World IBD Day at Parliament on 16th May

Crohn's and Colitis New Zealand with be recognising World IBD Day on 16th May with a call to action to ‘join the fight against IBD.'

Over 100 people joined us at 7.00am this morning for our purple ribbon photo stunt

The Associate Minister of Health Hon. Peter Dunne, along with Dr Jackie Blue talked of the very high rate of IBD in New Zealand  and the public release of the results of the European IMPACT report.

Watch us here on Breakfast TV (from about one and a half hours),  Michael Robinson had the opportunity to talk about his little brother's battle with Crohn's.

New Zealand IMPACT survey

Crohn's and Colitis New Zealand is delighted to announce that we are working with the European Federation of Crohn's and Colitis Associations (EFCCA) to make the IMPACT survey available here - for people affected by Crohn's and colitis.

We plan to have the online questionnaire available in the future, but ask you to download this survey, fill it out and return to us by mail, so that your results will be included in a global report.

Our everyday heroes

Lauren is a mother in Timaru, Dana a nursing student in Dunedin. 
Andrew is studing for a PhD in Christchurch - they all have IBD.

Josh runs the young adult group for Auckland Crohn's and Colitis Support Group, and Michael's little brother has IBD and to show his support, Michael had the IBD purple ribbon tattooed on his arm!

Around the country

Support groups around the country will be holding meetings, awareness displays in public places and even a dinner and dance, to raise awareness of Crohn's and colitis. Check out what your local support group is doing. 

IMPACT report results

In February, board member Baubre Murray attended the ECCO conference in Barcelona.  Here she presents the findings of the IMPACT survey at the Wellington CCSG meeting held in April.