{"id":34366,"date":"2022-02-28T07:12:47","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T07:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/?p=34366"},"modified":"2022-02-28T10:22:49","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T10:22:49","slug":"learnfromme-theme-for-worldmeday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/learnfromme-theme-for-worldmeday\/","title":{"rendered":"#LearnFromME &#8211; theme for #WorldMEDay"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>#LearnFromME on #WorldMEday<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34371 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/LearnFromME-World-ME-Day-May-12th-2022-e1645819092712.png?resize=800%2C419&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"419\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/419;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>2022 is set to be another year of a global health crisis that has caused a wave of post-viral disease, specifically the collection of symptoms known as \u201cLong COVID\u201d which overlap with ME.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>For decades people with ME have been unheard, but Long COVID has helped to put a spotlight on our common post-viral disease.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#LearnFromME<\/strong> will work to bring the knowledge people with ME and health professionals working in this field have to the wider world when we all come together to shine a light on ME on <a href=\"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/announcing-the-first-ever-world-me-day-may-12th-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World ME Day<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why learn from ME? our experiences can help each other<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>People with ME are experts in our own illness and experience. By providing platforms for our voices across the world, we can share that collective expertise.<\/p>\n<p>Most of us have a strong desire to be involved in research. BUT there is a woeful lack of investment in ME research across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>It is only through research, which chooses to <strong>#LearnFromME,<\/strong> that we can find treatments and one day a cure for ME and related illnesses like Long COVID.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why learn from ME? our experiences can help healthcare professionals to help us<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>And now in Wales health and social care professionals have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nice.org.uk\/guidance\/ng206\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NICE guideline<\/a> on diagnosis and management which acknowledges the nature and severity of ME.\u00a0 WAMES will continue to run our <strong>#ImplementNICEmecfs<\/strong> campaign alongside the <strong>#LearnFromME<\/strong> campaign.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why learn from ME? to help others with post-viral illness<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Post-viral illness is not new. We could learn so much about Long COVID if we recognised the knowledge and experience we already have from other post-viral illnesses like ME!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-34375 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Proudly-supporting-World-ME-Day-blue.png?resize=880%2C244&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"880\" height=\"244\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Proudly-supporting-World-ME-Day-blue.png?resize=1024%2C284&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Proudly-supporting-World-ME-Day-blue.png?resize=300%2C83&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Proudly-supporting-World-ME-Day-blue.png?resize=150%2C42&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Proudly-supporting-World-ME-Day-blue.png?resize=768%2C213&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Proudly-supporting-World-ME-Day-blue.png?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 880px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 880\/244;\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>More information<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>More information will be released in the run up to World ME Day on May 12th so that you can take action to help the world <strong>#LearnFromME.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Find out more about the campaign by following WAMES&#8217; social media and visiting the <a href=\"https:\/\/worldmealliance.org\/worldmeday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World ME Day website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#LearnFromME on #WorldMEday &nbsp; &nbsp; 2022 is set to be another year of a global health crisis that has caused a wave of post-viral disease, specifically the collection of symptoms known as \u201cLong COVID\u201d which overlap with ME. For decades &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/learnfromme-theme-for-worldmeday\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[7227,7226,7228,4398,7110,7225],"class_list":["post-34366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-implementnicemecfs","tag-learnfromme","tag-worldmeday","tag-me-awareness-day","tag-world-me-alliance","tag-world-me-day"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5qkYK-8Wi","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34366"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34408,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34366\/revisions\/34408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}