Endometriosis Awareness 2012

20 February 2012

Endometriosis Awareness Week in Europe, Africa, Australasia, and South America is 5 - 11 March 2012, and in the United States and New Zealand it is for the entire month of March.

Awareness can be raised within local communities, regionally, and nationally, and also provides us with an opportunity to raise funds for research into better treatments!

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Global

You can help raise awareness by sharing the World Endometriosis Society’s film about endometriosis, its symptoms, diagnosis, treatment options – and where to find support. Post the film on your websites, blogs, and Twitter and Facebook profiles.

Australia

3 MARCH 2012 (13.30-16.00)

Pain Management and Research
by Dr A Yazdani

QMIR – Level B Meeting Rooms
Clive Berghofer Cancer Research Centre
300 Herston Road, Herston
Brisbane

Cost: $5.00/person
→ Register at: www.qendo.org.au or call (07) 3321 4408

10 MARCH 2012 (13.30-16.00)

Discussion on endometriosis by:
Dr Ahmed Kassab – Gynaecologist
Jodie Painter – QIMR
Brett Kelly – Physiotherapist/Pain Management
Janie Simmons – Practical Pain Management

Cunningham Centre Toowoomba Hospital
Pechey Street entrance
Toowoomba

Cost: $5.00/person
→ Register at: www.qendo.org.au or call (07) 3321 4408

10 MARCH 2012 (13.00-15.00)

Discussion:
What is Endometriosis?
Endometriosis symptoms, causes, diagnosis and treatment
What QENDO does
Living and coping with Endometriosis
How family members or partners can help
Other causes for pelvic pain

Rockhampton Women’s Health Centre
225 Bolsover St
Rockhampton

Cost: $5.00/person
→ Register at: www.qendo.org.au or call (07) 3321 4408

These presentations will be followed by an informal discussion and afternoon tea, giving guests a chance to ask questions and meet other people with endometriosis.

For ALL of these events everyone is welcome to attend – endometriosis sufferers, families, teachers, nurses or anyone who would like to know more about reproductive health and endometriosis.

Don’t Suffer in Silence! Pain is not normal!

Canada

10 MARCH 2012 (11.00-16.00)

Inaugural Endometriosis Symposium
by The Endometriosis Network

MaRS Discovery District
101 College Street, Main Floor
Toronto M5G 1L7

→ Registration at: www.endometriosissymposium.eventbrite.ca 

France

10 MARCH 2012

Highlights from the 11th World Congress on Endometriosis
by Professor Charles Chapron and Dr Panel
Paris

→ Mandatory registration at: http://www.endofrance.org/vieassociative_wce2011.html

Support Group Meeting
Bayonne

→ Registration: aquitaine@endofrance.org

Germany

2 – 3 MARCH 2012

Tagung für Betroffene und Interessierte: 
Stress durch Endometriose – Endometriose durch Stress?!

MEDIAN Klinik am Burggraben – Bad Salzuflen
Alte Vlothoer Str. 47-49
32105 Bad Salzuflen

→ Informationen zu Tagung und Anmeldung unter www.endometriose-vereinigung.de

Iceland

24 FEBRUARY – 1 MARCH 2012

During the last few weeks of February the Icelandic Endometriosis Society has had a number of articles published in Icelandic publications to raise awareness of endometriosis.

During their Endometriosis Awareness Week, starting this Friday:

• There will be a published article in Fréttablaðið.
• We plan to have a banner on our Facebook page.
• The plan is also to light up the hospital in yellow on Thursday 1 March.
• We are trying to gain more media access.
• The last day of the endo awareness week, will be a yellow t-shirt day (event on Facebook) and a coffee house meeting for endo girls to meet and chat.

→ For more information: www.endo.is

Israel

7 MARCH 2012

Clinical dilemmas in Endometriosis in 2012
organized by David Soriano

Endometriosis center
Sheba Medical Center
Tel-Aviv

→ Registration (free): marketing@sheba.health.gov.il
→ 2012-awareness-programme-Israel (PDF)

New Zealand

8 MARCH 2012 (07.45-10.00)

Endometriosis – IT’S A BIG DEAL

International Women’s Day Breakfast
Ellerslie International Flower Show
Christchurch

Endometriosis New Zealand’s nationwide awareness video clip Endometriosis, it’s a BIG DEAL will be launched at this high profile fundraiser, and ENZ will continue throughout the month of March to raise awareness of the disease through local initiatives.

