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White Book on IBD Research funded or promoted by IBD patient associations

This White Book on IBD Research funded or promoted by IBD patient associations was presented at the World Symposium – 18 October 2012, Brussels . The White Book aims to become a handbook and reference that IBD patient associations can use for getting new ideas in developing research-support strategies. Date of issue: 2012-10-18  

Short summary of the Join the Fight Press conference

Watch the video   Date of issue: 2013-03-11  

World IBD Day 2013

This month on 19 May World IBD Day is marked in many countries worldwide.   Please check out the World IBD Day website to learn more about and support some of the activities that EFCCA and other other sister organisations from around the globe are organising to raise awareness and to highlight what it means to live with IBD.   World IBD Day website at www.worldibdday.org...

EFCCA and World IBD Day 2013: the video

Videoclip from our World IBD Day event at the European Parliament (16 May 2013)   Date of issue: 2013-05-16  

IBD11

IBD11 - unleash your knowledge EFCCA has been invited to speak at the IBD 11 meeting that took place in Prague (14-16 November). The meeting was organised by the pharmaceutical company Ferring and was attended by over 850 physicians from over 50 countries. Marco Greco, EFCCA chairman, presented during the opening session the work of EFCCA and the patient perspective. He put forward strong...

EFCCA breaking news nr. 1/2011

WORLD IBD DAY 19 MAY 2011 Here we are again and happy 2011 to you all! A new year just started and EFCCA is pleased to inform you all that the date for the second World IBD DAY has been finally agreed. It will be again May the 19th all over the world with a new entry association being part of the worldwide platform: New Zealand! EFCCA is willing to collect all the ideas...

EFCCA breaking news nr. 4/2011

Adoption of the Code of Conduct removes the last barrier to the formal conclusion of the UNCRPD The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), which entered into force on 3 May 2008, is the first human rights Convention signed by the EU. All EU Member States have signed the UNCRPD and a majority has signed its Optional Protocol too. The next step,...

EFCCA breaking news nr. 3/2011

EUROPEAN MEDICINE AGENCY NEW WEB SITE Rod Mitchell, our former Chair, who is currently the IAPO alternate at the European Medicines Agency Patient & Consumer Working Party sent us this relevant news. Being EFCCA a IAPO member I am more than pleased to circulate it to you all. Patient and associated organisations together with other interested parties may like to be reminded that the...

EFCCA breaking news nr. 5/2011

DUBLIN - ECCO CONGRESS. EFCCA CONSOLIDATES COOPERATION WITH ECCO. As every year EFCCA participated in the ECCO Congress held in Dublin from 24 to 26 February 2011. A boot and dissemination material were at disposal of the congress participants. The ECCO Congress was attended by over 3000 delegates consisting mainly of doctors and other healthcare professionals and provided...

EFCCA Annual General Meeting 2014

Commissioner Borgh addressing EFCCA General Assembly Commissioner Borgh from the European Commission´s Directorate for Health and Consumers welcomed delegates to the  24 General Assembly of EFCCA which took place in Graz (Austria) from 3-6 April 2014.   In his pre-recorded speech Commissioner Borgh acknowledged and applauded the work of EFCCA and showed his support to the...