The Finnish Dystonia Association, a nationwide patient organization, decided to arrange the Dystonia Days Conference in the largest city in Northern Finland, namely Oulu. Some 60 participants assembled to meet people from all over the country, get and give support and naturally, learn from expert speakers, a neurologist, and a neurosurgeon. After two years of…
Dystonia Days in Bergen, Norway 2022
In October the Norwegian Dystonia Association held their autumn meeting in beautiful Bergen, a city on the west coast of Norway. Almost 50 people attended the meeting. The key lecture was Physiotherapy by Anette Holmelid Elvik. She had a very interesting presentation. There were lots of questions from the audience. From left: Sissel Buskerud, Anette…
Survey Results: Assessing diagnosis and care pathways of people living with neurological disorders
Results have recently been published of the European Federation of Neurological Associations’ (EFNA’s) survey ‘Assessing diagnosis and care pathways of people living with neurological disorders in Europe‘, which was developed with the aim of identifying, reporting and beginning to address the varied challenges facing all affected by neurological conditions, either as patients or caregivers, from…
Meeting with the European Reference Network for Rare Neurological Diseases (ERN-RND)
“I have met many really hard working and dedicated people here in Tübingen and learned more about how they already work within the network and what their ambitions and wishes for future are”, says an enthusiastic Astri Arnesen, EFNA Secretary General and ERN-RND patient representative. The network partners met in Tübingen in Germany at the…
EPF COMPAR-EU Final Conference Advocacy Event
In November EPF (European Patient Forum) held the final COMPAR-EU conference. COMPAR-EU is a multimethod, interdisciplinary project that will contribute to bridging the gap between current knowledge and practice of self-management interventions. The event was held in Brussels and lasted 2 days. In addition to the about 35 participants in Brussels there were EPF members…
