The Food Allergy Network serves as a community for those affected by food allergies to learn, share, support and raise awareness. The group includes parents of patients and nutritionists, enabling them to exchange tips on how best to support children with food allergies.
Founded in 1994 by patients with respiratory diseases, J-Breath disseminates information regarding respiratory conditions and promotes patient support, aiming to sustain a high quality of life for all.
Italy
45a, Piazza A. de Gasperi, Padova, Veneto, 35131, Italy
Marcia Podestà, President
Founded in 2002, Food Allergy Italia aims to protect the health of people suffering from food allergies and intolerances. The non-profit association is formed of patients, adults and parents of children with allergies, and seeks to increase social sensitivity and create inclusive communities.
Italy
94, Via Niccolò Tommaseo, Padova, Veneto, 35131, Italy
Ms Francesca Pirovano, Foreign Relations Liaisons
Associazione Respiriamo Insieme Onlus joined the European Lung Foundation (ELF) in 2017, three years after it was founded. The organisation offers education on respiratory diseases to patients and parents of patients, as well as promoting further awareness, diagnosis and treatment of breathing disorders of adults and children.
Ireland
42-43, Amiens Street, Dublin 1, County Dublin, D01 E4X5, Ireland
Sarah O’Connor, CEO
Aiming to transform the lives of the 380,000 people in Ireland with asthma, Asthma Society of Ireland offers education and support to those with asthma and their family and caregivers.
EMPOWER is a registered Civil Society Organization working in grassroots communities for the past 31 years. Accredited to UNEP & UNCCD and received the best consumer VCO award from Govt of Tamil Nadu, India. EMPOWER has special status with the UN ECOSOC. They launched the Global Asthma Community Forum, 50th World Conference on Lung Health – An Initiative of Empower -Member of the Union. EMPOWER is registered and authorized by the Government of India.
Allergy Care is made up of patients with allergies and food intolerances, and their families. The organisation aims to encourage and promote research on allergies while fostering the exchange of information between patients.
Iceland
Reykjavík, Reykjavíkurborg, 108, Iceland
Aldis Jonsdottir, Chairman
SLS was established by lung patients and stakeholders in lung welfare and prevention in 1997. Since then, the organisation has worked in the best interests of lung patients and their care. SLS launched their website in 2003 to create more access to information on lung conditions for the general public and regularly hold educational meetings on lung diseases.
Greece
75, Eleftheriou Venizelou, Cholargos, Vorios Tomeas Athinon, 155 61, Greece
302107726160
Marianella Salapatas, Founder
Anixi is a non-profit organization aimed at combating allergies and asthma through information, education, social presence by organizing workshops, seminars, discussions in collaboration with scientific companies and relevant NGOs in Greece and abroad.
Germany
3, Saurbornstraße, Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz, 56073, Germany
Sabine Bauer, Chair
Association founded by patients to give other urticaria patients a first point of contact for their disease. All information we can gather is made available free of charge to any patient and is always updated. Urtikaria-Helden e.V. was founded by one of the largest hives groups on Facebook.
The Permian Health Lung Institute is a leading advocacy and research center for lung health that are dedicated to empowering the community through education, research, and providing the highest quality of care to patients suffering from various respiratory illnesses. The Institute actively engages in lung health initiatives and awareness campaigns in The Gambia. The Clean Air Initiative is an innovative, multidisciplinary effort by the Permian Health Lung Institute to promote lung health locally by filling the air quality knowledge and evidence gap in The Gambia.
Gambia
Serrekunda, Kanifing Municipal Council, The Gambia
Joseph Idigba Awuru
The charitable, non-governmental organization was set up in 2004 to help sufferers of human rights victims of poverty, diseases, natural disaster, starvation, alleviating pains. Based in The Gambia, the organization helps those in Nigeria and Sierra Leone.
The French Federation of Associations and Friends of Patients, Insufficient of Disabled Respiratory (FFAAIR) launched in 2007 and is made up of 65 regional or departmental associations. As an association of patients, it seeks to defend patients’ rights when recognizing respiratory diseases.
France
9, Rue de Vanves, Boulogne-Billancourt, Île-de-France, 92100, France
Christine Rolland, Director
Established in 1991, the non-profit association seeks to support those with asthma or allergies, their parents and medical professionals working in the field. The French Asthma and Allergies association is a member of the European Federation of Airways Diseases Patients’ Associations (EFA) and has received the gold medal from the National Academy of Medicine.
Finland
19, Paciuksenkatu, Helsinki, Uusimaa, 00270, Finland
Paula Hellemaa, Director
Focusing on allergies, asthma and skin diseases, the Finnish Allergy and Asthma Federation offers counselling, professional training and peer support, as well as conducting research and releasing publications in the field.
Aiming to disseminate information about asthma and allergies for the benefit of both patients and medical professionals, the Asthma and Allergies Patient Association of Ethiopia (ETH) is based in the capital, Addis Ababa.
El Salvador
San José Villanueva, La Libertad Department, El Salvador
50372100202
Evelyn Roxana Azucena de Aguirre, President
Non-profit association of patients for patients, working to improve the quality of life of people with Psoriasis, Psoriatic Arthritis and skin diseases including Atopic Dermatitis, focusing on education and improving care and access to therapies and medications, as well as providing accompaniment to our members. They work in advocacy with health authorities. They have a working alliance with the Ministry of Health of our country.
Czech Republic
2, Budínova, Hlavní město Praha, 180 00, Czechia
Dr. Stanislav Kos, PhD., FCCP, President
The Czech Civic Association against Lung Diseases (ČOPN) supports the Czech Civic Association against Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases. The organisation’s members are made up of both patients and experts, as the group seeks to facilitate knowledge sharing about lung diseases between them.
Czech Republic
31, Sokolská, Hlavní město Praha, 120 00, Czechia
Dr. Stanislav Kos, PhD., FCCP, President
The Czech Initiative for Asthma seeks to increase awareness of bronchial asthma. Based in Prague, the organisation aims to improve asthma diagnosis at a younger age and effectively and safely treat it in order to prevent irreversible changes. The Czech Initiative for Asthma also focuses on the economic impact of asthma, trying to make medical support accessible for all.
Croatia
100, Srebrnjak, Zagreb, Grad Zagreb, 10000, Croatia
Marina Jakirović, Secretary
The mission statement of the Asthma Parent Support Group is to promote knowledge on asthma and other allergic and chronic pulmonary diseases and to achieve better compliance of patients and their parents, as well as to help our patients with their specific needs, thus contributing to the well-being of the whole society. They organize meetings devoted to increasing the knowledge of asthma and asthma therapy. The active approach of parents is encouraged via support groups to help solve some of the complex issues associated with asthma treatment, especially in treating children with biological drugs.
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