Building a Partnership with Your Doctor

The psychological burden of axSpA and the support patient organisations’ can offer to their members

It is becoming clearer that depression and anxiety are prominent among people living wit

WASD 2023 Read our Report

Read our report on EULAR 2023

Scandinavian Rheumatology Conference

New awareness and advocacy tools!

EULAR 2023

Member Spotlight: NASS

New Infographic: Preparing for Medical Appointments

IMAS Coming soon: Global Report

Coming soon: New materials to help reduce diagnostic delay

Why I’m an ASIF Trustee

Member Webinar

The Psychological Impact of axSpA and the

World AS Day reached more than 48 million

New Member Resources Webpages

Member Webinar

Community/Direct Fundraising  

ACR Report

ASAS 2023 – Annual Meeting Report

Walk Your AS Off

Written by Jennifer Visscher, Walk AS One

World AS Day 2023

Introducing Mike

ASIF's new Executive Director

AFLAR Conference 2023 Report

Rheumatology a New Dawn in Africa but what about Advocacy?

Why I’m an ASIF Trustee

Obituary – Prof. Dr. Ernst Feldtkeller (1931 – 2023)

Written by Dr. Muhammad Asim Khan

New Executive Director for ASIF

Member Webinar Series

Upcoming Webinar: Community/Direct Fundraising

New book: Axial Spondyloarthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis

ASIF Council Meeting, Copenhagen 29-31 May 2022 report

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IMAS update

Our Relationship with Physical Activity

ASIF Member Webinar Series

The potential to treat axSpA via the gut microbiome   Watch Dr Matthew Brown

ASAS Annual Meeting – Report

Delay to Diagnosis – New global Steering Group

Conferences and Events

Report on Council Meeting

Trustee recruitment

SARS-COV-2 Vaccinations in RMD patients

AS features in The Good Doctor

India Rheumatology Conference

Scandinavian Rheumatology Congress (SRC) Features Key IMAS Findings

Delegates at EULAR PARE voted our poster in the top three

Talk to be Heard – New Global Campaign!

IMAS Largest ever study

World AS Day 2022

Important message to Patient Organisations

Register for the ASIF Council Meeting 2022

Report on the 5th Annual Scientific Meeting of BritSpA

AFS

Why I’m an ASIF Trustee

Nagaraja’s Ironman Triathlon

Member Spotlight: Ankylosing Spondylitis Welfare Society

World AS Day 2022

Vale Margaret Lewington

New Trustee

ASIF Council Meeting 2022

EULAR PARE Podcast

IMAS at EPIS

Highlights from ACR 2021

More countries launch IMAS

A message from Souzi Makri, Chair of EULAR PARE

EULAR Report

Delay to Diagnosis Report Launched

World AS Day Highlights

Developing Members’ Resources

IMAS Continues to Expand

The Reality of axSpA in our Country and Continent

EULAR Congress Features Delay to Diagnosis project

EULAR highlighted the project in an Abstract presentation, a Poster and a press release

EULAR Congress Features Delay to Diagnosis project

Dr Dale Webb, from the Delay to Diagnosis Sub Committee and Chief Executive of NASS, delivered the Poster presentation and Ab

IMAS Wins EFPIA’s Connecting Healthcare Award!

New Members

We are delighted to welcome three new members to ASIF: Hellenic Leagu

Few axSpA patients infected with COVID-19 – Survey shows

IMAS is expanding – News Update

Delay to Diagnosis Project – News Update

ASIF’s new members

In the last few months the Trustees have approved applications from 3 different countries and the nu

ASIF/SAA axSpA and COVID-19 Survey

You can take part in critical research on COVID-19 in Axial Spondyloarthritis! We need as many peop

What is Walk Your AS Off ?

Covid-19 News and advice from around the world

Global Spondyloarthritis Summit 2020 – Registration Now Open – 1-7 May 2020

Save the date, May 1-7, 2020

Covid-19 Global Registry

ASIF name change

At the recent AGM, members voted to change the name of ASIF to:

New infographics – available to be circulated and if necessary translated

With UCB, ASIF has created two new infographics

Rheumafit

Online exercise videos for AxSpA/AS and other arthritis patients

New book by Dr Muhammad Khan and Philip Mease – Axial Spondyloarthritis

International Map of Axial Spondyloarthritis

The International Map of Axial Spondyloarthritis (IMAS) is a research initiative assessing the impact and burden of axial spo

Welcome to new member Walk As One

The Trustees approved an application from Walk As One to join ASIF at their meeting in September 201

2019 Montane Spine Race

Congratulations Raj! ASIF Trustee, Raj Mahapatr

Welcome to new member – France ACS

At a meeting of the Trustees in February 2019, the application from Action Contre les spondylarthrites (ACS), a second associ

ASIF 13th General Council Meeting

The 13th General Council Meeting was held in Guangzhou, China on 10-13 October 2018. We thank Dr Jieruo Gu and her team for h

Welcome to new member – Israel

At a meeting of the Trustees in January 2019, the application from INBAR, Israel was approved. INBAR is the Israeli Associat

Welcome to new member – Ukraine

In November the Trustees approved the application from the Ankylosing Spondyliti

Ankylosing Spondylitis vs Axial Spondyloarthritis (AS or axSpA)

ASAS has for some years referred to our group of diseases or conditions as Axial Spondyloarthritis. Many think that the term

Intimacy and AS

Michael Mallinson has lived with AS for over 35 years. He developed this content as a consultant to Novartis Pharmaceutic