Have you read CCA’s State of the Nation in Inflammatory Bowel Disease? The toll on mental health, careers, and relationships is devastating:
🩺 1 in 3 waited over a year for diagnosis
🧠 Only 16% could access psychological support
⏳ Over 40% waited 5+ years to achieve remission
💼 1 in 2 say IBD has impacted their career
💰 Out-of-pocket costs average $5,900/year
Despite IBD’s profound impact on the community, research into IBD remains vastly underfunded. In fact, IBD is the only chronic condition with no funding for patient support for health system navigation.
Your donation will help fund vital research, speed up diagnoses, and improve support for those living with IBD.
Research in IBD is advancing rapidly with the integration of cutting-edge technologies in genomics, microbiomics, immunology, and clinical care, with a focus on precision medicine, improving patient quality of life, developing targeted therapies, understanding the role of the gut microbiome, and exploring novel treatment modalities. These efforts have the potential to significantly enhance the ability to diagnose, treat, and manage IBD in ways that are more personalised, effective, and less invasive.
Your donation has the potential to reduce hospitalisations, improve remission rates, and change lives.
Your donation to IBD research will make life better for people living with IBD.
Research has shown evidence-based solutions are available to improve outcomes for people living with IBD. Recent research highlights the life-changing impact of access to multidisciplinary team care:
- Increases the probability of achieving remission from 15% to 58%
- Reduces hospitalisations by 30% and surgeries by 44%
- Lowers the risk of corticosteroid dependence by 61% and emergency department visits by 78%
- Enhances a person’s ability to work by 26% and triples the probability of a student staying in school
- Improves social engagement by 50%
“Once I received a diagnosis, I was more able to piece all the dots together. I also wish people understood that – for a healthy person – their body is a vehicle for them to explore life in a relatively uninhibited way. Whilst my IBD is a constant reminder of my limitations and losses, it represents something much bigger – the importance of self-advocacy, resilience and maintaining hope for a cure.”
Sandeep