contributors
MSIF would like to thank the Atlas of MS Oversight Group and Work Group for their invaluable support in developing the Atlas of MS questionnaire:
oversight group
- Prof. Alan J Thompson (UK) Chairman
- Prof. Alexei N Boiko (Russia)
- Dr. Fernando J. Cáceres (Argentina)
- Prof. Hans-Peter Hartung (Germany)
- Prof. Jürg Kesselring (Switzerland)
- Dr. Bhim S Singhal (India)
- Prof. Aksel Siva (Turkey)
- Dr. Ernest Willoughby (New Zealand)
work group
- Prof. Alan J Thompson (UK)
- Prof. Mario Battaglia (Italy)
- Ian Douglas (MSIF)
- Bernadette Porter (UK)
- Paul Rompani (MSIF)
world health organization
MSIF would like to thank the following World Health Organization (WHO) staff members for their invaluable support in developing the concept of the Atlas of MS publication, creating the Atlas of MS questionnaire, constructing the database and populating it with the data:
- Dr. Tarun Dua
- Dr. Leonid Prilipko
- Dr. Shekhar Saxena
data providers
We are very grateful to the country coordinators and their colleagues for taking the time and effort to gather the information and data required to complete the Atlas of MS questionnaire, without whom we would not have been able to create the Atlas of MS web site:
| Albania | Vjollca Koko |
| Argentina | Dr. Fernando J. Caceres, Inés Acevedo |
| Australia | Trevor Farrell, Dr Rex Simmons, Dr Elizabeth McDonald, Dr WM Carroll |
| Austria | Prof. Lüder Deecke, Fritz Leutmezer, Helene Kallina |
| Bahrain | Dr. Adel Al Jishi |
| Barbados | Sonia Wilson-Mwansa, David O'Corbin |
| Belarus | Alexei Karchevski, Gennady Makarevich, Anatoli Duk, Elena Tomashevskaya |
| Belgium | Christiane Tihon, Dr. M.B. D’Hooghe |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Mrs. Fata Bahtijarevic, Azra Alajbegovic |
| Brazil | Suely Berner, Dr Nadine Renzi Rossi, Dagoberto Callegaro |
| Bulgaria | Alexandra Effisseneva , Christo Balabanov, Dr. M.Klissurski |
| Canada | Deanna Groetzinger, Jon Temme, Dr. William J Mcilroy |
| Colombia | Dr. Jorgeluis Sánchez Múnera |
| Costa Rica | Dr. Alexander Parajeles, Yamileth Ramirez |
| Croatia | Jasminka Matic, Danica Eškic, Slava Podobnik-Šarkanji, Mirta Janeš |
| Cuba | Margarita Ruiz Peraza, María E. Moscoso, Cesar Rapetti |
| Czech Republic | Dr. Svatopluk Cablik |
| Denmark | Einar Berdal, Birgit Tüchsen |
| Dominican Republic | Dana Guttmann |
| Estonia | Mariann Klemets, Maria Kütt, Katrin Gross-Paju |
| Finland | Anssi Kemppi, Dr. Juhani Ruutiainen, Pia-Nina Vekka |
| France | Jean-Marie Eral, Prof. Etienne Roullet, Jean-Louis Dousset |
| Georgia | Rusudan Pantsulaia, Dr. Marina Kiziria, Khatuna Mikaberidze |
| Germany | Dorothea Pitschnau-Michel, Dr. Gabriele Seestaedt, Prof. H.P. Hartung, Prof. B. Hemmer |
| Greece | Anastasios Orologas |
| Guatemala | Patricia Grajeda De Calderón |
| Hong Kong | Dr. Lau Kwok Kwong |
| Hungary | Andras Guseo |
| Iceland | Sigurbjörg Ármannsdóttir, Dr. Sverrir Bergmann |
| India | Prof. Bhim Sen Singhal |
| Iraq | Khalid Ibrahim Mousa, Hamid Fakher Al-Azawi |
| Ireland | Dr. Graham Love, Dr. Stanley Hawkins, Aidan Larkin |
| Islamic Republic of Iran | |
| Italy | Mario Alberto Battaglia, Grazia Rocca |
| Japan | Dr. Kazuo Fujihara |
| Kenya | Dr. Juzar Hooker, Razia Mohamedali |
| Latvia | Guntra Cirule, Dr. Maija Metra, Liga Mazure, Skaidrite Beitlere |
| Luxembourg | Freichel Paulette, René Metz, Haan Yves, Gansen Anja, Camporese Rina, Haas Fernand |
| Malaysia | Dr. Victor HT Chong |
| Malta | Leslie Agius, Dr. Norbert Vella |
| Mexico | Dr. Merced Velázquez, Concepción Lujan Uranga |
| Netherlands | Dr. Marga Nijenhuis, Daeter-Hilgers-Hintzen, Rogier Hintzen, Nora Holtrust |
| New Zealand | Amy Greenwood, Dr. Ernie Willoughby |
| Norway | Dr. Kjell-Morten Myhr, Turid Hesselberg |
| Paraguay | Dr. Victor Fernando Hamuy Diaz de Bedoya |
| Peru | Dr. Darwin Vizcarra, Ana Chereque |
| Poland | Izabela Odrobinska, Halina Bartosik-Psujek, Krzysztof Selmaj, Zbigniew Stelmasiak |
| Portugal | Jorge Da Silva, Dr. Rui Pedrosa |
| Romania | Berha Mihaela, Dr. Vasile Titus Mihai |
| Russian Federation | Prof. Boiko Alexey |
| Serbia and Montenegro | Tatjana Dakic, Tatjana Pekmezovic, Nevenka Rasic, Jelena Drulovic, Vanja Taleski, Lenka Babic |
| Slovakia | Dr Lubica Prochazkova |
| Slovenia | Dr Beatrika Koncan-Vracko |
| South Africa | Jan Jakob Stephanus (Fanie) Du Toit, Prof. G Modi |
| Spain | Águeda Alonso Sánchez |
| Sri Lanka | Dr. Udaya Kumara Ranawaka |
| Sweden | Arja Hill |
| Switzerland | Vera Rentsch, Dr. Andrea Gerfin, Prof. Jürg Kesselring, Herbert Keller |
| Syrian Arab Republic | Dr. Ahmad Khalifa |
| The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | Lodi Gogovska |
| Tunisia | Dr. Chokri Mhiri |
| Turkey | Dr. Aysegül Ünlüsoy, Aksel Siva, Dr. Nevin Sutlas |
| United Arab Emirates | Dr. Jihad Said Inshasi |
| United Kingdom | Sharon Heffenden, Alasdair Coles, Lynda Finn, Kathryn White, Jane Petty |
| United States of America | Dr. Nicholas G. LaRocca, Dr. Beverly Noyes, Dr. John Richert, Nancy Holland, Susan Sanabria |
| Uruguay | Dr. Carlos Oehninger Gatti |