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Not Unseen, Not Unheard: Stand with those impacted by ME/CFS

Join us in support for people with ME/CFS

Stand with Emerge Australia – your support can transform lives, bringing hope, understanding, and effective treatment to those living with ME/CFS.

Our Community’s Lived Experience

In 2025, we are starting a project to learn how your experiences can help guide our work. To inform it, we are asking our community to share their ideas through a survey.

Donate to Emerge Australia

As a not-for-profit organisation Emerge Australia relies on the generosity of the community to ensure critical services and programs can continue to run. Help us to improve the lives of people living with ME/CFS and long COVID across Australia.

Taking care of your mental health

Today on World Mental Health Day, Emerge Australia is launching new resources on emotional wellbeing and mental health support for people living with ME/CFS and long COVID.

STOP THE PRESS!

New Hope for Australians battling ME/CFS and long COVID

Emerge Australia, the national patient organisation for people living with ME/CFS and long COVID, has welcomed Federal Government funding to update evidence based clinical guidelines, so health professionals can better diagnose and manage these debilitating conditions.

Emerge Australia’s chief executive officer, Anne Wilson said today, “we congratulate the Federal Health and Aged Care Minister Mark Butler for his government’s leadership on this critical and long-awaited decision, and express our appreciation to the Minster’s team and the Departmental personnel who have shown courage and thought leadership on behalf of over 250,000 Australians with ME/CFS alone.”

“Australia’s ME/CFS clinical guidelines are over 20 years old. This is the first government who has been willing to address these outdated clinical guidelines that do not reflect international best practice in the care of patients. We are truly grateful for the advocacy from many people, over many years that has led to this announcement.”

Today, the Minister has confirmed that his department is working with the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to commission this vital work.

“The guidelines will follow the rigorous NHMRC guideline standards and will include an opportunity for all Australians to have their say on draft guidelines. The guidelines will take two to three years to develop and the NHMRC will consult broadly with all stakeholder groups representing patients and with health professional groups and experts in the evaluation of scientific evidence,” Minister Butler said.

Did You Know?

Creating awareness, driving change

Despite all this, we still struggle to have the impact and severity of ME/CFS acknowledged in our community.

Help us make a difference

Your financial support is vital to enabling us to help those with ME/CFS with Telehealth and Support Services as well as providing key resources to the community.

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Our Research

Insights & Inspiration

At the heart of our mission lies a deep commitment to unearthing new insights about Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS).

We recognise the urgent need to expand our understanding of this complex and often misunderstood condition. To this end, we tirelessly pursue research initiatives, collaborating with leading experts and institutions.

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