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CFW Projects

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ARMENIA
Building a CF Centre

REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA
Building a CF Clinic

INDIA
Capacity building program

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World Health Organization

The World Health Organization and CFW have produced the following documentation and guidelines in the care and treatment of persons with CF:
• WHO guidelines for the diagnosis and management of CF

• Manual for CF patients and their parents.

• Implementation of CF Services in developing countries
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Association Luxembourgeoise de Lutte contre la Mucoviscidose ALLM

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Conferences

• CFW seminar Day at the 31st European Cystic Fibrosis Conference.
[Click here for more information]
Register for the CFW ABM and Seminar day here:
1) Cystic Fibrosis Seminar Day
June 11, 2008
Registration Fee 90 EURO
http://www.plenusdmc.com/cfw.php

2) CFW Seminar Registration for Families and People with CF (only) June 11, 2008
Registration is Free for patients and families
http://www.plenusdmc.com/cfw2.php

3) CFW Seminar Day and Annual Business Meeting
June 10 and 11 2008
Registration Fee 200 EURO
http://www.plenusdmc.com/cfw_am.php

• 31st ECFS Conference Prague, Czech Republic 11-14 June 2008

• February 28, 2007 - Oman:
GCC Cystic Fibrosis Meeting
• March 1, 2007 - Oman: 3rd Gulf Society of Pediatric Respirology Meeting

Cystic Fibrosis Europe
• Second European Cystic Fibrosis Network Building Conference • 2nd European Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Day - November 21, 2007: Report • National awareness campaigns in Europe - Living with CF in Europe • EuroCareCF Newsletter 3, December 2006 • 7th Polish Social Campaign

IPG/CF
• International Physiotherapy Practice In Infants With Cystic Fibrosis Survey Results • IPG/CF Glossary: Physiotherapy for Respiratory Conditions • List of the National Contact Persons • Physiotherapy in the Treatment of CF. Available in English, Spanish and Greek. • Newsletter 2, 2007 • Winners of the 2008 Novartis Best Care Scholarship

Clinical Trials
• Altus Pharmaceuticals Now Enrolling Patients in Phase III DIGEST Trials • Find ongoing CF Clinical Trials • "Discovering and Developing Drugs: The CF Foundation Way." Also available in Spanish, Georgian, Bulgarian and Arabic.

Featured
• Chiesi supported the CFW Newsletter and website in 2007 and also purchased 100 Burke Bears to support our Burke Bear Campaign. • May 2007 - Electromed, CFW Lay Seminar Sponsor • January 2006 - Chiron has awarded CFW with $65,000 to begin work in India.

CF-Workshop Delhi

December 15th – 17th 2007
"... but I had the feeling that in those five days I had experienced more than during my fourth month walk through Europe this summer." [ More ]

Events... Walking for Air:
From Nispen to Rome
I've reached Rome

Marc's Diary -
"...After one day in bed I decided that I had not walked 4 months to Rome to lie in a bed so I put on my shoes, ignored the pain in my right foot and did some sightseeing in Rome together with one of my best friends..." [ More ]

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Events
• November 8, 2008 Concert in Luxembourg City at Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg. www.allm.lu

Charitable Gallery
and Store

Buy a beautiful painting and help us help others with Cystic Fibrosis.	Art Gallery
Children Portraits Gallery	Fundraising Store

Scholarships
Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to Award 40 Scholarships to Students With Cystic Fibrosis.

Press Releases
• Thought rare, cystic fibrosis now rising in India • CFW invited to join Million Artists Project • CFW Receives $65,000 Grant from Chiron Foundation.