→ Registration at: http://360endo.eventbrite.com/

Poland

In Poland, the Honorary Patronage on the informational campaign organized for the 5-11 March has been, as earlier, taken by the First Lady of the Republic of Poland Anna Komorowska. The information campaign planned for the week are organized by Polish Endometriosis Association (Polskie Stowarzyszenie Endometrioza) and Foundation For Women (Fundacja Dla Kobiet).

During the Endometriosis Awareness Week 2012 we plan the following events:

6 MARCH (10.00)

Press conference: “Endometriosis, what we know about being a woman?”
Members of Polish Endometriosis Association and invited specialists will discuss the problems related to endometriosis.

Polish Press Agency
Warsaw

7 MARCH 2012 (12.00-14.00 and 15.00-19.00)

Open Day
Gadka Szmatka café
Mokotowska Str. 27
Warsaw

10 MARCH 2012 (10.00-14.00 and 15.00-17.00)

Open Day

Cinnamon restaurant
Mikołowska Str. 9
Katowice

11 MARCH 2012 (11.00-14.00 and 15.00-18.00)

Chimera – Winiarnia
Dominikańska Str. 7
Poznań

Open Days are meetings and conferences dedicated both for women with diagnosed endometriosis and those who suspect they may be ill. Open Days is a great opportunity to meet other women fighting with the disease, share experiences and learn more about the methods of improving quality of life. For the women who think they may be ill it is a chance to talk to a specialist about the symptoms. Everybody will have a unique occassion to learn more about endometriosis – its symptoms, consequences, methods of diagnosis and treatment.

During the meetings there will be a possibility of consultation with the specialist we cooperate with: e.g. Joanna Pabich – Worożbit MD, Izabela Zieliśka MD, a dietetician Ilona Cichecka, MSc, and a psychologist Joanna Bylinka MA. Furthermore, the following lectures will be offerred:

➢ What is endometriosis?
➢ Can our diet influence endometriosis? Can a diet be a treatment?
➢ How to cope with chronic pain?

→ To register go to: www.pse.aid.pl

Puerto Rico

3 MARCH 2012

Circles of support and information
by Fundacion Puertorrriqueña de Pacientes con Endometriosis

The Penthouse
The Auxilio Mutuo Hospital
San Juan

Circles….. of support and information will consist of round tables led by one or two experts where patients will have the opportunity to ask questions, discuss their issues, and obtain and give support, in an informal, intimate setting that we hope will be highly interactive and productive. After 30 minutes of discussion, the group will then move to the next Circle where another topic of relevance to the patients will be discussed. Among the topics to be part of Circles are: Endometriosis 101, Wellbeing, Nutrition, Labor Law, Stress management, and Yoga. There will be a Circle for spouses and another for family members/friends.

→ To register call 787-840-2575 x2206/2192 or SMS to 787-362-2375 or send an email to endopr@gmail.com

Singapore

20 MARCH 2012 (12.00-13.00)

Lunchtime Talk
NUHS Tower Block, Auditorium

22 MARCH 2012 (12.00-13.00)

Fun and Light Exercise Session
NUHS Tower Block Auditorium/ Staff Club (Main Building)

24 MARCH 2012 (14.00-17.00)

O&G GP Forum on Endometriosis
NUHS Tower Block, Auditorium

31 MARCH 2012 (14.00-17.00)

Public Forum on Endometriosis
NTUC Centre, Room 801

→ For more information and to register: http://medicine.nus.edu.sg/obgyn/e_Endometriosis_Awareness.htm

USA

14 – 15 MARCH 2012

3rd Annual EFA Scientific/Surgical Symposium:
Tapping the roots for the next generation 

Einhorn Auditorium at Lenox Hill Hospital
131 E. 76th Street
New York City

→ Registration at: www.endofound.org/medicalconference

15 MARCH 2012 (19.00-23.00)

4th Annual Blossom Ball for Endometriosis
by the Endometriosis Foundation of America

New York Public Library
Stephen A Shwarzman Building
5th Avenue and 42nd Street
New York

→ For table and ticket information: www.endofound.org/blossomball

Raise money for endometriosis research?

What are YOU going to do?

Please get involved with your national support organisation! – Whatever you can do really will make a difference for the estimated 176 million women worldwide who suffer from endometriosis.

→ EMAIL US with your activities and these will be included on this page for everyone to join in – and as an inspiration for groups further away! This page will be updated weekly from January 2012 and until the end of March 2012.

→ Contact the World Endometriosis Research Foundation (WERF) about how you can use your event to raise money for research!

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