Representatives of the global MS movement will meet in New Delhi, India, this week to agree plans on stem cell treatments, paediatric MS and support for emerging countries.

An international survey conducted by MSIF has found that many employers are slow to implement the low-cost changes to their work environments that would enable people with multiple sclerosis (MS) to stay in work longer.

Professor Lawrence Steinman, of the Stanford University School of Medicine, has been chosen to receive the MSIF's Charcot Award, a prestigious biennial award that recognizes a lifetime achievement in research into the understanding or treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS).

On 14 April 2011, 24 delegates from countries including Denmark, Egypt, India, Japan and Turkey took part in a workshop hosted by the UK MS Society at their headquarters in London, UK.