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AMD Alliance International

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AMD Alliance International is a non-profit coalition of the world’s leading vision, seniors and research organizations working to raise awareness of age-related macular degeneration, understanding of available options for prevention, early detection, treatment, rehabilitation and support services. It is the only international organization in the world that concentrates exclusively on age related macular degeneration, the leading cause of vision loss in the developed world.

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AMD is an eye condition that causes loss of central vision, leaving only peripheral, or side, vision intact. AMD is the leading cause of visual impairment for people over 50 in the Western world.

Types & Detection

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Macular degeneration is often related to aging, thus the name age-related macular degeneration (AMD or ARMD).

The two most common forms of AMD are dry and wet.

Dry AMD

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This more common form, causes varying degrees of sight loss and is identified by the collection of yellow, fatty deposits called drusen in the macula the central part of the retina responsible for clear central vision.

Wet AMD

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Occurs less often (10-15 percent of cases), but the chance for severe sight loss is much greater. It is characterized by development of abnormal, leaky blood vessels in the macula. Scar tissue may form causing irreversible blind spots and in many cases leads to legal blindness.

AMD Alliance International Member Organizations

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Argentina

  • Fundación Oftalmológica Hugo Nano

Australia

  • Macular Degeneration Foundation Australia
  • Retina Australia
  • Vision Australia Foundation

Austria

  • EURAG: European Federation of Older Persons

Belgium

  • Belgian Organization for the Prevention of Blindness

Brazil

  • Retina Brasil

Canada

Finland

  • Finnish Federation of the Visually Impaired

France

  • Association Retina France

Germany

  • Pro Retina Deutschland e.V.
  • Berufsverband der Augenärzte Deutschlands
  • DOG

Hong Kong

  • Hong Kong Society for the Blind
  • Retina Hong Kong

India

  • LV Prasad Eye Institute
  • National Society for the Prevention of Blindness - India

Ireland

  • Fighting Blindness Ireland

Israel

  • ESHEL: The Association for the Planning and
  • International Federation on Ageing
  • NAMAG – Association of AMD Patients in Israel

Italy

  • International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness - Italian Branch
  • Retina Italia Onlus
  • Societá Italiana Retina

Netherlands

  • Macula Degeneratie Vereniging

New Zealand

Poland

  • Polish Association of the Blind

South Africa

  • Retina South Africa

Spain

Switzerland

  • Retina International
  • Retina Suisse

Tunisia

  • Nadi al Bassar, African Centre for Sight and Visual Sciences

United Kingdom

United States

References

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https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/maculardegeneration.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20070420173233/http://www.lighthouse.org/aboutus/press/press-releases/pr-smoking/

https://web.archive.org/web/20080606095302/http://www.cnib.ca/en/news/archive/amd-news-092006.aspx

https://web.archive.org/web/20080916102223/http://www.nei.nih.gov/strategicplanning/np_part.asp

  • Living Well With Macular Degeneration: Dr. Bruce Rosental and Kate Kelly. ISBN 0-451-20264-3
  • Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Daniel L. Robert. ISBN 1-56924-286-0