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The Inextricable Link Between ME and Long Covid: Solidarity with International Long Covid Awareness Day

The Inextricable Link Between ME and Long Covid: Solidarity with International Long Covid Awareness Day

As we observe International Long COVID Awareness Day on March 15th, the World ME Alliance stands in solidarity with the millions worldwide living with Long COVID, many of whom are…

Be part of the World ME Day 2024 campaign film

Be part of the World ME Day 2024 campaign film

As we approach World ME Day 2024, we invite you to be a part of a new short film that aims to shed light on the reality of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis…

Mirame Arts joins the World ME Alliance as our first member in Germany

Mirame Arts joins the World ME Alliance as our first member in Germany

The World ME Alliance is thrilled to announce that Mirame Arts e.V., a dedicated non-profit organisation from Germany, has joined our ranks as a member. Mirame Arts have been working…

Registration for 1st International Conference on ME/CFS and Long COVID in Portugal Opens

Registration for 1st International Conference on ME/CFS and Long COVID in Portugal Opens

The World ME Alliance is proud to endorse the upcoming 1st International Conference on Clinical and Scientific Advances in ME/CFS and Long COVID, set to take place on April 3…

A #GlobalVoiceForME: World ME Day 2024 theme announced

A #GlobalVoiceForME: World ME Day 2024 theme announced

In recognition of World ME Day on May 12th 2024, our global community comes together to raise awareness about the pressing issues surrounding Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME). This year marks the…

Emerge Australia joins the World ME Alliance: Pioneering Global Partnerships for ME/CFS

Emerge Australia joins the World ME Alliance: Pioneering Global Partnerships for ME/CFS

In a move that underscores their commitment to championing the cause of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and Long COVID on an international scale, Emerge Australia has joined the World…

Portugal’s first international conference on Clinical and Scientific Advances in ME/CFS/Post-COVID

Portugal’s first international conference on Clinical and Scientific Advances in ME/CFS/Post-COVID

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…

32 organizations call for future pandemic preparedness to address infection-associated chronic conditions

32 organizations call for future pandemic preparedness to address infection-associated chronic conditions

Future pandemic preparedness will fail millions without explicit recognition of and research into infection associate chronic conditions. On 20th September 2023, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a Political Declaration…

Introducing MYOS: Portugal’s Leading ME and Fibromyalgia Charity

Introducing MYOS: Portugal’s Leading ME and Fibromyalgia Charity

We are excited to welcome MYOS (Associação Nacional Contra a Fibromialgia e Síndrome de Fadiga Crónica) as the newest member of the World ME Alliance and the first organisation from…

Standing Strong: Global ME Community unified in support of NICE 2021 ME/CFS Guideline

Standing Strong: Global ME Community unified in support of NICE 2021 ME/CFS Guideline

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…

#EndMalnutritionInME – Severe ME Day 2023

#EndMalnutritionInME – Severe ME Day 2023

August 8th marks an important day for the global ME (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis) community as we come together to observe Severe ME Day. This year, the focus is on #EndMalnutritionInME, shedding…

Celebrating growth, collaboration and impact

Celebrating growth, collaboration and impact

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.…

NICE guideline is robust and globally supported

NICE guideline is robust and globally supported

On 11th July, a new article was published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry purporting to demonstrate flaws in the NICE ME/CFS guideline review process. The World ME…

Expanding Access: Guide to Involvement Now Available in German and Italian

Expanding Access: Guide to Involvement Now Available in German and Italian

We are delighted to announce that the World ME Alliance has expanded its new resource, “Involving people with ME and energy limiting conditions” to include German and Italian translations, alongside…

World ME Alliance Launches a New Guide: Involving People with ME and Other Energy Limiting Conditions

World ME Alliance Launches a New Guide: Involving People with ME and Other Energy Limiting Conditions

The World ME Alliance, a global coalition of organisations advocating for those affected by Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), is proud to announce the release of a new guide. This comprehensive resource,…

ME/CFS Israel joins the World ME Alliance

ME/CFS Israel joins the World ME Alliance

ME/CFS Israel, a pioneering organisation dedicated to raising awareness and providing accurate information on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), has achieved remarkable milestones within just a year since its foundation.…

Neúnavní joins the World ME Alliance to represent the Czech Republic

Neúnavní joins the World ME Alliance to represent the Czech Republic

We are thrilled to announce the newest member of the World ME Alliance: Neúnavní. This Czech charity is dedicated to supporting individuals living with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) in the Czech…

Global Advocacy Leaders Speak Out on Post-Exertional Malaise for World ME Day

Global Advocacy Leaders Speak Out on Post-Exertional Malaise for World ME Day

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) is a debilitating and complex condition that affects millions of people across the globe. On May 12th, World ME Day is observed to raise awareness of this…

Around the world for World ME Day 2023!

Around the world for World ME Day 2023!

World ME Day takes place on May 12th to raise awareness of myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), a debilitating and often misunderstood illness. This year, organizations from around the world have come…

Video yourself for World ME Day!

Video yourself for World ME Day!

