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A Patient´s Guide to Nutrition in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
A Patient's Guide to Nutrition in Inflammatory Bowel Disease is written by Prof. Darija Vranešić Bender, clinical nutritionist and Prof. Željko Krznarić, gastroenterologist and hepatologist, experts from University Hospital Zagreb, Croatia. The Guide is a result of long collaboration between the Referral center for IBD at the University Hospital Zagreb, Department of gastroenterology and...
Open Your Mind
Open Your Mind! ...is the name of a game developed by our colleagues from Crohn & Colitis NL to talk with your family, friends, doctors, colleagues etc in an innovative way about IBD.
This is an excellent idea and the game that was well appreciated by our EFCCA delegates who found out about it during our General Assembly in Barclona (2022) and also had a chance to also play it
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IBD patients in Ukraine
Our colleagues from the Ukrainian IBD patient association ¨Fulfilling Life" have prepared this important survey on the current situation of IBD patients affected by the war in Ukraine.
The survey gives an overview of the immediate effects, medical care during the war as well as other urgent aspects.
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IBD has no age - World IBD Day 2022
This year, for World IBD Day 2022, EFCCA would like to raise awareness about the impact IBD has on elderly people. Under the slogan IBD has no age we want to put the focus on elderly people (60 plus) and see how living with Crohn´s disease and Ulcerative Colitis (collectively known as Inflammatory Bowel Disease) is impacting on their quality of life and care.
Why a...
World IBD Day 2022 - Purple Talk - IBD has no age
On the occasion of World IBD Day, on 19 May 2022 we organised a Purple Talk on “IBD has no age”. It was an excellent opportunity to raise awareness around the issue of IBD in the elderly.
Our discussions included a presentation of the IBD has no age campaign, a presentation from IBD researcher Dr Vera Asscher, Leiden University Medical Center, followed by an in-...
World Symposium – 18 October 2012, Brussels
World Symposium on IBD Research funded by IBD patients associations
Global alliance against IBD
On 18 October 2012, the European Federation of Crohn's & Ulcerative Colitis Associations (EFCCA) met in Brussels with worldwide patient associations for the first ever World Symposium on IBD research funded or promoted by IBD patients' associations.
The...
Join the fight against IBD Presentation Video
Watch the Join the fight against IBD Presentation Video
Date of issue: 2012-03-02
Thank you! Anaemia Survey
Thanks to all those who participated in the Anaemia survey. We will be back soon with its results
Date of issue: 2012-10-10
EFCCA 2013 GA - Save the date
EFCCA General Assembly 14-17 March 2013 Slovenia
Next years General Assembly will take place on 14-17 March 2013 and will be hosted by our Slovenian colleagues from the KVCB. More information will be made available in our "members" area of the website.
Date of issue: 2013-03-10
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...