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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. 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 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...

Pact for Patient Safety

New fraternity launched for safer healthcare everywhere  Brussels, October 15, 2014: The Irish Patients Association today launched the Pact for Patient Safety at the European Parliament with the participation of the European Commission, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and the European Ombudsman.   Supported by more than 20 patient associations throughout Europe...

EFCCA to co-chair Public Health Day on IBD at UEG Week

EFCCA is going to co-chair the Public Health Day on IBD to take place on 18 October 2014 in Austria on the occasion of UEG Week. United European Gastroenterology (UEG) is organising this Public Health Day at UEG Week 2014 in collaboration with EFCCA, the Austrian Crohn's Disease & Ulcerative Colitis Association (OMCCV), Austrian Coeliac Society (OAZ), Association Of European Coeliac...

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  

Symptom Tracker

  YourUC.com This is a useful new tool - currently in test phase - to support patients with Ulcerative Colitis. If you would like to test the tool, you will need to introduce the following information:   username: guest@youruc.com password: guest   Please check out the tool at:   http://youruc.sytes.net/my-uc-log/   Any feedback please...

Symptom Tracker

MyUC.eu After the initial testing phase, this new tool to support patients with Ulcerative Colitis in keeping track of daily changes and improvements with the disease is finally available. If you would like to use the tool, register on the homepage and let us know your impressions. Please check out the tool at: http://myuc.eu/   Any feedback please send  to Isabella Haaf...

EFCCA article published in Journal of Crohn´s and Colitis

Results of the EFCCA led IMPACT survey have been published in the latest issue of the Journal Crohn´s and Colitis. In the article entitled "IBD and health-related quality of life- Discovering the true impact" some of the main findings from the IMPACT survey have been highlighted.  The results of this survey can be used in defining strategic priorities and planning projects and awareness...

UEG Week Barcelona 2015

October 24-28, 2015, Barcelona, Spain UEG Week is the largest and most prestigious meeting of its kind in Europe, and many consider it to be the best digestive diseases meeting in the world. It has been running since 1992 and now attracts more than 14,000 people from across the world. It features the latest advances in clinical management, the best research in GI and liver...