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 Poland
- Polski Związek Niewidomych (PZN)Polish Association of the Blind (EBU member), the national organisation of blind and partially sighted people with regional branches; serves all causes of sight loss, incl. AMD, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, RP.All of Poland
- Stowarzyszenie Retina AMD PolskaRetina AMD Polska (Retina International associate member), association founded 1998 to protect Poles from blindness: information and advocacy for AMD, RP, Stargardt, diabetic retinopathy/DME and other retinal diseases.All of Poland
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 Poland 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.