WES has teamed up with the ASRM and ESHRE to create the World Endometriosis Research Foundation (WERF™), which is the first global charitable organisation with an aim to foster research in endometriosis.

This initiative was taken in response to the lack of large scale international clinical trials, the lack of overall funding for endometriosis research, and not least: the isolation of research programmes within countries, inadequate communications among centres, and inefficiencies of research when information and data are not shared.

WERF™ was founded in October 2006 with a mission to improve the overall knowledge about endometriosis and its treatment. To do so, WERF™ provides a platform to attract sufficient funding from a variety of sources to:

facilitate and carry out well powered, international multi-centre trials
support specific research projects investigating disease mechanisms

This global platform will ensure that:

reseach is carried out in collaboration between international centres;
data is shared;
results are built upon;
strict protocols are enforced to ensure that results are evidence based,
results can be translated into viable treatments to provide a solution for those affected by endometriosis.

Success in these areas may herald a new era in meaning medical research for endometriosis in the hope that early diagnostics and treatments can be discovered to prevent endometriosis and enable millions of women to get on with their lives.

WERF™ collaborates with professional societies and endometriosis support organisations across the globe.

World Endometriosis Research Foundation

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