Alliance for Post-Infectious Diseases: Long COVID and ME/CFS
With the “Alliance for Post-Infectious Diseases: Long COVID and ME/CFS” that was launched in November 2025 by the Federal Ministers Nina Warken and Dorothee Bär, the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) and the Federal Ministry for Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) seek to more closely dovetail basic and clinical research on the one hand and healthcare research on the other. The Alliance lays the foundation for close cooperation between the two ministries on those clinical conditions, also in the context of the recently announced “National Decade against Post-Infectious Diseases”.
Federal Minister Warken visits specialised outpatient clinic for children and adolescents in Dresden
On 13 March 2026, Federal Minister of Health Nina Warken visited the specialised outpatient clinic for post-acute infection and vaccination syndromes (PAIVS) in children and adolescents at the University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden (UKD).
© BMG/Xander Heinl
© BMG/Xander Heinl
Federal Ministers Warken and Bär launch the “Alliance for Post-Infectious Diseases: Long COVID and ME/CFS”
By establishing the “Alliance for Post-Infectious Diseases: Long COVID and ME/CFS”, the BMG and the BMFTR are sending out a clear signal for closer collaboration between their ministries.
© BMG/Jan Pauls
© BMG/Jan Pauls