1st EFA COPD workshop newsletter
Following the success of the first EFA COPD expert workshop in the European Parliament in Brussels on June 29 – attended by COPD patients and their...
Announcement of prioritisation of children's disease
EFA is very pleased to announce that Poland, which took over the rotating presidency of the EU Council in July, will prioritise children’s allergy and...
EFA Book on COPD in Europe: Sharing and Caring
The EFA Book on COPD was published in June 2010, presenting COPD as a preventable and treatable disease which undermines European society by reducing productivity...
P-A Association celebrates 25 Anniversary
The AGM of the German member of EFA, the Patientenliga-Atemwegserkrankungen, took place at the end of May this year. The motto of the event was '25 years...
New video game to promote smoking prevention launched
'Smoky Rabbit' is the name of a new video game just launched to promote tobacco prevention! The game was released on the 31st of May this year, World No...
New treatment for people with COPD
At the American Thoracic Society meeting this May the results of two major studies demonstrating the effectiveness of a new treatment in the improvement...
Commission launches “ex-smokers are unstoppable” campaign
The European Commission has just launched a campaign aimed at encouraging smokers between the ages of 25 and 34 to quit. Unlike previous campaigns, the...
Recommendations on EMA's communications on medicines
A new independent survey commissioned by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and carried out by Dr Frederic Bouder has provided several new recommendations...
GAAPP board elected at Istanbul meeting
On June 11 the first AGM and third meeting of the Global Allergy and Asthma Patient Platform (GAAPP), an initiative from EFA took place during the EAACI...
Update on EFA Allergy Awareness project (June 2011)
The EFA Respiratory Allergy Awareness project is currently underway and responses to our questionnaire for patient groups have so far been received from...
EFA President Breda Flood speaks at IMI open info day
The newly elected President of EFA, Breda Flood, was invited by IMI (the Innovative Medicines Initiative) in June to speak at an ‘open information day’...
MEP Catherine Stihler hosts EU Parliament reception on COPD
On the 15th of June, MEP Catherine Stihler hosted a dinner reception in the European Parliament in Brussels to present and discuss the need for a comprehensive...
Introducing new EFA board
EFA has elected a new board and President at theits 20 year anniversarycelebration AGM in Paris on the 6th of May this year! Breda Flood of the Asthma...
EFA attends DIA EuroMeeting in Geneva
EFA board member Lina Buzermaniene has been granted patient fellowship of the Drug Information Association (DIA), and attended the DIA EuroMeeting in Geneva...
EPF AGM and Capacity Building Seminar
On April 12th and 13th, Susanna Palkonen and Breda Flood attendedthe European Patients' Forum's Annual General Meeting and Capacity BuildingSeminar in...
National campaign on patient education in asthma
The French Association Asthme & Allergies will celebrate World Asthma Day by promoting “asthma schools” in France
Patient education has...
Press Release: Virtual lung models set to personalise asthma and COPD treatment
Virtual lung models set to personalise asthma and COPD treatment
World Asthma Day 2011 (3 May) - A team of international experts are set to develop a...
Art contest to show what life is like with asthma
On World Asthma Day 2011 (3 May), people with asthma and severe asthma in Europe are being encouraged to get creative for a unique art contest which will...
EFA AGM and Network Meeting in Paris on May 6th & 7th
Telehealth Campaign launched
The Telehealth Campaign, an initiative of several patient, hospital and health industry stakeholders (including the European Patients' Forum, of which...