Arthritis Foundation Malaysia (AFM)

Welfare of People

To further the welfare of people living with rheumatic, arthritic and related disorders

Research & Education

To promote research, education and other activities relating to the prevention, diagnosis, causes and treatment of arthritic and rheumatic disorders

Knowledge

To ensure the dissemination of existing knowledge about those disorders both to the lay public and to the medical profession by all means, including but not limited to publications, public lectures, forums and exhibitions, subject to the prior approval of the authority concerned

Projects

To establish and operate projects rendering service to persons living with arthritis and rheumatism

Improvement

To recommend, promote and assist in the formulation of such legislation as may be required to promote & otherwise assist in the attainment of the objectives of the Foundation, including but not limited to the provision and improvement of services & facilities for people living with rheumatic, arthritic & related diseases

Fund Raising

To arrange for the carrying out of activities related to or connected with the raising of funds for the Foundation, subject to the prior approval of the Registrar of Societies

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Aims and Objectives

Welfare

To further the welfare of people living with rheumatic, arthritic and related disorders

Research & Education

To promote research, education and other activities relating to the prevention, diagnosis, causes and treatment of arthritic and rheumatic disorders

Knowledge

Projects

To establish and operate projects rendering service to persons living with arthritis and rheumatism

Improvement

To recommend, promote and assist in the formulation of such legislation as may be required to promote and otherwise assist in the attainment of the objectives of the Foundation, including but not limited to the provision and improvement of services and facilities for people living with rheumatic, arthritic and related diseases

Fund Raising

To arrange for the carrying out of activities related to or connected with the raising of funds for the Foundation, subject to the prior approval of the Registrar of Societies.

Patient Stories

Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) patient – Mr JC Lee

I was diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) through an incidental finding. It was not on purpose and we found out via a common comprehensive health screening and blood test at a hospital.

Patient Stories

Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) patient – Mr Dominic Wong Shui Foong

My name is Dom and I was diagnosed with Psoriasis in 2003 at age 28. I was then diagnosed with Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) – affecting the spine in 2020 at age 45.

Patient Stories

Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Patient – Mdm Ding Mee Hong

Surviving with RA for the last almost 40 years is a tough journey with continuous challenge in both physical and mental health.

At first sight, Ms Ding Mee Hong accompanied by her husband Chew Cheng Chuan seemed like any other couple, till I noticed her deformed fingers and the difference in her walk (the penguin walk as she jokingly called it). That revealed a story in itself, to the toll arthritis had taken on her body and her life. And to the brave fight she had put up not to let it overwhelm her and to lead as normal a life as possible under the circumstances.

Mee Hong recalls that, “At the point when I was diagnosed with arthritis some thirty years ago, there was very little information, awareness and medical treatment available.” Her situation only got increasingly worse till finally on a visit to Singapore, her cousin took her to a doctor. He then referred her to a rheumatologist in University Hospital, Malaysia. From there on she went through various medications and treatment options.