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Dance groups at San Pedro Sula Mall in Honduras for WMSD 2012

02-08-12

On the 26th May FEMA (“Fundacion Esclerosis Multiple Amor “, The Honduran Multiple Sclerosis Foundation) held an event at the City Mall, in San Pedro Sula to celebrate World MS Day. Throughout the day there were performances from various dance groups, including Grupo Sectur and Oneyda de America and Eliu Perez, who is a patient […]

Medical Lectures take place for WMSD 2012 in Iraq

02-08-12

The Baghdad MS clinic and teaching hospital in Iraq held three lectures on World MS Day 2012. Around 200 people attended the lectures. The audience included people with multiple sclerosis and their families. Neurologists from the MS clinic provided information about MS and MS treatments. A nurse from the Clinic talked about rehabilitation and healthy […]

The Hungarian MS society celebrates WMSD

02-08-12

The Hungarian MS Society (HMSS) celebrated World MS Day in each of its’ chapters this year, by holding a series of lectures at each site about the importance of WMSD, the valuable work the Hungarian MS Society undertakes in the country and the symptoms and effects of the condition in people’s lives. The events, held […]

WMSD 2012 in Greece

02-08-12

A series of events took place over Greece throughout May this year to mark World MS Day in the Country. A stall was set up in the Mediterranean Cosmos shopping centre by the Greek MS Society (GMSS) from which information was distributed to passers-by over an 8 day period. As well as informing shoppers about […]

Germany walk in brains and trains for WMSD

02-08-12

On 30 May the AMSEL  (Aktion Multiple Sklerose Erkrankter) chapter of the German MS society presented a walk-through model of the human brain at Stuttgart mainline station. Members of the public explored the interactive exhibit and learned about multiple sclerosis (MS). Professor Horst Wietholter was interviewed about the exhibit and MS.   Find out more […]

A week of events in Cyprus to mark WMSD 2012

02-08-12

The Cyprus MS Society this year held several events in celebration of World MS Day, commencing on the 27th May with a musical evening. The event, which took place at Lavezin restaurant in Dherynia was attended by the friends of the association and the Mayor of Deryneia. On the 30th May a press conference was […]

A Street Party Marks MS Day 2012 in Brazil

02-08-12

  In Brazil the Associação Brasileira de Esclerose Múltipla (ABEM) held their World MS Day activities this year in Alameda Maruás, São Paulo. The awareness raising event took the form of a street party, with a stall offerering refreshments and music from Brazilian singer Dudu França and Beatles tribute act Zoom Beatles. Volunteers distributed 500 […]

World MS Day in Bosnia and Herzegovina

02-08-12

World MS Day was marked in Tulza on the 29th May this year by a series of lectures. The event, which was held in the Dramar centre, was organised by the Association of people with multiple sclerosis and led by Prof. Dr. med. Sci. Osman Sinanovic and Mr. med. sci. dr. Adnan Burina. Discussions focussed on […]

The cool kids were out in force in Argentina

20-07-12

In an attempt to rally public interest and support in the World MS Day campaign the Argentinian MS society took their coolest volunteers to the streets. And how better to grab the attention of the public than….. skateboarding!   The event had a 6 minute feature on a popular news show.   Check it out […]

Using ha ha ha to raise awareness in the Netherlands

12-07-12

Our friends in the Netherlands really took the World MS Day campaign to heart. They loved the concept and design so much that they decided to run a national multimedia campaign to raise awareness, and money for the organisation. MS Stichting took the World MS Day materials and translated them into Dutch. They hope that […]

World MS Day 2012 Tuzla

06-07-12

World MS Day 2012 in Algeria

05-07-12

Algeria celebrated World MS Day 2012 on 24 May. The event was hosted at Mustapha University Hospital in Algiers. The multiple sclerosis (MS) team from the Department of Neurology joined forces with the radiology and immunology departments to raise awareness. The day was an opportunity for neurologists, doctors and people living with MS to learn […]

Giant puppets raise MS awareness in Delhi

05-07-12

On World MS Day (WMSD) the Delhi Chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of India (MSSI) presented a ‘Living with MS’ programme at Jawaharlal Nehru Auditorium. There were over 150 attendees including people living with MS and their families. The conference was chaired by doctors and neurological consultants. Dr. Dashpreet helped raise awareness by answering […]

The MSSI Benaluru Chapter join hands for MS

05-07-12

The Bengaluru Chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Society India (MSSI) celebrated World MS Day (WMSD) 2012 at Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospital in Bangalore. Over 150 people attended this event which was supported by Biogen Idec. Doctors and physiotherapists raised awareness and provided advice to people living with MS and their families. The Benaluru Chapter organised a […]

Italian Inspiration from MS Day

27-06-12

For Juliana World MS Day 2011 was a life changing experience. She wrote in to tell us what has changed over the past year for her. The Job she worked in would not consider letting her work for 4 hours in the work place and 4 hours at home as they only considered ‘Time in […]

Going The Extra Mile For MS!

27-06-12

This year for World MS Day the good people of South Korea decided to go that extra mile by staging a charity walk in aid of raising awareness for Multiple Sclerosis. The participants consisted of people with MS and there families plus many others who turned out to support the event.  People with MS threw paper […]

Bahrain Turns Out For MS Day 2012

27-06-12

Headed by Dr Adel Aljishi the Bahrain MS Society held a huge event on 10th June this year in support for World MS day 2012. In partnership with the Bahrain Neuroscience Association they ran a series of lectures on multiple sclerosis presentation and therapies. There was also a Psychiatric lecture on depression within MS. The lectures […]

Flying High!

27-06-12

Anyone looking upwards in the capital of Bucharest or 13 other major cities in Romania on World MS Day 2012 would have seen 100 silver balloons floating gracefully through the warm, clear skies to give support for Multiple Sclerosis. The nationwide event was organised by Claudia Torje of the Romanian MS Society and featured a variety of different talks and […]

Check Mate!

27-06-12

Despite politcal unrest the show went on in Cairo to crown a chess champion in their World MS Day tournament. Four weeks before World MS Day the chess tournament began in public parks across the city. Due to security problems the remainder of the heats were played online and the two finalists came together for […]

Canada illuminates MS

27-06-12

The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada arranged for Niagara Falls and the CN Tower to be lit up with red lights to mark World MS Day this year. Red lights (red is the MS Society’s trademark colour) were beamed on the iconic landmarks to raise awareness of the day. This beautiful event was facilitated by; […]