CFS Associazione Italiana onlus

CFS Associazione Italiana onlus is an Italian patient association.

Aims

 * Create awareness on the severity and spread of the disease
 * Offer patients support, understanding and friendship
 * Provide patients with relevant information on national reference centers to turn to for a consultation and treatment
 * Disseminate scientific material in order to increase knowledge of C.F.S. between health care professionals
 * Internationally promoting a network of collaboration with doctors and researchers who study C.F.S. and diseases related to it
 * Develop in our country an awareness campaign about the disease, based on the activity of international organizations

History
The association was founded in Udine in 1991 by Prof. Umberto Tirelli, Director of the Department of Medical Oncology - Head of the Division of Medical Oncology, the first in Italy to experience cases of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

Online presence

 * Website
 * Twitter
 * Facebook
 * YouTube
 * Wikipedia