Commission proposes new EU Health Programme
Last November, the European Commission published its proposal for a regulation on establishing a Health for Growth Programme, the third multi-annual programme...
Member News: Allergy UK appoints new Chief Executive
2012 will be an exciting year for EFA member Allergy UK, which is pleased to announce the election of Jim Bennett as its new Chief Executive.
Having worked...
EFA Working Groups on COPD, Allergy and Severe Asthma
Some of EFA's members participate in working groups designated to serve as forums for discussing specific disease areas. These working groups are open...
EFA visits Aalst clinical trials sites
On the 7th of February 2012, EFA EU Policy and Project Officer Roberta Savli participated in a clinical research site visit organised by the OLV Hospital...
EFA COPD project
The EFA COPD project is continuing with the aim of making an 'own initiative report' on COPD in the European Parliament a reality. A final round of...
Update on the Allergy Awareness project (February 2012)
EFA's respiratory allergy project is still underway and if you have not already done so we invite you to sign EFA's CALL TO ACTION on respiratory allergies...
EFA plans new airline oxygen harmonization project
EFA plans new airline oxygen harmonization project
All around the world, airlines have separate rules for the use of oxygen in air travel, creating inequalities...
EFA attends ELF Council meeting in Geneva
EFA President Breda Flood was welcomed as a new Council member of the European Lung Foundation (ELF) in Geneva on 2 February this month, and participated...
EFA attends MovingLife project Vision Scenario Workshop
MovingLife is a project that has been set up with the aim of accelerating the establishment, acceptance and wide use of mobile electronic health solutions,...
EFA participates in IPCRG Programme
On 17 January in London, EFA President Breda Flood participated in a meeting organised by the International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG) on the...
EFA holds Spanish patient association alignment meeting
On 25 January 2012, EFA hosted a meeting with eight Spanish patient associations in order to familiarise itself with the current state of play regarding...
U-BIOPRED project annual meeting held in Barcelona
On 23 and 24 of January this year, EFA attended the annual meeting of the U-BIOPRED project in Barcelona. EFA is a partner in this five-year project, which...
Oxygen Harmonisation Project (closed EFA Project)
Background
The EFA Oxygen Harmonization Project was a project officially completed in 2013 and focused on the inequalities which exist in relation to...
Stakeholder workshop on Indoor Air Quality held in Brussels
In October in Brussels, Foundation Euractiv held a stakeholder workshop entitled 'The air we breathe - from regulatory patchwork to coordinated EU action?'...
Proposals for public information on prescription medicines
The European Commission has recently issued revised proposals clarifying the information that industry should make available to the public on prescription-only...
EFA at EMA meetings
On 30th November EFA board member Lina Buzermaniene and EFA COPD advisor Michael Wilken took part in the Patients and Consumers Working Party (PCWP) meeting...
EMA adopts implementation plan for its 'Road map to 2015'
The management board of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has adopted a new document entitled "Implementing the European Medicines Agency's Road map...
Polish Presidency conference on inequalities in healthcare held
On the 7-8 of November in Poznan, Poland, the Polish Presidency of the EU organised a conference entitled 'Solidarity in Health. Closing the health gap...
Former EFA President speaks at COPD conference in Shanghai
The International COPD Coalition (ICC) was pleased to announce that 480 people participated in the Second World Conference of COPD Patient Organisations...
2nd EFA COPD Workshop held
Following the success of the 1st EFA COPD Workshop focussing on prevention and diagnosis held in June, a 2nd Workshop was held on November 9th in the European...