EFA granted a reward to digital health technologies that benefit and centre asthma and COPD patients through their design, accessibility and efficacy. A prestigious jury assessed the pillars for a successful tool, as well as the ways in which innovators have included digital collaboration and co-creation approaches between patients, healthcare providers and solutions developers at the core of their work.
EFA is running a project to fill the awareness gap and develop a Consensus among the burden of Atopic Eczema/Dermatitis for Patients.
3TR is an IMI funded project studying the molecular pathways and mechanisms linked to response and non-response to therapy in different immune-mediated, allergic and inflammatory diseases, including asthma and COPD.
The time is now for a lung health policy that helps Europe to Keep Breathing.
Every year on September 14th, EFA and the global community mark World Atopic Eczema Day, an opportunity to rise awareness about atopic eczema and improve understanding about the challenges it poses for people living with it.
The Breathe Vision for 2030 outlines shared aims by respiratory partners to increase attention towards respiratory health, while also supporting the general awareness and understanding of lung disease in society.
Show your support to the Breathe Vision for 2030!
#ShowLeadership is a pan-European campaign encouraging policymakers, stakeholders and individuals to take action to improve the situation of allergy, asthma and COPD patients in Europe. Only together, change is possible
Severely, ASTHMA! is a video series portraying six severe asthma patients and their families throughout Europe, each bringing a unique insight on diagnosis, care, social and family life, participating in research and living with air pollution.
EFA and The European Lung Health Group call on EU policymakers to address lung health in a new publication. #KeepBreathing: A vision for EU action on lung health 2024-2029
Following one year of in-depth discussions around the reality of Atopic Dermatitis/Eczema (AD/E), the Atopic Eczema Consensus Committee launched their consensus on the struggle of AD/E patients in Europe: ‘The Burden of Atopic Eczema / Dermatitis - European Consensus Report 2022’.
EFA and the Global Allergy and Airways Patients Platform (GAAPP) launched an educational website on asthma for patients and carers – AboutAsthma.org. The website serves as a comprehensive patient guide to asthma and provides science-based information and tips to patients and carers across five areas: asthma symptoms, attacks, care, life with asthma and help.
The European Lung Health Group launched its policy briefing on “Improving lung health through the future European Health Data Space (EDHS)”. The brief highlights the opportunities the EDHS brings for patients with lung disease and healthcare providers, with concrete demands to make these benefits a reality.
Our Annual Report 2021 celebrates 30 years since EFA started and looks back on our work throughout 2021.
In September, EFA member Asthma and Allergy Denmark has carried out a campaign specially focussed on the lack of specialists and asking for greater capacity in healthcare for the 1.5 million people with allergies and hypersensitivity disorders.
To raise awareness to the problem, on the 5th of September, they tested Danish politicians for potential allergies at the Danish Parliament in Christiansborg. More information on the campaign can be found here.