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World MS Day updates from across the globe.

18th May 2015

Until last year, people living with MS in Poland had limited access to first-line treatment. They could claim for the…

a person with MS is being interviewed by the press. They are in the street and there is a reporter and a camera man
12th May 2015

The World MS Day map is filling up with events happening all round the world.

6th May 2015

For many years Zulma has lived with her son Juan Manuel, who is now 38. But their lives changed when…

Zulma holds up a sign in Spanish that reads #breakingbarriers
22nd April 2015

Eliana lives in Lebanon and works in the Mimosa paper factory in Zahle to support her family. Mimosa has been…

Eliana, a Lebanese woman with MS, sits at her desk with her telephone in hand
22nd April 2015

Vassiliki was diagnosed with MS in 2003, while she was a second year student at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.…

Vassiliki, a Greek woman with MS, sits in her wheelchair at her desk
21st April 2015

This year World MS Day celebrates everyone who has broken down the barriers to living with MS. Those people could…

20th April 2015

Suzanne wrote to the CEO of her local NHS trust after being refused funding for treatment. Within a few months,…

Suzanne, a woman with MS, sitting at a desk with her laptop
20th April 2015

Wendy is an architect with MS who lives in Queensland Australia. She first started championing accessibility issues in 2010 when…

Wendy, a woman with MS, smiling at the camera
14th April 2015

In South Africa an estimated 3500 people live with MS. Information is not easily accessible and there are no MS…

Men and women with MS standing outside, wearing matching white T shirts
9th April 2015

Mitch lives in South Portland, Maine and has primary progressive MS. He blogs at enjoyingtheride.com “In South Portland almost everything…

Mitch, a man with MS, pictured in a motorised wheelchair in a garden
9th April 2015

Teresina lives in Borgoricco in northern Italy. In 2001 she was living in a flat that was slowly becoming less…

Teresina, a woman with MS, at home in northern Italy
30th March 2015

Last week Sophie from our team visited MS Societies in Hungary and Slovakia. Both societies are busy preparing for World…

A group of people post for a photo with a sign in Slovakian
10th March 2015

Each of the animals we chose for our World MS Day 2015 campaign symbolizes how together we can be stronger.

22nd January 2015

For World MS Day 2014, more than 4,500 people sent us their One Day wishes. Here is a selection; you…

Woman from Uruguay with her wish saying 'One day people will see my desire to live in happiness'
15th January 2015

Equality of access doesn’t just mean physical access to buildings, but access to the same tools, services and facilities that…

a woman is helped onto a boat with her wheelchair
15th January 2015

Living with MS involves all kinds of challenges. In the run up to World MS Day 2015, we want to…

22nd July 2014

World MS Day’s theme this year was access. To commemorate it, we asked people to think about barriers to that…

Volunteers raise awareness in downtown Tokyo
21st July 2014

Do you want to know what the Japanese MS Society did on World MS Day 2014?

A group of volunteers from the Japan MS Society