{"id":43055,"date":"2024-05-08T14:47:55","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T13:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/?p=43055"},"modified":"2024-05-10T07:02:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T06:02:04","slug":"world-me-day-me-is-a-global-crisis-be-a-globalvoiceforme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/world-me-day-me-is-a-global-crisis-be-a-globalvoiceforme\/","title":{"rendered":"World ME Day: ME is a global crisis: Be a #GlobalVoiceForME"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Together, we are battling a global health crisis<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>With your support, we will be a #GlobalVoiceForME<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-42916 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/ME-is-a-global-health-crisis.-square-800x800-1.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/ME-is-a-global-health-crisis.-square-800x800-1.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/ME-is-a-global-health-crisis.-square-800x800-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/ME-is-a-global-health-crisis.-square-800x800-1.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/ME-is-a-global-health-crisis.-square-800x800-1.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/300;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This year marks the 55th anniversary since the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Health Organization<\/a> (WHO) officially acknowledged ME as a neurological condition, highlighting the urgency of addressing this global health crisis.<\/p>\n<p>In recent times, the landscape of ME has evolved, with COVID-19 triggering a surge in the numbers of individuals affected by ME.<\/p>\n<p>Today, we estimate that more than 55 million individuals worldwide (maybe up to 110 million) are living with the debilitating effects of this condition. Amidst these escalating numbers, WAMES and other member organisations of the World ME Alliance are actively joining forces, amplifying our support for initiatives that seek to address the multifaceted impact of ME on individuals and communities alike.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Bring your voice to building change together!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>55 years <\/strong>since the World Health Organization (WHO) officially acknowledged ME as a neurological illness<\/li>\n<li><strong>55 million<\/strong> upwards now have ME following the COVID pandemic<\/li>\n<li><strong>no<\/strong> diagnostic test, no cure, no universal treatment<\/li>\n<li><strong>international cooperation<\/strong> needed to forge a breakthrough!<\/li>\n<li>we ask the <strong>WHO<\/strong> and countries round the world to support #WorldMEDay and take action!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/world-me-day-make-share-a-globalmevoiceforme-poster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Make a poster<\/a> declaring yourself as a #GlobalVoiceForME to share on social media.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/worldmealliance.org\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the stories<\/a> from people around the world<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twibbon.com\/Support\/become-a-globalvoiceforme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Make a twibbon<\/a> for use on X<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/world-me-day-bridging-borders-event-10-may-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bridging borders online event<\/a> 10 May 2024 Find out what advocates round the world are doing to raise awareness of ME<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/world-me-day-ask-uk-to-be-a-globalvoiceforme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Invite the UK WHO rep<\/a> to be a #GlobalVoiceForME<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldmealliance.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Share the World ME film<\/a> &#8211; to be posted on 12 May<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/world-me-day-share-the-me-factsheet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Share the ME factsheet<\/a> &#8211; English,\u00a0Cymraeg, other languages<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldmealliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/World-ME-Day-2024-Global-Press-Release-Unveiling-the-Global-ME-Crisis.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Press release<\/a>: Unveiling the Global ME crisis<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>#WorldMEday\u00a0 \u00a0 #GlobalVoiceForME<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Together, we are battling a global health crisis &nbsp; With your support, we will be a #GlobalVoiceForME This year marks the 55th anniversary since the World Health Organization (WHO) officially acknowledged ME as a neurological condition, highlighting the urgency of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/world-me-day-me-is-a-global-crisis-be-a-globalvoiceforme\/\">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":[],"class_list":["post-43055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5qkYK-bcr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43055","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=43055"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43083,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43055\/revisions\/43083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}