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SWK clinic launch

3 years ago

On March 14, 2024, Stoma World Kenya (SWK) celebrated a significant milestone with the launch of its inaugural clinic at Guru Nanak Hospital, marking a historic moment in Kenyan healthcare.…

Opinion: Living with a stoma in SA – we deserve better

3 years ago

In May 2016, I was diagnosed with colorectal cancer. I was lucky. Detecting the cancer early meant that I required no chemo or radiation therapy and just had surgery, which…

The Archie Vinitsky Awards

4 years ago

Here is the Call for Nomination for 2023 for the Archie Vinitsky Awards of the IOA. The award is passed on every three years but due to the pandemic/corona virus…

WOA 2022 Winners

4 years ago

Congratulations to the winners of The World Ostomy Award 2022! The European Ostomy Association (EOA) is delighted to announce the winners of the WORLD OSTOMY AWARD 2022! The EOA received…

OSTOMATES MEETINGS 2022

4 years ago

The IAS association of Lyon is organising an ostomy congress on Thursday 17 November 2022 in Lyon. OSTOMATES MEETINGS 2022 There is no video broadcast planned on the networks, nor…

Distinguished guests visited the production of stoma care products in Moscow

5 years ago

Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Tatyana Golikova, Minister of Health of Russia Mikhail Murashko and Mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin, while visiting the Printers site, the special economic zone (SEZ)…

World Ostomy Day celebrated in Russia

5 years ago

Every three years in the beginning of October Russian Association of ostomy patients ASTOM, member of the European Association of ostomy patients, as well as other ostomy organizations around the…

Let’s talk about Urostomy

6 years ago

Video conference of EOA member ‘Union Stomisés Grand Sud’ (France) on the 18th January 2021 L’Union fait vraiment la Force, grâce au Dr Serge Ros (ASSO 31), à Monique Lancelevée…

ASTOM Russia in times of COVID-19

6 years ago

Activities of the National Association of Ostomy Patients of Russia ASTOM during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The coronavirus pandemic has brought many changes. It has forced us all to find new…

Bosnia and Herzegovina in the time of Covid-19

6 years ago

Dragan Trivun is the founder and president of the association for people with a performed stoma. He also has an ileostomy for 26 years (he was operated in 1994). The…

Czech ILCO – June 2020

6 years ago

President of EOA invited us to tell him how we spent the last months. I personally underwent an eye surgery in March and thus have enough time to recover. Since…

Finilco – Means used for copying with the COVID-19 crisis

6 years ago

Finnilcos actions and work methods in the middle of corona – crisis: We closed down all face to face activities and meetings in local chapters and nationally (immidiately in March)The…

Nutrition tips

6 years ago

Here you can find usefull tips for eating when you have stoma — the article by Renata Batas, an Enterostomal Therapist at Community Health Centre Ljubljana in Slovenia: Healthy Eating…

EOA EC Merry Christmas 2019

7 years ago

Awards for the Czech ILCO

7 years ago

Two awards within two months for the Czech ILCO Marie Ředinová, who was in October for the fifth time elected head of the Czech ILCO, was awarded the Prize of…