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

ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION MALAYSIA

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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…

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…

Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Patient – Mdm Ding Mee Hong

Way back when I was 21 years old, not only I miss those interesting years of young adult life but I was ridden with so much pain on my badly…

Arthritis Fund Helps: Shantabai

Knee surgery changed my life, and I have AFM to thank for that. I was walking with the aid of a walking stick, I could not climb stairs, could not…

FEATURED: A COURAGEOUS JOURNEY

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.

Join Arthritis Foundation Malaysia to learn more about this degenerative condition and how you can still enjoy a good quality of life with arthritis.

Arthritis Foundation Malaysia aims to help people affected by arthritis, whether patients, caregivers, healthcare professionals, medical students or others.

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