MEDIA INVITE - Annual Congress of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI): Innovation and Prevention to Tackle the Allergy Epidemic

BARCELONA, Spain, June 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

Under the theme "New Answers to Old Questions", novel topics will be discussed such as: The global climate change and its effect on geographical pollen distribution; Infections and allergy - friends or foes?; Challenging maternal beliefs regarding food allergy. A special session "At the forefront of asthma research" will be dedicated to Women in Science .

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In addition:

• EAACI invites the Congress delegates and the general public to participate in the "Beat Allergy" Run  &  Walk, visit the Anaphylaxis Training School and join the pan-European "Beware  of  Allergy" EAACI public  campaign launched at the EAACI Congress 2014. All these actions aim to raise awareness of the increasing incidence and burden of allergy.
  
• The Global Atlas of Allergic Rhinitis and Chronic Rhinosinusitis, written by 206 top opinion leaders from all over the world, will be launched as an e-book, while the highly successful Global Atlas of Allergy will be offered as a complimentary printed copy to all the Congress participants.
  
• EAACI will convene EU decision-makers, EU health stakeholders, EU allergy patient advocates and representatives from the industry to jointly discuss what actions can be undertaken in partnerships at European level to help solve the allergy epidemic.
  

EAACI Congress 2015 

When: 6 - 10 June

Where: Barcelona (Spain)

(CCIB - Centre Convencions Internacional de Barcelona. Plaça de Willy Brandt 11-14)

For more information, visit http://www.eaaci2015.com