General information
The press is welcome to attend the conference.
Contact persons
- Per Oddvar Navestad, prosjektleder, +47 906 41 218
- Sissel Sunde, administrator/patient, +47 992 98 022
Press release
“Nordens største konferanse om ME/CFS og Long Covid holdes i Stavanger 7. og 8. mai 2025”
Delt 22. april 2025.
Timelines for ME/CFS and Long Covid
Is the dam finally breaking for the field of post-infectious disease?
ME/CFS
- 1800 - Descriptions of the disease
- 1956 - The name ME is used for the first time
- 1969 - World Health Organisation registers ME
- 1987 - Norway's ME Association is founded
- 2015 - 9,000 research articles on ME
Long Covid
- 2019 - The start of a global Covid-19 pandemic
- 2020 - The name Long Covid is used for the first time
- 2022 - World Health Organisation registers Long Covid
- 2022 – Norsk Covidforening stiftes
- 2025 - 18,000 research articles on Long Covid
Recommended websites
- Norwegian ME Association / Brief facts about ME
- Norwegian Covid Association / About Long Covid
- Open Medicine Foundation / What is ME/CFS
- Open Medicine Foundation / What is Long Covid