Final call-to-action for World ME Day 2023. Follow Holly’s example and tell the world what happens when pushing harder makes you sicker for World ME Day. ME, or Myalgic Encephalomyelitis,…

Poster maker for World ME Day 2023 launched!

Poster maker for World ME Day 2023 launched!

Share the reality of how pushing harder can make you sicker. The WOrld ME Alliance and it’s members are calling on all people with ME and carers to demonstrate the…

New Factsheet on ME: Available in Multiple Languages for World ME Day

New Factsheet on ME: Available in Multiple Languages for World ME Day

We are excited to announce the launch of our new factsheet on myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), with a particular focus on post-exertional malaise (PEM). Available in four languages, we hope this…

Send a press release about World ME Day to your local news outlets

Send a press release about World ME Day to your local news outlets

To mark World Health Day, and with just over one month to go until World ME Day, we are launching our next resource! Are you interested in helping to raise…

World ME Day posters launched exploring the 2023 theme

World ME Day posters launched exploring the 2023 theme

As we approach World ME Day on May 12th, the World ME Alliance is excited to announce the launch of six new graphics that explore different aspects of post-exertional malaise…

Engaging with the WHO over disability health equity

Engaging with the WHO over disability health equity

Following our letter to the World Health Organization (WHO) highlighting critical gaps in their “Global report on health equity for persons with disabilities”, we have met with officials to discuss…

2023 World ME Day campaign announced

2023 World ME Day campaign announced

The theme for World ME Day 2023 will be the hallmark symptom of ME: post-exertional malaise. The campaign is all about changing the narrative, so that globally people begin to…

Highlighting critical gaps in the WHO “Global report on health equity for persons with disabilities”

Highlighting critical gaps in the WHO “Global report on health equity for persons with disabilities”

On the 2nd December 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) published an important global report on health equity for persons with disabilities. The report is based upon the principle that…

Japan ME Association joins the World ME Alliance

Japan ME Association joins the World ME Alliance

As we begin 2023, we are proud to announce the Japan ME Association is joining our World ME Alliance. We are hopeful that this will be a fruitful relationship, extending…

An Evolving Landscape: Long Covid’s Impact on ME/CFS

An Evolving Landscape: Long Covid’s Impact on ME/CFS

It’s hard to believe that we’re well into the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, which coincidentally overlaps with my time as Solve M.E.’s President and CEO. In this time……

Millions Missing France joins the World ME Alliance

Millions Missing France joins the World ME Alliance

With great excitement, we announce our 20th member, and yet another country joining our ranks! Today Millions Missing France officially joins our Alliance, providing yet more global reach and we…

La luminothérapie et le changement de saison

La luminothérapie et le changement de saison

La luminothérapie, ça mange quoi en hiver? La luminothérapie consiste à s’exposer à de la lumière artificielle projetée par une lampe (qui n’émet aucun rayon UV) un certain nombre de…

Solve M.E. Engages New Community Partners Through Lived Experience Taskforce (LET)

Solve M.E. Engages New Community Partners Through Lived Experience Taskforce (LET)

Building on our commitment to centering the crucial voices from our community in the leadership and decision-making at Solve M.E., we are transforming our Community Advisory Council (2019 – 2022)…

Portrait de l’ergothérapeute Mélanie Kasner

Portrait de l’ergothérapeute Mélanie Kasner

Nous avons le privilège de collaborer avec Mélanie Kasner sur plusieurs projets depuis les derniers mois. Nous souhaitions vous la présenter davantage en quelques lignes. Mélanie a complété son baccalauréat…

Take Action Virtually with our White House Protest

Take Action Virtually with our White House Protest

On Thursday, December 1st, World AIDS Day, HIV/AIDS, ME/CFS and Long COVID activists are taking action at the White House to demand funding for critical global and domestic health measures…

Qu’est-ce que le POTS (syndrome de tachycardie orthostatique posturale)?

Qu’est-ce que le POTS (syndrome de tachycardie orthostatique posturale)?

Le syndrome de tachycardie orthostatique posturale est un trouble multisystémique chronique dont le symptôme cardinal est une tachycardie orthostatique. Appelé Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome en anglais, les termes POTS ou…

12ME doneert 10.000 euro aan OMF

12ME doneert 10.000 euro aan OMF

Op dinsdag 29 november, ‘Giving Tuesday’, doneren we 10.000 euro aan de Amerikaanse ngo Open Medicine Foundation (OMF). Hiermee willen we het wetenschappelijk onderzoek naar myalgische encefalomyelitis/chronisch vermoeidheidssyndroom (ME/CVS) ondersteunen…

Could you be our new Communications Volunteer in 2023? Apply today.

Could you be our new Communications Volunteer in 2023? Apply today.

We’re looking for a new volunteer to support the World ME Alliance in growing our social media presence and helping with our website. Are you looking for something new and…

On World AIDS Day, We’re Taking Action at the White House

On World AIDS Day, We’re Taking Action at the White House

MEAction is headed back to the White House for another BOLD ACTION on December 1st at 12pm ET for World AIDS Day. Join us virtually—or on-site if you’re able—for an…