Yemen celebrates International Day of Multiple Sclerosis 2010 Author Jiab Ghalabi

Wednesday, May 26 marks the International Day of Multiple Sclerosis. It is one of the most neurological diseases affecting young people in the most vital years of life between 20-30 years and are the years of aspiring to work and family and work hard to build a better future.
The disease affects many nerves in the central nervous system and spinal cord in the form of repeated attacks on various functions of the body and lead to impaired functions of vision, balance, sensation, movement and other individual or combined and is not yet known the main cause of the disease, which is different forms of Simple disabilities in the onset of the disease until complete paralysis which exposes the patient to stop his life and affect his normal daily activity and ability to work and bear his family responsibilities and dependence on permanent companionship. Per month and is bad In order to reduce the frequency of attacks and reduce the complications of the disease, the number of patients with multiple sclerosis in Yemen is estimated by dozens of patients on the grounds that there are no accurate and comprehensive statistics at the level of Yemen One of the priorities of our continuous work in the work and activity of the Association. In most countries, patient care associations and aid funds are set up for those who cannot afford the high costs of treatment.
And the attention of the community of these patients is still nothing in Yemen, although many countries in similar circumstances show great interest in these patients because they include all the competencies and skills and professions rich and poor. In Yemen, the Yemen Society for Multiple Sclerosis includes a group of sufferers of this disease and a group of supporters of patients, doctors and volunteers in order to support patients and support them and their families and seeks to provide treatment for these patients under the umbrella of health insurance or treatment at the expense of the state as a right We seek to spread the awareness of the disease and how to live with it, whether from patients or those around them and their caregivers in the community.We also seek to change the working conditions of the patients in accordance with their new physical conditions to maintain their presence in a suitable work environment and ensure that you Finally, the association seeks to provide psychological and social support to the patient and his family.
The Yemeni Society for Multiple Sclerosis is celebrating the International Day with 50 other societies around the world under the slogan “End Multiple Sclerosis”, a global movement organized by the International Federation of Multiple Sclerosis, which recently conducted a global survey on the impact of multiple sclerosis on employment. The survey covered 125 countries. The survey found that 41% of respondents had to stop working, half of them had to stop working within three years of being diagnosed with the disease, but announced that they were able to continue working if they had more flexible working hours and conditions. . As part of the celebration of the International Day of Multiple Sclerosis, the Egyptian Society will also hold a meeting for patients, their families and supporters of their case at the Canadian International College (CIC) at the fifth gathering at 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm on Friday, 21 May. The World Health Organization, the World Federation of Multiple Sclerosis and a member of the Human Rights Organization will hold a march to challenge the multiple sclerosis. The gathering will sign a petition to the Presidency of the Republic and the Minister of Health for the health insurance umbrella to include the treatment of these patients with drugs and physiotherapy. Om and throughout the week in some public places definition of the disease and how to live with him cards.
We also inform you that there is a project currently being prepared by a group of doctors, professors and consultants in the Arab countries related to associations with MS to establish the Arab Federation of Multiple Sclerosis is under study and preparation ..

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