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Spain: 150,000 people ‘made a splash’ for MS
26.07.2016150,000 people gathered on 10 July on more than 900 beaches and swimming pools throughout Spain to take part in an awareness-raising campaign initiated by EMSP’s members from the Esclerosis Multiple Espana (EME).
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Titled ‘Mójate por la Esclerosis Múltiple’/ ‘Make a splash for MS’, the campaign has been held each year for 20 years but this July it managed to break all previous records: the thousands of participants swam a staggering total of more than 63 million meters in a great show of solidarity with the 47,000 people living with multiple sclerosis (MS) in Spain.
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26 local MS organisations and a number of 3,200 volunteers helped drive this campaign at national level. Leisure, cultural and sporting events were organised across Spain, with decision-makers and health professionals in attendance. Campaign materials were exhibited and disseminated in town halls, buses, hospitals, subway stations and through media outlets.
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The funds raised will support the maintenance and improvement of care and rehabilitation services provided by MS patient organisations: physiotherapy, psychology, neuropsychology, occupational therapy and others.
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