Find support, or help research
People near you who know what living with ALS (motor neurone disease) is like, and ways you can help find better treatments.
Support groups in Ecuador
- Fundación Ecuatoriana de Esclerosis Múltiple (FUNDEM)Quito-based civil-society foundation for people with multiple sclerosis, ALS and other degenerative neurological diseases, offering specialised neurology care, therapy, social assistance and information.All of Ecuador
- Alianza Nacional por la Salud (ANS)Quito-based alliance defending the right to health in Ecuador for patients with catastrophic, rare and orphan diseases; patient groups and foundations can join as members.All of Ecuador
Contact details come from each group's own page and are checked every 3 months.
Help research
You do not need to join a trial to help. Below are the programmes we found in Ecuador and how to reach them. You contact them yourself: Frontlight does not collect or pass on your details.
Give blood or tissue for researchResearchers use stored samples to find what causes ALS (motor neurone disease).
Share your health dataA registry collects health data, without your name, so research teams can study many people at once.
Take part as a healthy volunteerStudies need people without ALS (motor neurone disease) to compare with. Family and friends can help.