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U2 support World MS Day campaign
Monday, 25 May 2009
Rock giants U2 will this week support the first global awareness campaign to spotlight multiple sclerosis.
World MS Day, to be launched on Wednesday, will involve more than 160 events in 51 countries.
U2’s contribution is their hit song Beautiful Day, which is providing the campaign soundtrack.
The aim is to highlight the plight of people with the disease, raise donations for patient charities and research funding, forge links between MS organisations, and urge action from politicians.
MS is an auto-immune disease in which nerves are attacked by the body’s own defences. Northern Ireland has the second highest rate of MS in the world, only slightly behind Scotland, with 4,000 sufferers.
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Well done U2 - as a MS sufferer & fan - absolutely fantastic
Posted by Stephen | 26.05.09, 10:36 GMT