In our third year of the REACH Strategy, ECCO concentrates on the letter ‘H’ for Holistic Care in IBD. Our ECCO’26 Congress Scientific Programme highlights a holistic approach for the whole patient journey: from patient-centered care and therapies, a focus on Quality of Life, promoting psychological wellbeing, to strategies for multidisciplinary monitoring and follow-up. 

The ECCO Educational programme promotes the development the multidisciplinary teams (MDT), with dedicated training such as the N-ECCO School for new IBD nurses, the D-ECCO Workshop with a nutritional focus, as well as Histopathologic and Surgical Masterclasses.

Beyond the Congress, the ECCO e-Learning platform provides informative content on a rounded patient management, including the IBD Curriculum, and Y-ECCO Communication Toolbox, a guidance tool developed with IFCCA.

ECCO develops MDT collaborations in our activities, regularly including our partner societies and patient representatives in ECCO manuscripts, in a growing global holistic ecosystem.

Explore this years’ REACH pop-up exhibition and learn how ECCO and our Corporate Members are applying holistic care principles in our organisations – see below.

Learn how to integrate the holistic approach in your own professional practice, for long-lasting patient impact.