EFA AGM
We would like to remind you that the EFA AGM will be taking place in Prague on 10 May 2006 followed by the EFA Conference 10-12 May 2005. The focus of...
Welcome to the October edition of the EFA online newsletter!
This month we have focused on several exciting new developments in environment and health policies and on WHO's new report on Chronic Disease as well as...
European asthma patients living in isolation and fear of fatal attack
European Respiratory Society Congress, Copenhagen, Monday, 19 September, 2005 – The European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients’...
More about the anti-tobacco coalition in your country
The European Network for Smoking Prevention (ENSP) has released a report giving an overview of the main objectives, current activities, recent achievements...
EEN sets its environmental priorities
The European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) Environment Network (EEN) held its second Annual General Meeting this month. This year's policy priorities were...
Legislation on Pediatric medicine
The use of unlicensed and off-label medicine for children is widespread and it has been of increasing concern in recent years. In the EU, fifty per cent...
New EU Public Heath and Consumer Protection Programme
The health industry wants the future EU health policy (see ezine 1/2005 issue) to focus on enhancing the competitiveness of the sector while NGOs wish...
Oxygen supply for COPD patients traveling abroad
Oxygen supply for COPD patients traveling abroad
On 1 September 2005, the Netherlands based Oxygen supply company, CARE 0², who organizes various...
Launch of EFA Fighting for Breath Severe Asthma Report
EFA launched the results of the survey: Fighting for Breath - a European Patient's Perspective on Severe Asthma at the ERS Congress in Copenhagen this...
Welcome to the third issue of EFA's eZine.
September has been a very busy month for EFA with the launch of the 'Fighting for Breath' report at the European Respiratory Society Congress in Copenhagen,...
Report on patient centered healthcare on chonic conditions
The World Health Organization (WHO) publication, Preparing a Healthcare Workforce for the 21st Century: The Challenge of Chronic Conditions calls for...
Working with the media on environment & health pocket guide
The European Public Health Alliance Environment Network (EEN) and the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) recently released a new guide to help non-governmental...
Call for regional Champions for Patients for Patient Safety
The Patient and Consumer workshop on patient safety, which was highlighted in the EFA Newsletter nro 1 will take place from November 27th to 1st December...
Petition for the Czech Republic to ratify the FCTC
The Czech Republic failed to ratify the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). The Czech Senate refused its ratification on June, 23, 2005...
EU tobacco advertising ban takes effect
A Directive banning tobacco advertising in the print media, on radio and over the internet entered into force on 31st July 2005. It also prohibits tobacco...
Patient representatives for EMEA Board
The European Council of Ministers has finally made the appointments of the two patient representatives to the European Medicines Authority (EMEA) Management...
Report from the meeting of the ECDC
The Advisory Forum of the European Centre of Diseases Prevention and Control had its’ first meeting with their new Advisory Forum 11-12 July 2005. The...
New Pan-European Surveillance System for inhalant allergens
The partners of the Global Allergy and Asthma European Network of Excellence (GA²LEN) have designed a new pan-European skin prick test panel to study...
Joint ERS EFA PG course on patient-doctor communication
If you are attending the ERS Congress in Copenhagen, be sure not to miss the joint ERS-EFA Postgraduate Course (PG 22) Improving physician-patient communication....
Launch of the EFA Fighting for Breath report
The results of the EFA survey on severe asthma in Europe will be presented at the European Respiratory Society Congress in Copenhagen in September. 1300...