Month: June 2016

Stene Prize Every year EULAR and the Standing Committee of PARE offer the Edgar Stene Prize for the best essay on a previously determined topic. The winner receives a prize money of EUR 1,000 is awarded during the Opening Plenary Session at the Annual EULAR Congress and is invited to the congress dinner. In addtion, […]

SAVE THE DATE  2nd EULAR Young PARE youth meeting  Friday 21 October – Sunday 23 October 2016 Corsendonke de Linde, Retie, Belgium This email serves for you to block the dates in your calendar, for when our 2nd EULAR Young PARE youth meeting will take place. The location is Corsendonke de Linde, Retie, Belgium.  Please share this email with […]

Here is a video featuring Claudine Goyens (who has also written a patient story for LUPUS EUROPE) who encourages us to submit our story for World Arthritis Day. For more information on World Arthritis Day and the stories, please click here. The deadline for submission of stories is 29th July 2016. 

Here is an overview of the common World Lupus Day campaign compiled by the World Lupus Federation on the extent and spread of the joint World Lupus Day Campaign. Duane Peters, who has been coordinating the WLF campaign, has told us that the response received has been excellent, especially the results of social media efforts.  News about the […]

As part of our initiatives directed towards youth, trustee Jeanette Andersen, who is responsible for youth related work, has set up a LUPUS EUROPE YOUTH group on facebook. Here is what she has to say about the group. “A group for all young people (aged 18-35) with lupus in Europe. Whether you have a youth group […]

Here is a video extract from an interview with Anne Charlet, vice-chair LUPUS EUROPE, speaking to MedTech about her daughter living with lupus. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeF5or2K168&w=560&h=315] You can see Anne’s full World Lupus Day interview here.