World Continence Week takes place from Monday 17th June – Sunday 23rd June 2024
World Continence Week is an annual event. It is managed by World Federation of Incontinence and Pelvic Problems (WFIPP). It is endorsed and supported by International Continence Society (ICS), European Association of Urology(EAU) and the Ibero-American Society of Neurourology and Urogynaecology (SINUG).
It is a global initiative intended to raise awareness of bladder & bowel issues, chronic pelvic pain and other debilitating conditions which impact greatly on the lives of patients, families and carers.
Their themes for 2024 are;
-Shared Decision Making,
-Incontinence and Mental Health
-Commitment to Collaboration in Continence Care (the 4 C’s Project).
Their main objective is to raise global awareness of such conditions and help remove stigmas and taboos via events, publications, press releases and the like. This with a view to providing a reliable and easily accessible forum for those seeking information – patients, families, carers, healthcare professionals, institutions (scientific and academic) and industry and of course all the patient advisory groups around the world.
Bladder weakness alone (notwithstanding faecal incontinence) affects 1 in 3 women and 1 in 10 men and is more common than hay fever. So the message is simple: let’s get out there and ‘do something’ for the 400+ million to ensure the success of WCW24