PD Avengers

PD Avengers

Non-profit Organizations

Vancouver, British Columbia 660 followers

A global alliance of people with Parkinson’s, our partners and friends, united to add urgency to the cause of ending PD.

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Our mission is to build a global alliance to end Parkinson’s. It's been more than 200 years since Dr. Parkinson's first describe the symptoms of this disorder. In that time, humanity has put man on the moon, eradicated polio, changed HIV from a death sentence to a chronic illness, has mapped the human genome; and yet, has provided precious little beyond that one fifty-year-old drug for Parkinson’s. We are tired of it. Parkinson’s is the fastest growing neurological disease on earth. It is growing faster than Alzheimer’s, faster than ALS, MS and stroke. At its current pace 1 in 15 people alive today will be diagnosed with Parkinson’s. More than 10 million people in the world have Parkinson’s representing every continent, every people group and all ages. It is indiscriminate, progressive, and degenerative. Parkinson’s is a life sentence of being trapped in a body that increasingly refuses to obey commands. According to a 2018 report in The Lancet, neurological disorders are now the leading source of disability globally. Among neurological disorders examined in the Global Burden of Disease, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2015, Parkinson's disease was the fastest growing in prevalence, disability, and deaths. In that study, the overall number of people affected by the disease was estimated to have more than doubled globally from 1990 to 2015. source: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(18)30295-3 The PD Avengers was inspired to action by the book Ending Parkinson's Disease. We are founded on a "Think Global, Act Local" philosophy and the three pillars: Wellness, Advocacy, and Research. We believe every person with Parkinson’s should have equitable access to information, medication and therapies. We believe we must build a loud, uncomfortable, ever-present voice demanding change in how the disease is seen and treated. We believe patients are integral in every aspect of research in the search for better treatments and ending Parkinson’s.

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http://www.pdavengers.org
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Non-profit Organizations
Company size
2-10 employees
Headquarters
Vancouver, British Columbia
Type
Nonprofit
Founded
2020
Specialties
Advocacy, Urgency, Uniting, Collaboration, Podcast, Reports, Pharmaceuticals, Brain, Neurology, Toxic Chemicals, Environment, Trichlorethylene, Paraquat, Chlorpyrifos, Exercise, Care Partners, Medicine, Deep Brain Stimulation, Humour, depression, non-motor symptoms, motor symptoms, and dyskenesia

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