Tag Archives: WHO

Call for WHO to recognise energy limiting disabilities

Posted on 01/26/2023 by wames

World ME Alliance highlights energy limiting disabilities   As a founding member of  the World ME Alliance WAMES joins ME organisations round the world in calling for better understanding in the WHO of the challenges people with ME and long … Continue reading →

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Announcing the first ever World ME day – May 12th 2022

Posted on 02/28/2022 by wames

#WorldMEday 2022   The World ME Alliance, a collaborative of national organisations from across the globe, is launching World ME Day on 12th May this year. All organisations everywhere are invited to join this effort to raise awareness and campaign … Continue reading →

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World ME Alliance writes to WHO re long COVID definition

Posted on 11/12/2021 by wames

Will the World Health Organization’s long COVID definition help or hinder?   WAMES has joined other members of the World ME Alliance in writing to the World Health Organization (WHO) concerning their recently published definition of “post COVID-19 condition”, commonly … Continue reading →

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Preliminary ICF core set for patients with ME/CFS in rehabilitation medicine

Posted on 06/30/2020 by wames

Preliminary ICF core set for patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome in rehabilitation medicine, by Indre Bileviciute-Ljungar, Marie-Louise Schult, Kristian Borg, Jan Ekholm in J Rehabil Med 2020; 52: jrm0000X [DOI:10.2340/16501977-2697]   Lay Abstract: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is … Continue reading →

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ME & CFS – no longer classified as ‘Bodily Distress Disorder’ (BDD)

Posted on 01/21/2020 by wames

ME & CFS – no longer classified as a ‘Bodily Distress Disorder’ (BDD) by the WHO   The World Health Organisation (WHO) have finally accepted that Postviral fatigue syndrome (PVFS) (8E49), Chronic fatigue syndrome (8E49), and Benign myalgic encephalomyelitis (8E49) are … Continue reading →

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Biotransformation profiles from a cohort of chronic fatigue women in response to a hepatic detoxification challenge

Posted on 05/28/2019 by wames

Biotransformation profiles from a cohort of chronic fatigue women in response to a hepatic detoxification challenge, by Elardus Erasmus, Francois E Steffens, Mari van Reenen, B Chris Vorster, Carolus J Reinecke in  PLoS ONE 14 (5) May 2019 [https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216298]   … Continue reading →

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IAFME sends an ‘agenda for change’ for ME to the WHO

Posted on 12/06/2018 by wames

IAFME contacts the WHO about ME The International Alliance for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (IAFME) has produced a trans-national consensus document covering Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M.E.). Recognition, research and respect: An agenda for change in M.E. has the support of over 60 clinicians, researchers, … Continue reading →

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WAMES supports IAME letter to the WHO requesting urgent action on ME

Posted on 05/12/2018 by wames

International Alliance for ME writes letter to the WHO WAMES has co-signed a letter from the International Alliance for ME to the Director General of the World Health Organisation, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus The aim is to persuade the WHO and … Continue reading →

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WAMES supports proposal to continue classifying ME as neurological

Posted on 05/01/2017 by wames

WAMES supports proposal to classify ME as neurological WAMES has submitted our comment on a proposal for the revision of the World Health Organisation’s International Classification of Diseases (ICD): The Welsh Association of ME & CFS Support (WAMES) supports the proposal … Continue reading →

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Help secure the World Health Organisation’s classification of ME & CFS

Posted on 04/21/2017 by wames

ME action blog post: Help secure the World Health Organisation’s classification of ME & CFS Important call to action! We need all hands on deck for a simple, but important task. The World Health Organisation (WHO) is reviewing its International … Continue reading →

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