For the media

The press is welcome to attend the conference.

  • Per Oddvar Navestad, prosjektleder, +47 906 41 218 
  • Sissel Sunde, administrator/patient, +47 992 98 022

“Nordens største konferanse om ME/CFS og Long Covid holdes i Stavanger 7. og 8. mai 2025”

Delt 22. april 2025.

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