Be the link
Local events 2026
Medical conferences, concerts, open lectures, press campaigns, patient meetings: each member association marks 26 October in its own way, in its own country. Here is where they are happening.
Latest edition
The events #BeTheLink 2026
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Brazil
World Amyloidosis Day in Brazil
ABPAR releases “Amiloidose ATTR: Marcas do Tempo” throughout October, an eight-episode podcast following a patient living with amyloidosis in conversation with physicians and ABPAR representatives.
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Australia
World Amyloidosis Day in Australia
On Monday, October 26, 2026, the Australian Amyloidosis Network (AAN) will host the Australian edition of this unmissable event, online.
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France
World Amyloidosis Day in France
On Saturday, October 10, 2026, the city of Nantes will host the French edition of this unmissable event, organized by the French Association Against Amyloidosis (AFCA).
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Netherlands
World Amyloidosis Day in the Netherlands
“The many faces of amyloidosis”: a national campaign to help recognise a disease that can send patients from one specialist to another for years. A new knowledge quiz, stories from patients and doctors, and a podcast.
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Sweden
World Amyloidosis Day in Sweden
A bus leaves Luleå in the morning and picks up members on the way to Umeå, 260 km south, for a day with the nurses and senior doctor of the Amyloidosis Center: latest news, genetic guidance and family information, broadcast live, then a roundtable on caring for someone with the disease.
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USA
World Amyloidosis Day in USA
For World Amyloidosis Day 2026, Amyloidosis Support Groups (ASG) is releasing a revised edition of its booklet Amyloidosis Awareness, which is expected to be available in time for October 26.
Other editions also saw actions in Austria, the United States, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Colombia, Ireland, the United Arab Emirates and beyond, from street interviews and theatre productions to sporting challenges and art contests.
Take things into your own hands
Organise your own event
We all need to be the link between the members of the amyloidosis community: patients, carers, industry and institutions. The theme of the orange link works whatever the situation, whether you bring people together physically or online.
- An online artistic performance (concert, dance)
- A street-art performance (graffiti, rope structure)
- A symbolic event (human chain, coloured light installation, slacklining)
- A sporting challenge (running, trekking, skipping)
- An art contest (photography, drawing)
- A company activity, a distribution of orange rope bracelets, an online conference
Please note: the Alliance cannot be held responsible for collections, fundraising or events organised locally by the member associations.
