European Chronic Disease Alliance (ECDA) and the Non Communicable Diseases Alliance (NCDA) recently organized a regional meeting in Brussels to strengthen civil society engagement in the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in the WHO European region (Link). European Respiratory Society has also supported the meeting as one of the founding members of ECDA underlining huge burden and difficult issues related to the respiratory conditions (Link).

MyAirCoach project is also working in this direction, trying to further support the positioning of asthma in global and European plans for addressing of chronic diseases. The recent workshop organized by the MyAirCoach project under the title "Mobile Healthcare for the Self-Management of Chronic Diseases and the Empowerment of Patients" has gathered the interest of researchers from different countries around the world utilizing mobile technologies for the support of patients suffering from chronic diseases (Link)

For more details on the programme of the meeting of the European Response to Chronic diseases click here

The action plan of the European Chronic Disease Alliance is available here