About EFCCA
There are many national associations across Europe, who represent and work to help people with IBD in particular countries. EFCCA is a Europe-wide 'umbrella organization', in which 23 national associations are represented.
EFCCA includes a special working group ran by and for young people, called EYG.
EFCCA's aims
EFCCA's aim is to improve the well being of patients with inflammatory bowel disease - IBD and their partners and families through:
- working with and for the EFCCA Member National Associations and others throughout all of Europe
- facilitating the exchange of information and the promotion of cross-frontier activities
- effecting regular contact with the European authorities, doctors, health professionals and organisations and with others world-wide
- the encouragement of scientific research into Crohn's and Colitis (IBD) causes and treatment
Visit the EFCCA website at www.efcca.org.