UK patients not getting their basic asthma care
EFA member Asthma UK published in February their biggest Annual Asthma survey up to date: 7,000 patients responded on their daily difficulties because...
Swedish patients celebrate All Heart’s day
EFA president Mikaela Odemyr represented COPD patients at All Heart’s Day, in February 14th, an event organised by EFA Swedish member the Heart...
Higher grades for the Swedes studying in rooms with clean air
There seems to be a connection between indoor air quality in classrooms and school results in Sweden. EFA member Swedish Asthma and Allergy Association...
Finnish patients encourage first aid training on anaphylaxis
On the International Day of the Emergency Number 112, EFA member the Finnish Allergy, Skin and Asthma Federation launched an awareness campaign on allergy...
New guidelines to establish diets in children with food allergy
Food allergy is becoming increasingly common in infants and young children. Managing this disease can be a great challenge due to the patients’ young...
New guidelines to establish diets in children with food allergy
Food allergy is becoming increasingly common in infants and young children. Managing this disease can be a great challenge due to the patients’ young...
Severely, Asthma! project
Approximately 30 million people suffer from asthma in Europe, and 5-10% of them have severe asthma. Severe asthma is a type of asthma where, despite people...
Go to vote, but without allergens
Finnish EFA member Allergy, Skin and Asthma Federation updated their poster for the Finnish presidential and other upcoming elections. In Finland, the...
Respiratory patients will walk the Road to Santiago: join the group!
FENAER member Alfa-1 Spain organises, in the last week of August 2018, the “Alfas en Camino 2018”, the inspiring exercising trail towards Santiago...
New European Tobacco Cessation Guidelines are published
Smoking causes a great deal of respiratory diseases. It is source of nuisance and exacerbation for people with asthma, allergy; and is the main cause for...
Join French allergy patients to get access to desensitisation treatments
EFA member AFPRAL (in French, l’Association Française pour la Prévention des Allergies) launched in January a campaign defending the reimbursement...
COPD should be treated as a public health emergency, French patients claim
EFA French member FFAAIR together with other patients and healthcare professionals’ organisations and with the support of a group of parliamentarians...
EMA will organise a workshop on digital health
We wish to report on the second TC of the Digital Health Topic Group that was held by the European Medicines Agency organised in January. As Members of...
Air quality: Many Member States not complying, EU softens pollution targets
Pollution is the largest health inequality in Europe and is one of EFA’s main concerns, as airways diseases patients are particularly affected by dirty...
European Commission proposal on HTA: good news for patients
On the 31st of January, the European Commission published a new proposal for Health Technology Assessment (HTA) cooperation in the European Union (EU)...
EFA Patients at BBMRI-ERIC Stakeholder Forum
EFA's Roberta Savli participated on the 25th of January in the Stakeholder Forum meeting of the BBMRI-ERIC. The meeting served to identify the priorities...
EFA calls for a better access to employment of people with chronic diseases
EFA signed the Call to Action to enhance labor opportunities for people with chronic diseases. EFA not only endorsed the Call to action but also contributed...
Where is Health within Bulgaria’s Council Presidency?
From the 1st of January 2018 Bulgaria is holding the Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU). The Presidency rotates between different EU...
Real World Evidence data in allergy, the case of immunotherapy - Interview with Professor Ulrich Wahn
For some decades already, some allergy patients can start a treatment option called allergen immunotherapy (AIT). Immunotherapy involves exposing patients...
Skills-transfer in Belgium and Austria
One EFA’s objectives is to help in empowering members with specific needs on their work for patients. We do this through capacity building workshops,...