Thursday 17 February 2011

Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy: 2011 Advocacy Conference & One Voice Summit

Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy: 2011 Advocacy Conference & One Voice Summit: "February 14 will mark the ten-year anniversary of the introduction of the MD-CARE Act, the first muscular dystrophy legislation passed by Congress. PPMD led the charge for this critical piece of legislation, which established the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Muscular Dystrophy Coordinating Committee (MDCC) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data collection on muscular dystrophy initiative. The MD-CARE Act also called for the creation of scientific Centers of Excellence, named after the late Senator Paul D. Wellstone, across the country to accelerate research on muscular dystrophy. In 2008, again under the leadership and commitment of PPMD’s advocacy campaign, Congress extended the MD-CARE Act to continue funding vital research."

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