Table 1

People with Arthritis and Rheumatism across Europe organisations 2015/2016

Map numberAcronymFull nameCountryYear of foundationMembers (2016 update)
1Österreichische RheumaligaAustria1995
2Reumanet vzw.Belgium (Flanders)20115000
3CLAIRConfédération de Lutte contre les Affections Inflammatoires RhumatismalesBelgium (Wallonia)20042500
4BOPRDBulgarian Organisation for Patients with Rheumatic DiseasesBulgaria2010300
5HRVATSKALiga Protiv ReumatizmaCroatia19925500
6CYPLARCyprus League Against RheumatismCyprus19844450
7Revma Liga v CRCzech Republic1991460
8GigtforeningenDenmark193678 800
9ERLEesti ReumaliitEstonia199111 subassociations
10Suomen Reumaliitto RyFinland194745 000
11AFLARAssociation Française de Lutte Anti-RhumatismaleFrance19286500
12Deutsche Rheuma-Liga
Bundesverband e.V.
Germany1970280 000
13E.Λ.Ε.Α.Ν.Α.Hellenic League Against RheumatismGreece1978
14Magyar Reumabetegek EgyesületeHungary1998
15Gigtarfélag ÍslandsIceland19765030
16Arthritis IrelandIreland400
17INBARIsraeli Arthritis Foundation & Lupus OrgIsrael19854000
18ANMARAssociazione Nazionale Malati ReumaticiItaly198512 000
19LKLSSBLatvijas Kaulu, locītavu un saistaudu slimnieku biedrībaLatvia1998650
20Lietuvos Artrito AsociacijaLithuania19982000
21NORANon-governmental Organisation for Rheumatism & ArthritisMacedonia20081009
22Malta-ARAMArthritis and Rheumatism Association MaltaMalta2007380
23Association for Helping Persons with Rheumatic DiseasesMontenegro20032150
24National Association ReumaZorg NederlandNetherlands2014
25NRFNorsk RevmatikerforbundNorway195134 000
26REFOgolnopolska Federacja Stowarzyszen ReumatykowPoland2000
27LPCDRLiga Portuguesa Contra as Doenças ReumáticasPortugal1982500
28Liga Romana Contra ReumatismuluiRomania2002650
29N.A.D.E.G.D.A.National Public Organisation of disabled peopleRussia2006
30ORSThe Association of Rheumatic Diseases Patients of the Republic of SerbiaSerbia20071400
31Liga proti reumatizmuSlovakia1990
32DRSSlovenian Rheumatism AssociationSlovenia19831550
33LIRELiga Reumatológica EspañolaSpain1973
34ReumatikerförbundetSweden194550 000
35RLSRheumaliga SchweizSwitzerland1958
36Türkiye Romatizma DernegiTurkey1977
37ARMAArthritis and Musculoskeletal AllianceUK1972