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Summaries of news from MS websites around the world. Links will take you to the source articles.
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Ireland: new, nationwide programme for people with MS
"Getting The Balance Right" is MS Ireland’s first-ever nationwide exercise, health promotion and research programme for people with MS, and will be delivered across the country in a variety of venues and settings.
Canada: record-breaking 2008 GDP events
Canadian GDP 08 hosts set a new fundraising record, planning, cooking, and entertaining family and friends for a great cause. Events were held across the country from British Colombia to Québec.
Saudi Arabia MS Awareness Seminar Report
On 17 April, over 80 people attended the MS Awareness Meeting in Jeddah, organised by Dr. Hussein Algahtani (pictured in full article) and sponsored by the King Khalid National Guard Hospital, for the Western Region.
2008 GDP – GEMS 2008 Art Auction, Chennai, India
As part of the 2008 Global Dinner Party (GDP), the Multiple Sclerosis Society of India’s (MSSI) Chennai Chapter held the ‘GEMS 2008’ Art Auction. The event took place in the Hotel Park Sheraton Towers in Chennai and artists from the length and breadth of India contributed their work with 27 paintings being auctioned.
Global Dinner Party 2008 in Second Life: update
The Global Dinner Party (GDP) 2008 success stories are still coming in, and we now have an update on the only (that we know of!) virtual GDP, held in Second Life (SL).
Romania: project to improve the lives of young people with MS
The Romanian MS society is implementing a resolution in collaboration with the European Youth Parliament Romania to the Committee on Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, designed to help young people with MS. Vladimír Spidla, European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities commented, “People with disabilities must become active players in the internal market. It needs to become a reality for all, including people with disabilities. Accessibility to goods, services and infrastructures are a precondition for full enjoyment of fundamental rights of people with disabilities.”
Australia: The Rotarian Action Group of Multiple Sclerosis Awareness GDP
The Global Dinner Party (GDP) 2008 is part of a worldwide initiative in which similar events are held all over the world, at the same time.
The event was, once again, a great success and a party held in Melbourne, Australia by the Rotarian Action Group of Multiple Sclerosis Awareness (RAGMSA) was hosted in a luxury apartment that had been provided free of charge; this was one of numerous attractions that no doubt contributed to the overall success of the event.
Indonesia: first meeting of the Indonesian MS Group
The Indonesian MS Group (IMSG) met for the first time in Bandung.
Slovakia: age restriction lifted for Interferon prescription
A wide-ranging campaign concerning the age limit for Interferon prescriptions run by The Association of Young People with MS and assisted by Dr. Prochazkova, has resulted in the removal of the age restriction of 45.
Poland: young artists support children afflicted with MS at Global Dinner Party 2008
The uniting purpose of the 2008 Global Dinner Party (GDP) was to raise funds for and create awareness about the existence of paediatric MS and the work of the International Pediatric MS Study Group (IPMSSG) and in Poland, guests were treated to an exceptional charity concert at the Witold Lutosławski Polish Radio Concert Hall, featuring guest performances by young artists from Karol Zymanowski Music Schools and the Warsaw School of Economics Academic Choir.
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