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South Africa joins the ME/CFS "Fold"

Old Bones

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My search this morning for news articles on ME/CFS found the following:
http://benonicitytimes.co.za/257890...red-or-woman-home-bound-by-invisible-disease/

An interesting quote: “In 2005, a woman in Roodepoort was the first in South Africa, whose cause of death was classified as ME,”

Despite a few "small errors" in the article, the women interviewed, one of them a founder of the recently-established ME CFS Foundation of South Africa, were generally satisfied that the devastation of the illness comes across, as reported in their facebook page.

http://mecfssa.org/
https://www.facebook.com/MECFSFoundationSA/

They've done a good job on the websites -- very professional with many well-chosen links.

Here's another link to a recent newspaper article.
http://northeasterntribune.co.za/182223/foundation-seeks-help-raising-funds-for-invisible-illness/

Great to see the word being spread from another location.