Social media for healthcare – EMA Workshop
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) organised a workshop on Social Media arising from the work of EMA Social Media Topic Group. EFA Isabel Proaño is member...
Asthma Society of Ireland has a new CEO
We would like to welcome Ms. Averil Power, who has been appointed as chief executive officer of EFA Member the Asthma Society of Ireland, substituting...
Food Allergy Italia organises a sports day for allergic children
EFA Member Food Allergy Italia organized on the 18th September in Padua the 12th edition of "A day of sports together" in collaboration with the Italian...
#Call4Action – Improve Lung Donation and Transplantation across the EU
The European Pulmonary Hipertension Assocation has launched a call to action to improve Organ Donation and Transplantation across the EU. Organ transplantation...
In memoriam - Wim Wientjes, asthma patient, diabetes advocate
Mr. Wilhelmus Henricus Joannes Maria Wientjens passed away in peace last 28th July 2016. He was an asthma patient and a devoted diabetes advocate....
Anaphylaxis Campaign to join EFA during next AGM
The Anaphylaxis Campaign association, a UK charity representing severe food allergy patients, is likely to join EFA Membership during the 2017 AGM, after...
PRESS RELEASE: Smartphones could improve young people’s health literacy and adherence
2016 European Health Forum Gastein (Austria) – Asthma is the most common chronic disease in childhood. Today, 30 million European children and adults...
Respira promotes day to day outdoor breathing activities
EFA’s Member Respira together with a private company and a public hospital launched. The project Breath: a Day to Day Activity with the objective to...
European Association of Systems Medicine Conference
The European Association of Systems Medicine (EASyM) is organisation its first conference on October 26th-28th in Berlin, that will gather scientists from...
Health and environment associations mobilized against TTIP once again
In July, more than 60 non-profit associations sent a letter to the President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz arguing that the European Commission...
Added-value of patient organisations – EPF survey
EFA Director Susanna Palkonen is actively participating at EPF Working Group on sustainability of patient organisations, which drafted a survey to demonstrate...
New consultation on the security of tobacco products – Open!
EFA, in partnership with ENSP, is planning to reply to the open consultation with the purpose to collect inputs for implementing an EU system traceability...
More research into earlier diagnosis – Our response to H2020 consultation
During the summer, EFA had the chance to provide feedback on the development of the work programme 2018-2020 of Horizon 2020 (the European Union’s Research...
U-BIOPRED's role on patient involvement
The Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) has published an interview with Professor Peter Sterk, coordinator of U-BIOPRED, one of the first projects launched...
Vote for myAirCoach to win the EC Innovation Radar Prize
The European Commission has listed the myAirCoach device as one of the high potential innovations in EU-funded research and innovation projects for the...
Our programme at ERS Congress
The 26th International Congress of the European Respiratory Society, the largest meeting in the world in the respiratory field, with more than 20.000 participants...
Call to Croatia and Serbia to reinforce tobacco control
EFA co-signed with others 29 NGOs an open letter to the President and Government of the Republic of Croatia and of Serbia expressing deep concerns regarding...
Join us to stop asthma now! Sign the Malaga-London Declaration
28 European patients associations are joining their forces to reduce the burden of asthma through a call for increased investments in research. The Malaga-London...
Is pollen a pollutant? Our views at the European Aerobiology Symposium
EFA was invited to open the European Symposium on Aerobiology celebrated in Lyon from the 18th-22nd July. The event was organised by the European Aerobiology...
EFA’s research on asthma in adolescence will be presented in Gastein
Our latest survey on adherence to treatment of young patients with asthma will be presented at the European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG), the most influential...