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At the EAN Congress 2025 in Helsinki, the EAN awarded the title of Lifetime Fellow of the European Academy of Neurology to Joke Jaarsma, former President of EFNA recognising her exceptional contributions to patient advocacy. She is the first patient representative to receive this distinction. 

The OneNeurology European Summit took place on 17 December 2021 under the patronage of the Slovenian Presidency in the Council of the EU

EFNA launch eLearning Platform for neurology advocates

‘Me and My Brain’ – Art Competition winners announced!

The European Federation of Neurological Associations (EFNA), together with the European Academy of Neurology, have launched a survey to determine the impact of COVID-19 on neurology service delivery.

EFNA’s Advocacy Awards will take place during Brain Awareness Week, in March 2021.

2019 was a busy year for EFNA; a time when we began to put the building blocks in place for our new Strategic Plan which will run from 2020-2025

In celebration of World Brain Day 2020, the European Federation of Neurological Associations (EFNA) has published the results of its recent survey on stigma and neurological disorder. According to the World Health Organisation, stigma is a major cause of discrimination… Continue Reading

The global momentum to deliver a more coordinated response to the threat posed by neurological disorders is increasing.

Meeting of WHO with EFNA, EAN and EBC to discuss brain health Report Objectives: Platform for all participants to present their ongoing work and discuss potential collaboration in the area of brain health Participants: European Academy of Neurology (EAN): Raad… Continue Reading

Global Health – EFNA activities update At EFNA we remain engaged with global health initiatives and actors (you can read about initial reasons for this here: Health is a shared global value). The last couple of months have been rather… Continue Reading

Globalisation has created convergence of individual countries’ health problems and, consequently, mutual dependence for generating solutions. This means that in today’s world, we can no longer consider health of particular countries or regions, such as European Union (EU), in isolation.

The European Federation of Neurological Associations (EFNA), together with European Brain Council (EBC) and European Academy of Neurology (EAN), has sent an open letter to EU leaders, making a strong case for increased prioritisation of neurological/brain health in EU policies and calling for concrete measures to be undertaken to counteract the increasing burden of brain disorders.

To celebrate World Brain Day (July 22nd), the European Federation of Neurological Associations [EFNA] co-hosted events in four European capitals – Brussels, Bucharest, Dublin and Warsaw!