Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month
Amidst life's challenges, the unwavering strength and courage displayed by those battling this health condition evoke profound reverence and respect.
Position your brand as a partner in MS awareness and support, driving donations, patient education, and workplace wellness initiatives throughout March.
- Share patient stories of resilience and hope to humanize the MS experience and build community support
- Highlight corporate partnerships and fundraising campaigns that directly fund MS research and patient care programs
- Create educational content on MS symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment advances to reach newly diagnosed patients and their families
- Launch employee wellness challenges or donation matching programs to engage your workforce in supporting MS causes
Multiple Sclerosis, also known simply as MS, is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. This disorder damages and eventually destroys the myelin, or protective covering, surrounding the nerves, causing reduced communication between the brain and nerve pathways. This in turn leads to various parts of the body—and MS can affect practically anything—not being able to work properly.
Common symptoms include overwhelming fatigue, problems with vision and/or speech, difficulty with balance and coordination, and various levels of impaired mobility. Some people also experience debilitating acute pain, go completely blind, or become paralyzed.
Multiple Sclerosis can also be the cause of chronic depression that often results in suicide. In 2010, the number of people with MS was estimated to be 2-2.5 million worldwide, but no treatment has yet been discovered that would be able to change the course of progressive MS.
March was proclaimed Multiple Sclerosis Awareness month in 2015 by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who encouraged both public officials and residents to organize and take part in activities and programs meant to raise awareness about the struggles of people who have this disease.