The Latvian Association for Crohn's and Colitis Patients was founded on October 19, 2011. The association was created to unite patients with Crohn´s disease and colitis, their relatives, medical staff and other people.
COVID-19 psycho-social impact of lockdown in patients with IBD
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“How did the IBD patient community cope with the lockdown...
EFCCA Academy 2020 - Training Certified Patient Experts
We are pleased to announce our new edition of the EFCCA Academy offering specialized training for IBD patients.
The EFCCA Academy was created in 2018 following the results of several major...
COVID-19 and medicines supply: “Are we running out of medicines?”
“Will I be able to access my biologics/biosimilars treatment?”, “Will my other IBD medicines be affected by COVID-19?”, “Are costs of my medicines likely to...
One effect of the COVID-19 pandemic which is given less importance in the media coverage is the effect it has on people´s mental health. Fears and worries are normal responses to any real or perceived threat and is not surprising that many people are coping with higher levels of fear and anxiety...
by Sanna Lönnfors, EFCCA Research and Project Coordinator
I recently participated in an online focus group on the topic of Work and IBD,...
We are pleased to publish the report of our Symposium on Digital Health and Data Collection which took place on 14 February 2020 during the ECCO Congress in Vienna, Austria.
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Many people especially those with chronic diseases such as IBD and/or who are taking immunosuppressant medications migth be concerned about the novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19).
Below we have compiled information and guidance for this new virus from ECCO, EMA, IBD sister organisations ...
EFCCA organised a symposium on “Digital Health and Data: IBD patients´ view and perspectives” which took place during the ECCO Congress on 14 February 2020 from 14-15h in Vienna, Austria.
This was an unique event bringing together IBD patients, healthcare...
The EFCCA Annual General Meeting took place in Prague from 24-26 May 2019 bringing together nearly 60 delegates from 31 patient associations. The event was hosted by our colleagues from Pacienti IBD (Czech Republic). In the coming days we will make available several of the presentations and...