CD SKILLS Improving celiac disease management in the Danube region by raising the awareness, improving the knowledge, and developing better skills

Children's hospital Zagreb and CeliVita were invited to present CD SKILLS project at the 8th International Congress of Nutritionists that took place in Zagreb, Croatia, 19th - 2st May, 2022. The meeting was held as a face-to-face meeting. There...

At our center in Children's Hospital Zagreb, all newly diagnosed patients with celiac disease and their parents are seen by a dietitian who explains gluten-free diet and gives written information. After that, a patient is scheduled for regular...

This year's International Celiac Disease Day (May 16th), but also the whole of May, the month of celiac disease awareness, CeliVita dedicated to strengthening the knowledge and understanding of this disease with many faces and a single model of...

I’m going out with my friends and have to carry some food with me. What should I prepare? How can I make myself a healthy gluten free pizza? How can I make myself a pizza that looks and feels like a gluten one? I would like to kiss a...

Rapid testing for celiac disease enables early detection of patients in different populations. With this activity, specific antibodies (PoC) are detected with rapid tests. The test requires a drop of capillary blood and provides results within 5...

We reported about the traditional event "Kozjansko jabolko", a competition which was organized in the preparation and baking of apple strudel. Majda Jurše and Ivica Milat from the Slovenian Society for Celiac Disease took first place and earned...

Looking at kids smiling and enjoying their time together, while preparing and tasting food, is one of the most satisfying things…especially when those kids are celiacs and don’t have such opportunities on a regular basis.  They can...

About 10 years ago, when I was 39, my celiac disease was finally diagnosed. Retrospectively, I assume that I was already suffering from it as a toddler. My mother told me I was always very angry if she didn’t serve my meals in time. I also...

Schär Food Truck stopped in Serbia in Niš on April 28, 2022 and in Belgrade on April 30, 2022. The Schär caravan arrived to Nis on April 28. A gathering and tasting of gluten-free food was organized in the Industrial Hub Cafe. USZC, Serbian...

Requests for gluten-free menus and meal preparations has raised in the last few years. Our research showed that gluten-free caterers need to improve their gluten sensitivity knowledge before placing gluten-free catering order. This may sound as a...

Gluten free products registry is one of the CD SKILLS pilot projects, which met great interest of celiac patients who are challenging lack of food information on a daily basis. The challenge was also setting up the gluten free products...

We are very happy to announce that our brochure for caterers "A gluten-free guide for caterers" is published, not only in English, but also in Croatian language (other project language variants will follow soon). This is the third comprehensive...

Within CD SKILLS project, the lecture Refractory celiac disease - Correct diagnosis and management was recently organised. The lecture was held by Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Michael Schumann from the Division of Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases and...

In the frame of the pilot activity »Improved capacity of food catering providers to provide safe gluten-free products«, we organized a transnational event on 10 March 2022, which took place virtually (live) in four languages ​​simultaneously,...

We are always happy and proud when having the chance to talk about CD SKILLS project results, especially when they can be capitalized by other EU projects teams in achieving not only their goals and deliverables but concrete purpose and help in...

We are organizing an online pilot educational event for caterers in cooperation of Croatian, Serbian, Romanian and Slovenian partners. The event will take place on March 10th 2022. SLOVENIAN participants, please see the invitation letter and...

Gluten free baking courses took place in our hospital for members of Celiac Association of the Czech Republic. Each course had 4 hours and maximal capacity was 8 people per course. All of the attendants got information about CD SKILLS...

The Covid-19 pandemic crisis required our response, so we have adjusted our pilot activities to new circumstances. During the project, more than 30 workshops were held with selected stakeholders - institutions and caterers who are preparing...

Members of INSMC Bucharest team, one of the project partners in CD SKILLS project, have participated in a series of events in order to raise awareness and improve knowledge about celiac disease, and promote CD SKILLS project. Alina Popp...

On January 22, 2022 members of the CD SKILLS consortium attended the ESPGHAN Coeliac Disease Special Interest Group (CD SIG). 50 members from different European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition attended the...