During the meeting, the EHA board was re-elected with Astri Arnesen continuing her job as president for two more years. You can find the rest of the board members here.
The newly established Greek Huntington Association were present, as well as the Huntington Association of Gran Canaria and the Huntington Association of Hungary. All of the three associations were accepted as new members of the European Huntington Association.
Further, Alzbeta Mühlbäck gave a report on Ask the Doctor. She could announce to the crowd that over the last couple of years, the service has received questions from 22 countries.
At the end of the meeting, the 64 participants were split into smaller groups. Here they discussed which topics they wished to see more of during next year’s conference in Bucharest.
MORE INFORMATION:
with Karen Anderson
What are the most common psychiatric symptoms in people with Huntington’s disease? And what can you do about them? In this 12 minute presentation by Karen E Anderson from Georgetown University, you can learn more about psychiatric symptoms – with apathy in particular.
with Sarah Tabrizi
In this lecture, Trabrizi walk us through Huntingtin Lowering and the results of the first Huntingtin Lowering drug trial – which looks very promising!
with Mathias Falk
Listen to Mathias Falk’s honest testimony on how it is to live as a gene carrier.
– I said to my friends: “When I get the symptoms, kill me” and they said “Okay, we can do that”. But now I’ve told them: “Don’t”.
Thank you for sharing your story, Mathias
The EHA Conference is only a few weeks away, don’t miss out on this great opportunity to learn about HD care and treatment and how to cope living with HD. Get ready for a variety of social and physical activities to get to know new people, learn and enjoy being part of a global community.
