We are a foundation without members. The board, consisting of unpaid volunteers only, is responsible for all long-term and short-term decisions.
A large number of volunteers support the board in various fields, such as running the webshop, maintaining social media, research and public information. Most of the volunteers are expert patients, meaning that they - or someone from their family - suffer or have suffered from Lyme disease or other tick-bite related disease in various degrees.
There is no (expensive) office, but all co-workers work from home, the most efficient way of working. We meet and communicate by telephone, e-mail, apps and Teams, and occasionally at special events.
One of our aims is to share knowledge about tick-related diseases. Another aim is to initiate scientific research to reduce the effects of Lyme disease and other tick borne diseases, so as to enable people afflicted with the disease to keep participating in society.
By thorough research, we aim to establish a better diagnosis process and a quicker and more effective treatment of diseases transmitted by ticks (such as Lyme disease). For that reason, many of our activities are focused on connecting research organisations, as well as initiating and participating in research projects and (co-)financing projects that contribute to our goals.
At the moment we are specialy concerned with finding collaborators for research about Tick-borne Encephalitis Virus.
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