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June 2021
From the 1st EFNA/EMEA European Roundtable for Stakeholders and Policymakers webinar - The Realities of ME Last Post from Anne Örtegren
Warning - content may be upsetting for some
EMEA and EFNA are arranging a multi-stakeholder, roundtable meeting on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS) in Europe.
May 2021
We invite European people with ME to take the EMEA pan-European ME survey - the first of its kind comparing the situation and experiences of ME-patients across European countries.
Some of the activities from EMEA members leading up to ME Awareness Day
April 2021
Recommendations for medical providers for ME/CFS testing and for treatments
EMEA Switzerland has launched a petition for a national strategy
March 2021
Serbia now represented as the latest full member of EMEA.
Research in the Netherlands - an update and a decision!
EFNA has launched the One Neurology campaign during #BrainAwarenessWeek - supported by EMEA
Presentation given to Nordic Medical Days
February 2021
New Finnish guidelines published
December, 2020
A new care service centre is to be opened in Norway for severely-affected ME patients.
by EMEA Norway NMEF
October, 2020
A press release issued by EMEA SPAIN member CONFESQ.
by CONFESQ
A virtual conference from Sweden is being organised by EMEA-SWEDEN RME.
by RME
October 2020
EMECC member Jesper Mehlsen and his treatment of a severely affected ME patient in Denmark
Dutch group becomes the latest full member of EMEA.
A chance to win up to €500 for the winner.
Spanish group becomes latest full member of EMEA.
September 2020
Dutch group becomes latest full member of EMEA.
Croatian group becomes latest full member of EMEA.
August 2020
Finnish group becomes latest full member of EMEA.
July 2020
The European Federation of Neurological Associations releases its survey on Stigma and Neurological Disorders
June 2020
The European ME Alliance Annual General Meeting wull be in August
New initiative to Support the Work of European ME Research Group Researchers
from European Federation of Neurological Associations and the European Academy of Neurology
August 2019
A presentation made for recent conferences in Germany and Norway describing some of the work being performed by European ME Alliance and its members.
July 2019
Aspirations of Hope an award to the European ME Alliance to raise awareness of the impact of neurological disorders
WHEN THE NEED IS GREATEST, HELP IS ALMOST GONE Norway's ME association has made a 186 page report about the most serious ME sufferers.
June 2019
EMEA Finland member Suomen lääketieteellinen ME/CFS-yhdistys ry has helped form a parliamentary group for ME in Finland.
May 2019
Invest in ME Research held its annual ME Conference Week in London in May 2019. Apart from the annual research Colloquium and public Conference there was also another Thinking the Future conference for young and early career researchers.
September 2017
Finland’s Valvira removes recommendation for use of CBT and GET
March 2017
EMEA Organises Meeting in EU Parliament on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
December 2016
The Disappearance, Continued Absence and Its Consequences of the Enforcement of the ICD-10 G93.3 Within the Linearization of the ICD-11 Public Beta Draft Version
November 2016
EMEA Writes to Members of the Danish Funktionelle Lidelser Working Group
June 2016
European ME Alliance Response to RFI Notice Number: NOT-NS-16-024 Request for Information: Soliciting Input for New Research Strategies for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME)
March 2016
EUROPEAN ME ALLIANCE REQUESTS RELEASE of PACE TRIAL DATA FOR INDEPENDENT REVIEW
EMEA Norway expresses concern over the content of a Seminar on the Sickest Organized by Norwegian Knowledge Centre
February 2014
Invest in ME Writes to Danish Health Minister
October 2015
A Future for European Research into Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
June 2015
EMEA PRESS RELEASE - For Immediate Release 21 June 2015 - European ME Alliance Joins European Federation of Neurological Associations
March 2015
Rights and benefits the EU brings to patients
October 2012
The members of the European ME Alliance have put forward a petition to the European Parliament in Brussels. EMEA feel there is an urgent requirement to address the perception, treatment and research into myalgic encephalomyelitis.
June 2012
Submission to DSM-5 Draft Proposals Submission – to the American Psychiatric Association on DSM-5 Somatic Symptom Disorders Category
March 2012
EMEA’s statement concerning the new German guideline on “tiredness”
November 2012
Invitation from the Danish Insitute for Human Rights to Dansk ME Forening to participate in panel discussions regarding how well and effectively the UN Disability Convention has been implemented in Denmark
October 2011
European ME Alliance welcomes ground-breaking research from Norway
August 2011
The European ME Alliance has written to The Times newspaper complaining about the recent article which allowed Professor Simon Wessely's views on ME to be publicised with little real analysis or objective comment. EMEA have written to the Times - the letter is below.
June 2011
Norwegian Directorate of Health has published views of reports from The Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research at the Norwegian Institute of Technology (SINTEF Technology and Society) and Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services regarding current scientific evidence based knowledge status on ME.
The European ME Alliance welcomes the research by Fluge, Mella et al published on 19th October 2011 in Plos One.
The European ME Alliance members' comments on PACE
European ME Alliance Renew Call for Total Europe-Wide Ban on Blood Donation from People Diagnosed With ME/CFS
The European ME Alliance is a collaboration of ME organisations within Europe who have the common aim of promoting biomedical research into Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (known as ME or ME/CFS) and increasing awareness of this debilitating neurological illness.
Nov 2008
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