Consultation on fragance allergens
The European Commission might include new measures for fragrance allergens
The European Commission has recently launched an open consultation on fragrance...
New Tobacco Measures from 2016
New Tobacco Measures from 2016
The EU has finally published the Tobacco Products Directive
After being formally adopted last March by the Council of...
Press Release: World Asthma Day 2014
“Know your air for health” aims to help us breathe more easily
Improving air quality can limit the symptoms of asthma and other breathing...
European Parliament Elections
The new and the old: past European Parliament achievements and elections polls
European Parliament achievements in public health during 2009-2014
During...
EU Public Health and Chronic Diseases
First ever EU Summit on Chronic Diseases
On April 3 and 4, the European Commission organised the first ever EU Summit on Chronic Diseases. The World Health...
World Asthma Day 2014
World Asthma Day 2014
Asthma is a disease characterized by recurrent attacks of breathlessness and wheezing, which vary in severity and frequency. An...
EU projects update
EFA attends the 2014 AirPROM Annual Meeting in Barcelona
The annual meeting for Airway Disease Predicting Outcomes through Patient Specific...
EFA in meetings (April 2014)
European Conference on Tobacco or Health
As announced in March, EFA was present in the sixth European Conference on Tobacco or Health in Istanbul...
EFA Member news - April 2014
New campaign and tools for allergy-friendly schools in Belgium Prévéntion des Allergies, in partnership with the Flemish patient organisation Allergienet...
The Third Health Programme (2014-2020)
The European Union launches a multiannual health framework with a 30% budget increase
The European Parliament and the Council have recently adopted the...
Press Release: EFA Calls for Strategy at Chronic Diseases Summit
Patients with asthma, allergy and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease call for an EU strategy on chronic diseases
European institutions must take the...
EFA's EU Innovative Research Projects event
EFA's EU Innovative Research Projects event
EFA held a public event on June 17th entitled “Does innovative research for allergy and respiratory disease...
EU patient empowerment
This month EFA features activities surrounding patient EU patient empowerment. It features EFA’s presentation of patient involvement within the EU project...
EFA in meetings - March 2014
This month EFA President spoke about asthma at IMI staff meeting, EFA met with the US COPD Coalition on collaboration as well as European Disability Forum....
EFA Member News - March 2014
News from EFA’s members this month includes worrying details of legislative changes in Belgium which could negatively impact EFA’s members in the country...
Europe for Patients at EP Elections
The European Parliament elections are approaching. In less than two months European citizens will be called to vote on their future representatives...
EU Policy update (March 2014)
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’...
AGM and Strategic Planning & Networking Meeting and EP Event
EFA is looking forward to this year's Annual General Meeting AGM which will take place in Brussels on the 16th of June 2014. All EFA members are...
SAS Radisson Blu EU Hotel
The power of patients 3.0
EFA Membership and Programme Officer David Brennan will be attending European Network on Patient Empowerment (ENOPE) conference in Basel organized by Careum....