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Find support, or help research
People near you who know what living with Macular degeneration is like, and ways you can help find better treatments.
Support groups in Germany
- AMD-Netz e.V.Non-profit association for people with macular degeneration, offering information, a counselling hotline, patient events and practical help.All of Germany
- PRO RETINA Deutschland e.V.PRO RETINA Germany (Retina International member), founded 1977 as the German RP association: national self-help organisation with ~50 regional groups for people with retinal degenerations incl. RP and AMD.All of Germany
- Retina plus e.V.Retina plus e.V. (Retina International candidate member): non-profit expert and self-help network for people with sight loss from retinal diseases; information, counselling, aids, research and podcasts.All of Germany
- Deutscher Blinden- und Sehbehindertenverband e.V. (DBSV)German self-help federation (EBU member) of people affected or threatened by sight loss, with regional member associations; serves all causes of sight loss, incl. AMD, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy and RP.All of Germany
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 Germany 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 Macular degeneration.
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 Macular degeneration to compare with. Family and friends can help.