Archive for May, 2010

World MS Day – 1 day to go- Activities confirmed in 65 countries!

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Posted on May 25th, 2010

There’s only 1 day to go until WMSD 2010, the global movement is mobilising! With only one day to go until WMSD 2010 people all over the world are preparing for a day of activities. With action planned in 65 countries across the globe World MS Day 2010 will certainly be a day to remember. Activities are planned in: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Pakistan, Palestinian Authority, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey,…

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VIP support for World MS Day from India

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Posted on May 24th, 2010

Oscar-winning sound engineer Resul Pookutty, Bollywood film director Mahesh Bhat, and world renowned Yoga Acharya, founder of the Iyengar yoga movement – BKS Iyengar, pledge their support to World MS Day and the MS Society of India. (Above: Yoga Acharya and founder of the Iyengar yoga movement, BKS Iyengar) The MS Society of India (MSSI) works through local chapters all over the country and their work has caught the eye of Resul Pookutty, a world class sound engineer and Oscar winner. Mr Pookutty says, “Celebrating World MS Day is a fantastic way of highlighting, collaborating and creating solidarity for global action against MS. The focal point of World MS Day, to create an MS movement worldwide to support and comfort people affected by MS,…

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People with MS celebrate World MS Day in Egypt

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Posted on May 24th, 2010

Almost 200 people joined a day’s worth of seminars and discussion at the Canadian International College in Cairo to celebrate World MS Day 2010 A 4 hour planned activity turned into 8 hours when people living with MS, their friends and family, came together to join the global movement to end MS. At 12 p.m. private buses brought guests from their homes to the Canadian International College in Cairo for a dedicated event for MS patients and their families. 186 guests attended the event including several doctors specialising in the field of neurological diseases. T-shirts were distributed as a gift to participants and an outdoor lunch with the opportunity to socialise with new friends was the highlight of the day. Representatives from health insurance companies…

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Merck Serono join the global movement to end MS

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Posted on May 22nd, 2010

Merck Serono, an international pharmaceutical company, hold events to raise awareness of MS Merck Serono is encouraging employees to find out more about the people who use their products and to join the movement to end MS all together! In the Czech Republic four prizes will be awarded in categories regarding “Contribution and help to MS patients” In Greece representatives from the Merck Serono office will attend the Greek MS Society Congress in Thessaloniki (26-28 May) In Hungary a journalist will receive an award for the best MS article written In Madrid, Spain employees will meet people living with MS at the “Merck Serono with MS patients” event The UK office has already marked the Day with an internal awareness campaign where employees were…

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Charity single released for World MS Day

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Posted on May 21st, 2010

Tara Ryan releases a single with all proceeds going to MS Society of Limerick, Ireland Tara began her professional singing career as a Bunratty Castle entertainer and progressed to study at the Leinster College of Music and then in New York at the Mannes Opera Studio. She spent a further two years studying in Italy with Joan de Christafaro at La Scala. In 1998 she joined the world famous ‘Gaelforce Dance’ as the lead singer touring with them for four years around the globe. She played to sell-out venues every night amongst them the fabulous Royal Albert Hall. Her singing career ended abruptly in 2002 when she developed chronic fatigue. After the birth of her son in 2004 her symptoms became more severe. Many…

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