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This month Athina Giannoutsou joined our team! She will be IF's European Policy Officer, becoming the main liaison between our European members and the EU institutions.

People born with spina bifida and hydrocephalus are at risk of accelerated ageing and need to be protected against financial hardship and institutionalisation

Our Italian member organisation ASBI will coordinate a skiing project named “SKI for ALL”, part of the Erasmus+ Sport program and intended for children and young people with SBH or traumatic injuries.

This years' World Health Day was focused on Universal Health Coverage (UHC). We joined the European Patients' Forum (EPF) and six other patients organisations, asking together for UHC in Europe and all over the world!

Yesterday 13th of March the European Accessibility Act was approved by the European Parliament. Even if there is still a long way to go, a first step towards creating a more accessible and inclusive Europe is done!

It's time to approve the Work-Life Balance Directive! Now that a first important step in the right direction has been taken, IF joins COFACE Families Europe and 11 other NGOs in calling for a swift adoption of the directive.