MS Brain Health newsletter – June 2018
Dear supporters 
Over the past month, we have presented MS Brain Health research at major conferences in Europe, the USA and Australia and learned more about the experiences of people living with MS in the USA. It has been great to meet some of you in person at these events, and we are pleased to welcome many new supporters!
Consensus standards presented at EAN 2018 
International consensus standards for the timing of key stages in MS care were presented in our focused workshop, Brain Health in MS: a catalyst for a new approach to management, at EAN 2018 in Lisbon this month. Over 150 attendees joined this interactive workshop and gave their responses to the new quality standards.
Professor Gavin Giovannoni, Dr Gisela Kobelt and Professor Jeremy Hobart gave presentations and participated in a lively Q&A session. "The standards should not be used as a means to criticize MS teams, but instead provide an opportunity for every MS clinic to strive for the highest level of care," stressed Professor Hobart.
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Latest MS Brain Health presentations available to download
Professional organizations in Australasia endorse the policy report
MS Nurses Australasia and the MS Neurology subspecialty group of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Neurologists have become the latest professional groups to officially endorse the policy report, Brain health: time matters in multiple sclerosis. We're delighted that these groups have joined our other 46 endorsers.
Revisions to criteria used in the diagnosis of MS
Motivated by recent technological advances and new data on the diagnosis of MS, experts have refined the 2010 McDonald criteria – the widely used diagnostic criteria for MS. The experts hope that the updated criteria will facilitate early and accurate diagnosis of MS.
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New! Dutch translations of short guides
We are delighted to announce that our guide for people with MS and nursing resource are now available in Dutch. Follow the links above, click 'Download' and select your language.

Please do share these resources with your Dutch-speaking colleagues and friends.
You can follow us on Twitter @MSBrainHealth to keep up with the latest news. Thank you for your continuing support!
Gavin Giovannoni, MD

Professor of Neurology and Chair of the MS Brain Health Steering Committee

On behalf of the MS Brain Health Steering Committee: Gavin Giovannoni, Peer Baneke, Helmut Butzkueven, Jodi Haartsen, Jeremy Hobart, Gisela Kobelt, Christoph Thalheim, Tony Traboulsee, Tim Vollmer and Tjalf Ziemssen
 
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MS Brain Health activities and supporting materials are funded by grants from Actelion, Celgene and Sanofi Genzyme and by educational grants from Biogen, F. Hoffmann-La Roche and Merck KGaA, all of whom have no influence on the content.

Editorial and administrative support for the MS Brain Health initiative is provided by Oxford Health Policy Forum, a not-for-profit community interest company registered in England and Wales (registration number: 10475240).