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  • The CFIDS Association of America is the largest and most active 501(c)(3) charitable organization dedicated to conquering chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome (CFIDS, also widely known as chronic fatigue syndrome or CFS).

    Since its founding in 1987, the Association has invested over $16.4 million in support efforts to bring an end to the pain, disability and suffering caused by CFIDS. We work toward our mission by:

    • Building recognition of CFIDS as a serious, widespread medical disorder;
    • Securing a meaningful response to CFIDS from the federal government;

    • Stimulating high quality CFIDS research;

    • Improving health-care providers' abilities to detect, diagnose and manage CFIDS; and

    • Providing information to persons with CFIDS and enabling the CFIDS community to speak with a collective voice.
    The CFIDS Association is driven and primarily funded by individuals and persons with CFIDS (PWCs) seeking to help themselves, people who care about them and by people who want to make a difference — The scientists striving to understand the cause and progression of CFIDS, identify diagnostic markers and discover effective treatments. The health care professionals working to provide a higher level of care to their CFIDS patients. The grassroots advocates who provide the compelling evidence that CFIDS warrants a swift and strong federal response. The support groups that ease the transition for the newly diagnosed patient and provide emotional support to others in their ongoing struggle with the disease. And the staff and volunteers working everyday on behalf of 800,000 American men, women and children and countless others around the globe.



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