We are delighted to announce the establishment of the Strategic Leadership Board for the World ME Alliance. This initiative marks a significant step forward in our mission to combat myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) on a global scale. The aim of this board is to promote an efficient and dynamic decision-making process…
Date: 3rd-4th April 2024 Location: FLAD Luso American Development Foundation, Lisbon This event, the first in Portugal, will gath- er leading scientists, clinicians, and inter- national experts to share and discuss the latest biomedical evidence and findings on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and the nexus between Long…
Leaders in the ME community from across the globe joined in writing a rapid response to the July 2023 article titled "Anomalies in the review process and interpretation of the evidence in the NICE guideline for chronic fatigue syndrome and myalgic encephalomyelitis." The World ME Alliance is deeply disappointed that…
From 2022 to 2023 the World ME Alliance grew from 13 member organisations to 21. We are pleased to share with you the World ME Alliance's Annual Report for 2022-2023. In it, we explore the aims of our Alliance and how we are working to achieve these. Through looking back…
We are thrilled to announce that Millions Missing Mexico, a voluntary organisation dedicated to raising awareness about Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) and supporting patients, has joined the World ME Alliance as its 22nd member and the first member from Latin America. Millions Missing Mexico was founded in 2018 by a group…
After an incredible World ME Day we wanted to share some of the amazing progress made across the globe. As individuals and organisations, our community stepped forward to fight for people with ME everywhere. We're going to do this by country, because there is just so much to cover! This…
This World ME Day we asked our community to customise poster to demonstrate what we should all #LearnFromME. The profound loss endured by people with ME comes through, alongside the joy so many in our community still find, facts and figures about ME, and nuggets of wisdom or knowledge that…
This May 12th, the World ME Alliance is launching the first World ME Day, and we’re asking “what can the world #LearnFromME?” We know that for far too long stigma has impacted the care people with ME receive, and has led to a global lack of funding for research into…
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has now published its ME/CFS guideline and we are delighted that they have finally listened to the ME community in several key areas. NICE delayed publication of this guideline in August after concerns were raised by a few Royal Colleges. Instead,…