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September 09, 2014; 83 (11) Global Perspectives

Atlas of Multiple Sclerosis 2013: A growing global problem with widespread inequity

Paul Browne, Dhia Chandraratna, Ceri Angood, Helen Tremlett, Chris Baker, Bruce V. Taylor, Alan J. Thompson
First published September 8, 2014, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000000768
Paul Browne
From the Multiple Sclerosis International Federation (P.B., D.C., C.A.), London, UK; University of British Columbia (H.T.), Vancouver, Canada; Department of Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology (C.B.), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK; Menzies Research Institute Tasmania (B.V.T.), University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia; and Faculty of Brain Sciences (A.J.T.), University College London and National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK.
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Dhia Chandraratna
From the Multiple Sclerosis International Federation (P.B., D.C., C.A.), London, UK; University of British Columbia (H.T.), Vancouver, Canada; Department of Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology (C.B.), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK; Menzies Research Institute Tasmania (B.V.T.), University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia; and Faculty of Brain Sciences (A.J.T.), University College London and National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK.
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Ceri Angood
From the Multiple Sclerosis International Federation (P.B., D.C., C.A.), London, UK; University of British Columbia (H.T.), Vancouver, Canada; Department of Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology (C.B.), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK; Menzies Research Institute Tasmania (B.V.T.), University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia; and Faculty of Brain Sciences (A.J.T.), University College London and National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK.
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Helen Tremlett
From the Multiple Sclerosis International Federation (P.B., D.C., C.A.), London, UK; University of British Columbia (H.T.), Vancouver, Canada; Department of Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology (C.B.), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK; Menzies Research Institute Tasmania (B.V.T.), University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia; and Faculty of Brain Sciences (A.J.T.), University College London and National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK.
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Chris Baker
From the Multiple Sclerosis International Federation (P.B., D.C., C.A.), London, UK; University of British Columbia (H.T.), Vancouver, Canada; Department of Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology (C.B.), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK; Menzies Research Institute Tasmania (B.V.T.), University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia; and Faculty of Brain Sciences (A.J.T.), University College London and National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK.
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Bruce V. Taylor
From the Multiple Sclerosis International Federation (P.B., D.C., C.A.), London, UK; University of British Columbia (H.T.), Vancouver, Canada; Department of Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology (C.B.), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK; Menzies Research Institute Tasmania (B.V.T.), University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia; and Faculty of Brain Sciences (A.J.T.), University College London and National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK.
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Alan J. Thompson
From the Multiple Sclerosis International Federation (P.B., D.C., C.A.), London, UK; University of British Columbia (H.T.), Vancouver, Canada; Department of Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology (C.B.), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK; Menzies Research Institute Tasmania (B.V.T.), University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia; and Faculty of Brain Sciences (A.J.T.), University College London and National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK.
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Atlas of Multiple Sclerosis 2013: A growing global problem with widespread inequity
Paul Browne, Dhia Chandraratna, Ceri Angood, Helen Tremlett, Chris Baker, Bruce V. Taylor, Alan J. Thompson
Neurology Sep 2014, 83 (11) 1022-1024; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000768

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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the world's most common neurologic disorders, and in many countries it is the leading cause of nontraumatic neurologic disability in young adults. Despite this, global information on the epidemiology of MS and the availability of resources and services for people with MS is scarce in many regions of the world. The first Atlas of MS, published in 2008 as a joint project of the Multiple Sclerosis International Federation (MSIF) and the World Health Organization (WHO),1 endeavored to fill this knowledge gap with information from 112 countries. Here, we outline important updates in the recently launched Atlas of MS 2013: Mapping Multiple Sclerosis around the World.2

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The authors thank Bernard Uitdehaag, PhD (VU University Medical Center, the Netherlands); Ed Holloway (Multiple Sclerosis Society, UK); Lekha Pandit, MD, PhD (Nitte University, India); and Mario Battaglia, MD (Associazione Italiana Sclerosi Multipla, Italy) of the MSIF Atlas of MS Study Group Committee who developed the templates used to collect the data for this manuscript.

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