Location
and times of the AMD- Information Bus on the Euro - Tandem - Tour
2006

Nr.

date

city

time

location

1.

02.06.2006

Lutherstadt
- Wittenberg

9:00
-13:00 Uhr

Markt

2.

02.06.2006

Leipzig

14:00
-17:00 Uhr

Hugo-Licht-Str./Busparkplatz

3.

03.06.2006

Jena

9:00
-13:00 Uhr

Marktplatz

4.

03.06.2006

Erfurt

14:00
-17:00 Uhr

Domplatz

5.

04.06.2006

Bad
Salzungen

9:00
-13:00 Uhr

Marktplatz

6.

04.06.2006

Fulda

10:30
-15:00 Uhr

Universitätsplatz

7.

06.06.2006

Lohr
a. Main

9:00
-13:00 Uhr

Schloßplatz

8.

06.06.2006

Tauberbischofsheim

14:00
-17:00 Uhr

Marktplatz

9.

07.06.2006

Heilbronn

9:00
-13:00 Uhr

Marktplatz

10.

07.06.2006

Stuttgart

14:00
-17:00 Uhr

Kronprinz-/Ecke
Büchsenstr.

11.

08.06.2006

Esslingen

9:00
-12:00 Uhr

Rathausplatz

12.

08.06.2006

Ulm

14:00
-17:00 Uhr

Marktplatz
(Ostseite)

13.

09.06.2006

Schwabmünchen

9:00
-13:00 Uhr

Fuggerstr.
50 /Rathaus

14.

09.06.2006

Munich

14:00
-17:00 Uhr

Sendlinger
Torplatz

15.

11.06.2006

Murnau

9:00
-13:00 Uhr

Rathausplatz

16.

11.06.2006

Füssen

14:00
-17:00 Uhr

Kaiser-Maximilian-Platz

17.

12.06.2006

Immenstadt

9:00
-13:00 Uhr

Marienplatz

18.

12.06.2006

Bregenz

14:00
-17:00 Uhr

Seestadtareal

19.

13.06.2006

Winterthur

9:00
-13:00 Uhr

vor
dem Kunstmuseum

20.

13.06.2006

Zürich

14:00
-17:00 Uhr

vor
dem Stadthaus

AMD
Alliance - Information Bus - 2006

„AMD - Education – Information
– Advice”

Definition

The age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is
a chronically progredient illness of the macula which leads to the loss of the
central vision. The macula is the small, central part of the retina responsible
for sharp and focussed sight. Therefore, it is vital for all activities such as
driving, reading, recognizing faces, watching TV – and also for distinguishing
colours.

Symptoms

The most frequent symptoms of AMD are a blurred
central vision, a central blind spot or a distorted vision of objects. The peripheral
vision usually remains intact. The illness typically shows first only on one eye.
But there is a 45% chance that the other eye is going to be affected within the
following 5 years.

Epidemiology

AMD is the main cause of marked loss of sight
and blindness in patients aged 50 or older within the Western world. According
to official estimations, the number of people affected in Germany alone could
rise to 8 million people (aged 65 or older) by the year 2020.

The frequency of AMD
increases with age. About 18 % of the age group 70 to 74 are affected whereas
for people aged 85 or older, the percentage rises to 47 %. It is expected that
by 2025 1.2 billion people

and by 2050 about 2 billion people worldwide
will be aged 60 or older. This rising number of older

people will lead
to a considerable increase in the number of people diagnosed with AMD.

Risk factors

The problem of what exactly causes the AMD is
not yet solved. Scientific studies have identified a number of factors which entrain
a higher risk to be affected by the illness. These risk factors are, among others:
smoking, age, gender, hair colour, food. There are some ways of prevention.

Treatments
for „moist“ AMD

According to the current state of research, AMD cannot be cured. In the
past 20 years many latest findings from research went into possible treatments.
The illness can be somewhat slowed down today but – regrettably - still not cured.

There is a number of tried out and successful treatments to ease AMD such
as drug therapies and laser therapies. Other treatments still have research status
and are being applied successfully but still need to be developed further in order
to obtain long-term results.