On February 8th a European Parliament event took place, hosted by Member of Parliament (MEP) Frédérique Ries and organised in collaboration with EURORDIS. The event was in the framework of Brussels Rare Disease Week 2023, to reflect on how the EU can ensure that more and better treatments are available, accessible and affordable for people…
From November 8-9 Ingunn and Renata attended the EURORDIS Council of Federations meeting in Paris. Inger-Margrethe S. Paulsen from NFOI also attended. Among the topics were access to treatments and the pharmaceutical legislation, information about Rare Disease Week and future funding options in research. There was also an update on the situation for people with…
Three times our life was divided into “Before” and “After”… Written by Lyubov Petrova, mother of a daughter with OI & chair of the Ukranian OI-organization. The Diagnosis First it was my daughter’s diagnosis with Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI)… “Before” was joy of the birth of a long-awaited beautiful baby-daughter, registration to the best kindergarden in…
There is a brutal war going on in one of OIFE’s member countries, and the last couple of days OIFE has received several questions from people who are concerned about the situation in Ukraine. Many are wondering if there is an OI-organization in Ukraine and how they can be of assistance to people with OI…
Dear members of the international OI-community! In Australia the champagne has been uncorked already, but in the rest of the world we are in different ways preparing the celebration of another year coming to an end. It is also a celebration of the opportunities of a New Year called 2022, which we hope will be…
November 9th and 10th OIFE was represented by Ingunn Westerheim at the Council of Federations (CEF) meeting of EURORDIS – the European umbrella organization for rare conditions. The socalled CEF is a forum where umbrella organizations and federations for rare conditions in Europe come together to learn about news in the European rare disease field…
Have you seen that applications for the 2022 EURORDIS Summer School are open? OIFE have at least five people who attended Summer School before and who graduated as patient experts. Take your patient advocacy to the next level, and learn with EURORDIS – European Rare Diseases Organisation about an exciting range of topics – including…
Tell Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, YOUR reason why Europe needs to take action for a better future for people living with a rare disease by 2030. It’s important that people with OI are also represented in this important campaign document, asking for a new European action plan for rare…
Large European health NGOs like EURORDIS – European Rare Diseases Organisation and European Patients’ Forum play a pivotal role in advocating for and communicating the needs of the most vulnerable in society, whilst continually pressing for greater action in health policy at the EU level. OIFE totally support their work to restore the operating grants…
