that causes inflammation of the lungs, damages the lung tissue and...
U-BIOPRED - EU/IMI funded project
People with severe asthma are difficult to treat. U-BIOPRED addresses knowledge gaps for severe asthma and seeks to identify new treatments along with...
Enabling air travel with medical oxygen
Medical oxygen is a common therapy among chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), severe asthma, cystic fibrosis, pulmonary fibrosis and lung cancer...
New EP Group on Asthma and Allergy
MEPs Sirpa Pietikainen and Nessa Childers, patients and doctors have joined forces in an Interest Group to take actions on allergy and asthma in Europe,...
EFA COPD Projects update (March 2015)
We are delighted to share with you our new report to harmonise prevention, care and rehabilitation for COPD patients across Europe! The report focused...
Advancing tobacco control (March 2015)
In March, we celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) and travelled to Abu Dhabi to provide the patient perspective...
EFA Members news - March 2015
EFA Board meeting was hosted by the Asthma Society of Ireland: Thank you!
EFA Board had their meeting in preparation of our upcoming Annual General...
Pollen is in the air (March 2015)
The spring season is back and with it the increase of allergy troubles. Allergies affect more than 20% of the EU population.
Today, 150 million Europeans...
EU Policy update (March 2015)
March was full of novelties! WHO published a report on the access to new medicines in Europe and the EEA published the State of the Environment linking...
EFA in events (March 2015)
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...
Press Release: EP Interest Group on Allergy and Asthma
Launch of new European Parliament Interest Group on Allergy and Asthma
Brussels, 25 March, 2015 – Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), patients,...
COPD explained
Hello,
If you are reading this article because you or someone close to you live with COPD, do not worry, you are not alone. Approximately 5-10% of all...
Allergy explained
Hello,
If you are reading this article because you or someone close to you live with allergies, do not worry, you are not alone. At EFA, we represent...
Asthma explained
Hello,
If you are reading this article because you or someone close to you live with asthma, do not worry, you are not alone.
In Europe, 30 million of...
EFA Board
EFA President - Mikaela Odemyr
Since 2010 I am a Board Member of the Swedish Asthma and Allergy Foundation and since 2013 I am 2nd Vice-President....
EFA Board (2)
EFA President - Mikaela Odemyr
Since 2010 I am a Board Member of the Swedish Asthma and Allergy Foundation and since 2013 I am 2nd Vice-President....
EFA Board (3)
EFA President - Mikaela Odemyr
Since 2010 I am a Board Member of the Swedish Asthma and Allergy Foundation and since 2013 I am 2nd Vice-President....