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THE INTERNATIONAL VOICE OF PATIENTS
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• Past: isolated islands
• Join forces
• Started informally as network (mitogroups different countries)
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WORK TOGETHER
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SPREAD AND SHARE
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BUILDING BRIDGES
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TOGETHER WITH PARTNERS
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ALL MITO PATIENT GROUPS MAY JOIN
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ESTABLISHED OFFICIALLY IN 2009
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• IMP represents approx. 8,000 mitochondrial patients worldwide
• possible new member: Koinobori
Japan
• representatives of the members take all decisions; the board executes
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Board members since June 2014:
Elja van der Veer/SN – Chair
Piero Santantonio/Mitocon – Vice Chair
Emma Delrey/AMMi – Secretary
Alfons Heetjans/VKS – Treasurer
Carsten Gamroth/DGM – General member
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Activities (1) :
• Three major projects:
1.IMP worldwide patient registry
2.IMP worldwide study of the quality of life
3.IMP funding of research
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1. IMP worldwide patient registry: a non-clinical, patient-owned databank of mitochondrial patients all over the world
2. IMP quality of life study: an international online study on the daily lives of mitochondrial patients, in cooperation with a renowned German psychological research institute; in progress; funded by DGM
3. IMP funding of research: a small fund to finance studies focussing on carepaths and improvement of daily lives of patients
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Activities (2) :• Managing list of potentially harmful drugs
for mito’s: (clinically monitored, new revision published every 6 months)
• Ongoing support for grant applications regarding studies into mitochondrial disease (active role, responsible for work package, in advisory committee, tactic support)
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Activities (3) :• Build network with researchers and
clinicians (symposia, conferences, personal visits, organising meetings, participating in Euromit)
• Liaison for individual patients all over the world. Managing closed community group on Facebook (patients from 36 countries participating)
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Activities (4) :• Support national campaigns if requested
(UK lobby for new legislation, providing information, presentations)
• Stimulate awareness and connect patients with others in countries where nothing yet is organised for mito’s (awareness conference with Irish patients)
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Activities (5) :
• As of 2016 IMP will be managing the Global Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week in September www.gmdaw.org
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MODEST IN BACKGROUND
PRESENT PROUD