AFSEP continues its national “Road tour” and will be present this Wednesday, October 19 on the Lissagaray quay in Auch, to raise awareness regarding multiple sclerosis.
As part of a national “Road tour” which started on June 10 and will end on October 24, the French Association for Multiple Sclerosis (AFSEP) is visiting Auch this Wednesday, October 19.
On board a Volkswagen combi in the colors of the association (blue and white), the national delegate Pierre-Rémi Nouvet-Gire will come to park in the parking lot of the Quai Lissagaray, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., to discuss this disease that affects 120,000 people in France, including 700 children, 3,000 new cases being detected each year according to figures from the Ministry of Health and Prevention.
“2nd cause of disability in young adults”
The AFSEP departmental delegate, Mireille Francheschetti, will also be present to “raise public awareness of this neurodegenerative disease, the second cause of disability in young adults.” The opportunity to discuss the actions that are carried out regularly in the Gers, and in particular in Mauvezin, where a support group open to patients meets once a month, and where a naturopath offers well-being sessions open to all. and to everyone in the 3rd age club.