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  • Getting the healthcare I need
  • Get the evidence
  • How to get started in advocacy
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  • MSIF work on access
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  • Du Pré Grant recipients
  • Awards, grants and fellowships
  • Du Pré Grants
  • McDonald Fellowships
  • Charcot Award
  • Young Investigator Award
  • Global MS research fellowships
  • Key topics in MS research
  • Clinical research and trials
  • Epstein-Barr virus and MS
  • MS registries
  • Patient Reported Outcomes for MS
  • Quality of life research in MS
  • Research into Progressive MS
  • Stem cell therapy for MS
  • Research
  • AtlasofMS.org
  • Key topics in MS research
  • Awards, grants and fellowships
  • The Progressive MS Alliance webcasts
  • My story of MS
  • Access to MS healthcare
  • Hanin, Jordan
  • Ling, Malaysia
  • Alexia, Cyprus
  • Christelle, South Africa
  • Hao, China
  • Sean, UK
  • Award for people with MS
  • James D Wolfensohn Award winners
  • International MS awards
  • Award for people with MS
  • Award for caregivers
  • What influences quality of life with MS?
  • Seven principles to improve quality of life
  • Living with MS
  • Find MS support near you
  • MS, COVID-19 and vaccines – updated global advice
  • What influences quality of life with MS?
  • Treatments and therapies
  • Complementary and alternative therapies
  • Caregivers
  • Rehabilitation
  • Family life
  • Relationships and intimacy
  • Telling people you have MS
  • Ageing and MS
  • MS and menopause
  • Keeping healthy
  • Smoking and MS
  • Education and employment
  • International MS awards
  • My story of MS
  • Symptoms of MS
  • Bladder and bowel
  • Emotion and cognitition
  • Fatigue
  • Movement and coordination
  • Pain
  • Sexual problems
  • Vision
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Access to MS healthcare

Supporting national efforts to improve access to healthcare through evidence, tools, case studies and peer-support

Improve MS diagnosis

Many people with MS experience delays in diagnosis and are often misdiagnosed. Consider what can be done to improve awareness and improve early diagnosis.

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Improve access to MS treatment

Access to treatment is a high priority for most people with MS. Convince decision-makers that MS treatments should be available in all health systems.

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Learn from others

Advocacy examples from the global MS movement to inspire you today.

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Get the evidence

Provide information on the number of people with MS and barriers to accessing healthcare to key decision-makers in your country.

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How to get started in advocacy

Your guide to successful advocacy. Tools and resources for healthcare professionals, MS organisations and people affected by MS to support their advocacy efforts to improve access to MS healthcare.

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MSIF’s work on access to MS healthcare

Addressing barriers to accessing MS healthcare at a global, regional and national level.

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People with MS share their challenges in accessing MS healthcare

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The WHO Intersectoral Global Action Plan for epilepsy and other neurological disorders

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Essential medicines for MS

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Off-label treatments for MS

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Contact us for advice

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Relevant publications

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