{"id":76,"date":"2015-04-30T16:38:21","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T06:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trial.familio.com.au\/?page_id=76"},"modified":"2021-02-09T17:15:37","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T06:15:37","slug":"international-waldenstroms-macroglobulinemias-foundation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wmozzies.com.au\/index.php\/about-us\/international-waldenstroms-macroglobulinemias-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"International Waldenstrom\u2019s Macroglobulinemia&#8217;s Foundation (IWMF)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9538;\">International Waldenstrom\u2019s Macroglobulinemia&#8217;s Foundation (IWMF)<\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9538;\">History<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">WMozzies was formed as a joint initiative by Ben Rude IWMF President 2000-05 and IWMF Australian member Gareth Evans.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">WMozzies is an Affiliate member of IWMF.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IWMF is based in the USA and was formed in 1998, but it beginnings started in 1994 with a 21 member email group.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The History of the IWMF is detailed at:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iwmf.com\/about-us\/our-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.iwmf.com\/about-us\/our-history<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The IWMF currently has a worldwide membership of over 7,000, with Support Groups and affiliate organisations in virtually every continent.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9538;\">IWMF Support Services\u00a0 <\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today the IWMF:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Provides support to patients and their caregivers<\/li>\n<li>Enables patients to communicate with one another<\/li>\n<li>Sponsors WM educational forums featuring<br \/>\nprominent physicians and researchers<\/li>\n<li>Publishes booklets on WM and its treatment<\/li>\n<li>Supports research aimed at ultimately finding a cure for WM<\/li>\n<li>Since 1999, the IWMF has invested over $8.1 million dollars in research on our disease.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Anyone joining WMozzies is also invited to join the IWMF. Go to: <a href=\"https:\/\/iwmf.com\/join-the-iwmf\/\">Join the IWMF &#8211; IWMF<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9538;\">IWMF Services<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0 To access the full list of services: See Support on this <a href=\"https:\/\/iwmf.com\/educational-forum-multimedia\/\">menu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The services highlighted above can be accessed from the links within each one, or through the IWMF services link below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">IWMF services include:<a href=\"http:\/\/wmozzies.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Torch.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-738 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/wmozzies.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Torch-300x217.png\" alt=\"Torch\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wmozzies.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Torch-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/wmozzies.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Torch.png 834w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iwmf.com\/iwmf-torch\/\">IWMF Torch<\/a>\u00a0newsletter, produced 4 times a year, which you can receive in PDF format.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wmozzies.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IWMF-Educational-Forum.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-739 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/wmozzies.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IWMF-Educational-Forum-300x250.png\" alt=\"IWMF Educational Forum\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wmozzies.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IWMF-Educational-Forum-300x250.png 300w, https:\/\/wmozzies.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IWMF-Educational-Forum.png 716w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>An\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iwmf.com\/event\/save-the-date-2021-iwmf-educational-forum\/\">Educational Forum<\/a>, held in a different US city each year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To see presentations from the most recent Educational Forum<\/p>\n<p>and videos of presentations from it and previous Ed Forums, <a href=\"https:\/\/iwmf.com\/educational-forum-multimedia\/\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iwmf.com\/iwmf-connect-and-online-discussion-forums\/\">IWMF-Connect<\/a> discussion forum, this is an email talk list, where all matters regarding WM are discussed amongst patients &amp; caregivers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Various\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iwmf.com\/publications\/\">publications &amp; booklets\u00a0<\/a>with much useful information about WM that can be downloaded directly from the website.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; letter-spacing: -0.4pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;\">I<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International Waldenstrom\u2019s Macroglobulinemia&#8217;s Foundation (IWMF) History WMozzies was formed as a joint initiative by Ben Rude IWMF President 2000-05 and IWMF Australian member Gareth Evans. 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