Acknowledgements

The development of the Atlas of MS questionnaire and final report was informed by an advisory group with the following members:

• Professor Alan J Thompson (United Kingdom)
• Professor Bernard Uitdehaag (Netherlands)
• Professor Bruce Taylor (Australia)
• Mr Ed Holloway (United Kingdom)
• Dr Helen Tremlett (Canada)
• Dr Lekha Pandit (India)
• Professor Mario Battaglia (Italy)

Mr Chris Baker assisted in the data analysis.

MS International Federation staff who contributed were:

• Dr Paul Browne, Atlas of MS Coordinator
• Dr Dhia Chandraratna, Head of Research
• Ceri Angood Napier, Director of Programmes
• Leni Candan, Communications Coordinator
• Tim Pemberton, Head of Communications
• Peer Baneke, CEO

MSIF extends its thanks to the European MS Platform (EMSP) for its contribution to the initial development of the idea for the first Atlas of MS.

We are most grateful to the following country coordinators and their colleagues for taking the time and effort to gather the information and data published in the Atlas:

• Albania: Jera Kruja
• Algeria: Mahmoud Ait-Kaci-Ahmed
• Argentina: Edgardo Cristiano
• Armenia: Nune S. Yeghiazaryan
• Australia: Julia Morahan
• Austria: Barbara Bajer-Kornek, Thomas Berger, Ulf Baumhackl, Robert Schlathau, M. Sepke, M. Schmid, M. Lanzinger
• Bahrain: Adel Aljishi
• Bangladesh: Nirmalendu Bikash Bhowmik
• Belgium: Christiane Tihon
• Bolivia: Juan Carlos Duran Quiroz, Rosangela la Bolanos Lozano, Gaby Rosario Calleja Bustillos
• Bosnia and Herzegovina: Azra Alajbegovic
• Brazil: Liliana Russo, Maria Christina Brandão de Giacomo
• Bulgaria: Christo Balabanov
• Cameroon: Alfred K. Njamnshi, Kuate Tegueu Callixte
• Canada: Helen Tremlett, Deanna Groetzinger, Paul O’Connor, Amit Bar-Or
• China: Wei Qiu
• Colombia: Jorge Luis Sánchez Múnera
• Costa Rica: Alexander Parajeles
• Côte d’Ivoire: Thérèse Sonan Croatia: Tanja Malbasa
• Cuba: Margarita Ruiz, Oscar Valdés Yero
• Cyprus: Marios Pantzaris
• Czech Republic: Marta Vachová
• Democratic Republic of the Congo: Daniel Okitundu, Luwa E-Andjafono
• Denmark: Torben Damsgaard, Nasrin Asgari, Mette Bryde Lind
• Dominican Republic: Rose Mary Cruz Mejia
• Egypt: Mohamed I. Hegazy
• Estonia: Katrin Gross-Paju, Pille-Katrin Levin
• Ethiopia: Meron Awraris Gebewold
• Finland: Juhani Ruutiainen, Pia-Nina Vekka
• France: Olivier Heinzlef, Jacques Bonneau, Bastien Roux, Daniel Brunier, Sophie Galland-Froger
• Germany: Gabriele Seestaedt, Thomas Henze, Orhan Aktas, Marius Ringelstein, Peter Flachenecker
• Ghana: Albert Kwaku Akpalu
• Greece: Euphrosyni Koutsouraki, Orologas Anastasios, Konstantinos Mixalakis, Kalogianni Dimitra
• Guatemala: Freddy Rolando Girón Azurdia
• Guinea: Fode Abass Cisse
• Hungary: Hungarian Multiple Sclerosis Society
• Iceland: Berglind Gudmundsdottir
• India: Bhim Sen Singhal, Lekha Pandit
• Indonesia: Kanya Puspokusumo
• Iran (Islamic Republic of): Mohammad Ali Sahraian, Zahra Vahaji
• Iraq: Sarmad AbdulRasool Mohammed
• Ireland: Aidan Larkin, Christopher McGuigan, Emma Rogan
• Israel: Ronit Galili Mosberg
• Italy: Mario Alberto Battaglia, Grazia Rocca
• Japan: Kazuo Fujihara
• Jordan: Mohammed Al Shehab, Nelly Al-Baz
• Kenya: Juzar Hooker
• Kuwait: Raed Alroughani
• Latvia: Jolanta Kalnina, Skaidrite Beitlere
• Lebanon: Bassem I. Yamout
• Libya: Souad Ahmad Zoubi
• Liechtenstein: Michael Koehler
• Lithuania: Rasa Kizlaitiene
• Luxembourg: René Metz, Jeff Katzenmeier, Jacques Steffen
• Malawi: Laura Benjamin
• Malaysia: Joyce Pauline Joseph
• Malta: Josanne Aquilina
• Mexico: Teresa Corona, Jose Flores
• Moldova: Vitalie Lisnic
• Mongolia: Shuren Dashzeveg
• Montenegro: Andrijana Nikolic
• Morocco: Mohamed Yahyaoui
• Myanmar: Win Min Thit, Tin Htar
• New Netherlands: Multiple Sclerosis Research Foundation
• New Zealand: Sridhar Alla
• Nicaragua: Jorge Alberto Martinez Cerrato
• Nigeria: Adesola Ogunniyi
• Norway: Kjell-Morten Myhr, Mona Iren Enstad, Bjørn-Anders Foss Iversen, Nina Jahren Kristoffersen
• Oman: Abdullah Al-Asmi
• Pakistan: Muhammed Wasay
• Palestinian Authority: Ali Hijjawi
• Panama: Fernando Gracia
• Paraguay: Fernando Hamuy Diaz de Bedoya
• Peru: Darwin Vizcarra Escobar
• Portugal: Joao Carlos Correia de Sa
• Qatar: Hassan Al-hail
• Republic of Korea: Kwang-Kuk Kim
• Romania: Ovidiu-Alexandru Bajenaru, Claudia Torje, Liliana Nicolescu, Dragos Gheorghe Zaharia
• San Marino: Susanna Guttmann
• Saudi Arabia: Shireen Qureshi
• Serbia: Tatjana Pekmezovic, Jelena Drulovic, Irena Dujmovic Basuroski Singapore: Quek May Lin Amy
• Slovenia: Beatrika Koncan Vrako
• South Africa: Girish Modi
• Spain: Susana Otero Romero, José E. Meca Lallana, Carmen Tur Gómez, Alfredo Rodriguez Antiguedad, Oscar Fernández, Celia Oreja-Guevara
• Sri Lanka: Bimsara Senanayake
• Sweden: Leszek Stawiarz, Jan Hillert
• Switzerland: Christian Kamm, Patricia Monin
• Taiwan: Ching Piao Tsai
• Thailand: Sasitorn Siritho, Naraporn Prayoonwiwat, Kritsadarat Wattansuwan, Metha Apiwattanakul, Kritsadarat Wattansuwan
• The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: Tatjana Petkovska Boskova
• Tunisia: Riadh Gouider
• Turkey: Aksel Siva, Ayşe Şafak, Demet Yandım Kuşcu
• United Arab Emirates: Jihad Inshasi
• United Kingdom: Ed Holloway, David Miller, Nick Rijke, Maria Leite
• United States of America: National Multiple Sclerosis Society
• Uruguay: Carlos Oehninger, Ricardo Esquenet
• Venezuela: Arnoldo Soto
• Yemen: Hesham Awn, Riham Mohammed Aldubaiee
• Zambia: Masharip Atadzhanov
• Zimbabwe: Gift Wilson Ngwende