AMERICAN FIBROMYALGIA SYNDROME ASSOCIATION INC
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Mission Statement
The American Fibromyalgia Syndrome Association (AFSA) is an all-volunteer organization with two missions: (1) fund superior quality, scientific studies on fibromyalgia and (2) empower patients through educational information provided free-of-charge on our website.
About This Cause
AFSA is the nation’s only nonprofit dedicated to funding research on fibromyalgia. This disease affects 3-5 percent of the population and it is extremely painful, fatiguing, and often debilitating. The U.S. government spends only 15 cent per patient on fibromyalgia research, so it takes AFSA or other small funding charities to jump-start research ideas that advance the field in new directions. In 2024, AFSA funded three new research projects to better understand what causes FMS and to test new treatments. AFSA's role in funding research continues to be essential for progress on this condition. In fact, AFSA scientists are currently grading new research proposals, and we hope to fund at least three more projects in 2025. In 2019, AFSA funded a project showing that brain inflammation is responsible for the many symptoms of FMS. In 2020, we funded a project showing that the brain cells respond abnormally to an immune challenge. Read more about these published reports along with newly awarded studies in the Projects Funded section of our website. Close to 90 percent of contributions to AFSA go directly to our two missions, with most of it used to fund research. AFSA is administered and run by volunteers. Even the scientific reviewers for AFSA provide their services free-of-charge.