ELF Patient Organisation Network

The ELF Patient Organisation Network is open to all and includes respiratory patient organisations in Europe.

Search for patient organisations, either by region, country or disease, using the filters below. More detailed information is available for the patient organisations that have provided them.

Are you a respiratory patient organisation working in Europe? Would you like to be part of the network? Please take 5 minutes to tell us about your organisation, and we will add you to our network.

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Association of Allergy and Respiratory Diseases of Málaga (ALERMA)
Association of Allergy and Respiratory Diseases of Málaga (ALERMA)

Association of Allergy and Respiratory Diseases of Málaga (ALERMA)

ALERMA is responsible for informing, training and guiding respiratory patients in Malaga and its province.


Covers:

  • Acute lower respiratory infections
  • Acute respiratory distress syndrome
  • Adult asthma
  • Allergies
  • Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
  • Aspergillosis
  • Asthma
  • Bronchiectasis
  • ChILD
  • Childhood asthma
  • COPD
  • Cough
  • COVID-19
  • Cystic fibrosis
  • Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
  • Interstitial lung disease
  • LAM
  • Lung cancer
  • Lung disease in children
  • Lung surgery
  • Lung transplantation
  • Mesothelioma
  • Non-tuberculosis mycobacteria
  • Occupational lung disease
  • Other lung diseases
  • Pneumonia
  • Pneumothorax
  • Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD)
  • Pulmonary arterial hypertension
  • Pulmonary embolism
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • Pulmonary Hypertension
  • Pulmonary vascular disease
  • Rare and orphan lung disease
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Sleep apnoea
  • Sleep disordered breathing
  • Smoking cessation
  • Tuberculosis
  • Upper airways diseases

http://alerma.org
Association of Patients with Respiratory Failure and Lung Transplantation (APRFLT)
Association of Patients with Respiratory Failure and Lung Transplantation (APRFLT)

Association of Patients with Respiratory Failure and Lung Transplantation (APRFLT)

The Association of Patients with Respiratory Failure and Lung Transplantation (APRFLT) is an organisation that fully understands the challenges that lung disease patients face. Therefore, we strive to promote contacts and empathy between patients with lung diseases, as well as their adaptation to a changed lifestyle. We aim to improve their mental and physical well-being through forms of personal, organizational and financial support. We also help spread scientific information about the disease and access to innovative therapies. APRFLT is a full member of the ESOT-ETPO Alliance.


Covers:

  • Adult asthma
  • Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
  • Asthma
  • Bronchiectasis
  • COPD
  • COVID-19
  • Cystic fibrosis
  • Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
  • Lung cancer
  • Lung surgery
  • Lung transplantation
  • Pulmonary Hypertension
  • Pulmonary vascular disease
  • Rare and orphan lung disease
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Sleep apnoea

https://www.facebook.com/aprflt/
Associazione Apnoici Italiani APS
Associazione Apnoici Italiani APS

Associazione Apnoici Italiani APS

Apnoic Italian Association APS

Covers:

  • Sleep apnoea

www.apneedelsonno.it
Associazione AsmaGrave ODV (AAG)
Associazione AsmaGrave ODV (AAG)

Associazione AsmaGrave ODV (AAG)

The AAG is highly specialised: gathering more than 110 patients all affected by severe asthma or EGPA. It's a unique association focused on the pathology of severe asthma. Our main focus is to help emerging the 30,000 potential severe asthma patients throughout Italy. We are a part of the associative network of FederAsma and Allergies ODV, a member of EFA , and participate in the 3TR project.


Covers:

  • Asthma

https://www.asmagrave.org/
Associazione Italiana Bronchiettasie (AIB)
Associazione Italiana Bronchiettasie (AIB)

Associazione Italiana Bronchiettasie (AIB)

Bronchiectasis Italian Association (AIB)

AIB is an Italian patient association and its mission is "Help to know and handle bronchiectasis".


Covers:

  • Bronchiectasis

www.bronchiettasie.org
Associazione Italiana Pazienti BPCO (Ass BPCO)
Associazione Italiana Pazienti BPCO (Ass BPCO)

Associazione Italiana Pazienti BPCO (Ass BPCO)

COPD Patient Association, Italy (Ass BPCO)

The Association aims to increase the knowledge of COPD and its management by patients and their families on the basis of the most recent scientific findings, in order to improve their health conditions and quality of life. It acts as an interlocutor for the institutions, to pursue the implementation of tools, including legislative ones, aimed at improving the protection of the chronic respiratory patient, promoting information, education and prevention campaigns and supporting scientific medical and pharmacological research.


Covers:

  • COPD

www.pazientibpco.it
Asthma + Lung UK
Asthma + Lung UK

Asthma + Lung UK

Asthma + Lung UK will bring lasting benefits to everyone in the UK affected by asthma and other lung diseases. It is a powerful voice for all respiratory diseases for change and to get more, and better, investment in the NHS.


