EU Asthma Projects update
EFA Partners in the New Project (EARIP) that Kicks off in September 2013
An exciting new European Asthma Research and Innovation Partnership (EARIP),...
EFA Members News - September 2013
Cecilia masters her asthma The Spanish association FENAER is preparing an English edition of the story "Cecilia masters her asthma". This story is...
EU Policy update (September 2013)
Adoption of a strong Tobacco Products Directive in danger!
The European Parliament rescheduled the debate and the vote on the Tobacco Products Directive...
Meet & Greet the EU Institutions
EFA Members will Meet & Greet the European Institutions in October!
Twelve EFA members will have the opportunity to come to Brussels in October...
EFA/ECC event to mark the 2013 World COPD Day
The conference "What role for diseases and patients in shaping Horizon 2020? – A COPD case study of patient involvement" under the patronage of...
Save the Date
EFA and the European COPD Coalition are preparing a conference on the subject: “What role for diseases and patients in shaping Horizon 2020? – A COPD...
PRESS RELEASE: Discrimination against patients on aircraft!
Fancy going from Paris to Marseilles by plane? As an healthy passenger, you would pay 100 Euro. If you require oxygen on board the plane, the cost of the...
PRESS RELEASE: Ten easy steps to defeat difficult-to-manage asthma
Ten easy steps to defeat difficult-to-manage asthma
What action would you take to stop 10 jumbo jets crashing every week of the year, to prevent the deaths...
PRESS RELEASE: We need to secure real-time pollen monitoring in Europe!
Pollen emissions are not man-made and hence cannot be reduced by Member States action. That was the Commission’s reply to a question on facilitating...
Vote on TPD postponed
The vote on the Tobacco Products Directive was rescheduled for 8 October. EFA, together with other health campaigners, is deeply concerned about the delay...
EU Policy update (August 2013)
The ENVI Committee protected health of EU citizens, not interests of the tobacco industry
The ENVI Committee, the leading Committee responsible for the...
Priorities of EU Presidency
Tobacco Products Directive, Clinical Trials and Medical Devices - those are the key legislative dossiers Lithuania aims at making progress in during their...
EFA Member News - Summer 2013
ASI Welcomes Minister for Health’s Commitment to Tobacco-Free Ireland by 2025 The Asthma Society of Ireland has welcomed the Minister for Health and...
EFA in Meetings - Summer 2013
The GAAPP board elections - the new president is a patient!
EFA presented the Allergy Awareness Project at GARD
EFA attends the EPF’s Young patients’...
EFA Projects Round-up (August 2013)
EFA’s survey on minimum standards for COPD care in Europe completed
This year, EFA conducted a survey to evaluate the minimal standards of care...
COPD as a Priority Disease
COPD finally declared a priority disease by WHO
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) was for the first time listed as one of the priorities in...
A Roadmap for Sharing Clinical Trial Data
What are the best practices in the use of Clinical Trials data? EFA will participate in an event organised by EFPIA and the Pharmaceutical Research and...
Vlerick Business School, Manhattan Centre, Place Rogier
EPF Patient evidence workshop
The event is open to EPF member organisations and focuses on shaping EPF contributions to EU-level actions in the Patient Safety area, emphasizing on patient...
World COPD Day
World COPD Day is organized by the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) in collaboration with health care professionals and COPD...