Welcome to the Irish Food Allergy Network

This site is intended as a guide to assist those who, through their work, encounter children and families affected by food allergy.

The site content is intended for use by regulated healthcare professionals.  Its aim is to help in diagnosing and managing suspected food allergy by regulated health care staff in community and hospital settings.  Reproduction of content or referencing IFAN outside of this context requires advance permission, please contact us.

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IFAN is grateful for the generous support that has been provided to date by members of the pharmaceutical and infant feeding industries as listed in the contributors’ section, whose disclosure statements are published alongside.

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Travel Bursary

A limited number of travel grants are now being offered by IFAN to members presenting original work, relevant to the field of Food Allergy at an International meeting in 2017 To be eligible for a grant, the applicant must be: The first author of a

March 25 - Practical Allergy Study Day, Tallaght Hospital

Calling Doctors, Dietitian's and Nurses with Paediatric Allergy interest. Join us at a first of its kind "Practical Allergy study day" in Tallaght Hospital Education Centre on Saturday March 25th 2017. It's being run in partnership between IFAN,

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