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The EHA Conference 2023 “Knowledge, Empathy and Empowerment” took place in Blankenberge (Belgium), from October 19th to 22nd. This was a great opportunity to connect with the HD global community, learn about HD care and treatment and how to cope with living with HD.Â
The conference was open to everyone who lives with HD in their family or is interested in HD as a healthcare professional, friend, relative or volunteer.Â
We asked some of the EHA Conference speakers to make their presentations available to everyone.Â
Session speakers: Filipa Júlio, Ruth Blanco, Julie Skarberg, Luis Aguilar and Olivier Graf
Session speakers: Carina Hvalstedt and John Gregor
Special thank you to the International Huntington Association team and Arie Roelandt from Huntington Liga for sharing their photos with us too! You can find here all the photos we took during the conference sessions, meetings, and social activities. See you next time!
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The second day started with several working groups; The Physiotherapy EHDN Working Group, Huntington Liga HD day for families, Norwegian HD Network and Multidisciplinary treatment and care EHDN working group. Followed by some support groups for family members, the Moving Forward session about the needs of the younger generations affected by HD, and the Online Training course for caregivers.
After a deserved break, we enjoyed some social and self-care activities. This time we had a great time watching the documentary from France “Jusqu’en haut avec lui”, doing the psychotherapy role play and practicing Qigong.
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The last day of the conference was dedicated to research and professional sessions. We started with a session about clinical trial updates (with the participation of Roche, UniQure, PTC Therapeutics, Wave Life Science and Prilenia), and a discussion panel on ongoing and upcoming HD trials.
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