Covers:

  • Acute lower respiratory infections
  • Acute respiratory distress syndrome
  • Adult asthma
  • Allergies
  • Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
  • Asthma
  • Bronchiectasis
  • Childhood asthma
  • COPD
  • Cough
  • COVID-19
  • Cystic fibrosis
  • Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
  • Interstitial lung disease
  • LAM
  • Lung cancer
  • Lung disease in children
  • Lung surgery
  • Lung transplantation
  • Mesothelioma
  • Non-tuberculosis mycobacteria
  • Occupational lung disease
  • Other lung diseases
  • Pneumonia
  • Pneumothorax
  • Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD)
  • Pulmonary arterial hypertension
  • Pulmonary embolism
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • Pulmonary Hypertension
  • Pulmonary vascular disease
  • Rare and orphan lung disease
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Sleep apnoea
  • Sleep disordered breathing
  • Smoking cessation
  • Tuberculosis
  • Upper airways diseases

www.asthmaandlung.org.uk
Asthma and Allergy Patients Association of Georgia
Asthma and Allergy Patients Association of Georgia

Asthma and Allergy Patients Association of Georgia


Covers:

  • Allergies
  • Asthma

Asthma Society of Ireland
Asthma Society of Ireland

Asthma Society of Ireland

The Asthma Society of Ireland’s mission is to stop asthma deaths in Ireland. We are the voice of the 380,000 people with asthma in Ireland, and our work radically transforms their quality of life. We fight asthma with every breath. Our vision is that everyone with asthma in Ireland lives a full life, symptom-free.


Covers:

  • Adult asthma
  • Asthma

https://www.asthma.ie/home
Astma och Allergiförbundet
Astma och Allergiförbundet

Astma och Allergiförbundet

Asthma- and Allergy Association, Sweden

Covers:

  • Adult asthma
  • Allergies
  • Asthma
  • Childhood asthma

www.astmaoallergiforbundet.se
Astma- en Allergiekoepel vzw
Astma- en Allergiekoepel vzw

Astma- en Allergiekoepel vzw

Asthma and Allegy, Belgium

We aim to provide good information on Asthma and Allergy and this to patients and everyone concerned.


Covers:

  • Adult asthma
  • Allergies
  • Asthma
  • Childhood asthma

www.astma-en-allergiekoepel.be
Astma-Allergi Danmark
Astma-Allergi Danmark

Astma-Allergi Danmark

Asthma-Allergy Denmark

Covers:

  • Allergies
  • Asthma

Asthma-Allergy Denmark
Astma.rs
Astma.rs

Astma.rs

Asthma.rs, Serbia

Astma.rs is a non-profit organisation with the main goal to give support and information to patients and their families about asthma, HOBP, allergy, and other respiratory diseases.


Covers:

  • Adult asthma
  • Asthma
  • Childhood asthma

Bambini con la CCAM
Bambini con la CCAM

Bambini con la CCAM

We help families with a baby affected by a pulmonary malformation, giving moral and financial support.


Covers:

  • Rare and orphan lung disease

http://www.bambiniconlaccam.it
Belangenvereniging longfibrose patiëntenvereniging Nederland
Belangenvereniging longfibrose patiëntenvereniging Nederland

Belangenvereniging longfibrose patiëntenvereniging Nederland

Dutch Association of Pulmonary Fibrosis Patients

The Dutch Association of Pulmonary Fibrosis patients is there for pulmonary fibrosis patients and their families. Pulmonary fibrosis is a rare disease which effects a few thousand patients in the Netherlands. We stimulate and financially support research into the causes and treatment of pulmonary fibrosis. We work closely together with healthcare professionals and with sister organisations throughout Europe. Together with the Dutch Lung Foundation we stand for patients with a lung disease. We believe that patients should be well-informed about their disease; it makes them stronger and helps them to get the best possible care.


Covers:

  • Pulmonary Fibrosis

www.longfibrose.nl
Blue Wings
Blue Wings

Blue Wings

The association was founded 2015 with the aim of supporting pulmonary hypertension patients in Croatia, raising awareness and spreading information about pulmonary hypertension.


Covers:

  • Pulmonary Hypertension

https://www.plavakrila.hr/
Breathe Easy, British Lung Foundation Support Group for Westminster
Breathe Easy, British Lung Foundation Support Group for Westminster

Breathe Easy, British Lung Foundation Support Group for Westminster

Patient led and patient funded local support group for patients with respiratory conditions, family, carers and friends.


Covers:

  • Acute lower respiratory infections
  • Acute respiratory distress syndrome
  • Adult asthma
  • Allergies
  • Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
  • Asthma
  • Bronchiectasis
  • Childhood asthma
  • COPD
  • Cough
  • COVID-19
  • Cystic fibrosis
  • Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
  • Interstitial lung disease
  • LAM
  • Lung cancer
  • Lung disease in children
  • Lung surgery
  • Lung transplantation
  • Mesothelioma
  • Non-tuberculosis mycobacteria
  • Occupational lung disease
  • Other lung diseases
  • Pneumonia
  • Pneumothorax
  • Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD)
  • Pulmonary arterial hypertension
  • Pulmonary embolism
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • Pulmonary Hypertension
  • Pulmonary vascular disease
  • Rare and orphan lung disease
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Sleep apnoea
  • Sleep disordered breathing
  • Smoking cessation
  • Tuberculosis
  • Upper airways diseases

https://www.blf.org.uk/support-in-your-area/breathe-easy-westminster-support-group
Bulgarian Society of Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension (BSPPH)
Bulgarian Society of Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension (BSPPH)

Bulgarian Society of Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension (BSPPH)

The Bulgarian Society of Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension (BSPPH) is an organisation that fully understands the challenges faced by pulmonary hypertension (PH) patients and their loved ones. Therefore, we strive to encourage contacts and empathy between PH patients, as well as their adaptation to their changed lifestyle. We aim to improve their mental and physical well-being through forms of personal, organisational and financial support. We also help disseminate scientific information about the disease. Access to innovated therapies. BSPPH is a member of the largest patient association in Bulgaria - National Patients' Organization , which is officially recognised by the Ministry of Health as the only nationally represented patient organisation in the country. BSPPH is a full member of PHA Europe, and EURORDIS. The association also has an excellent cooperation with ELF.


Covers:

  • Pulmonary Hypertension

www.bspph.net