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No-Fee Membership

The International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society (MDS) offers no-cost membership in every member category for eligible individuals from 100+ lower-income countries.

Apply today to have immediate access to member benefits, including online subscriptions to MDS peer-reviewed Journals, reduced registration fees for the International Congress and education courses, training and certificate programs, eLearning resources, and a vast video library with patient cases, among other benefits.
 

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Other No-Cost Membership Categories

  • Student
  • Junior
  • Retiree

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No-Fee Eligible Countries

MDS offers no-fee membership to more than 100 countires around the globe.

If you live in an eligble country, you will have the option to request a fee waiver during your application process. Country eligibility is based closely on World Bank economic data. 

 

Countries by region:  Africa  |  Asia & Oceania  |  Europe  |  Pan America

 

■ No-fee eligible

Africa

Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo, Dem. Rep
Congo, Rep.
Cote D'Ivoire

Djibouti
Egypt, Arab Rep.
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia, The
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia

Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal

Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Asia & Oceania

Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Cambodia
China, People's Republic
Fiji
India
Indonesia
Iran, Islamic Rep.
Iraq
Jordan
Kazakhstan

Kiribati
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Malaysia
Maldives
Marshall Islands
Mauritius
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
Mongolia
Myanmar

Nauru
Nepal
North Korea
Pakistan
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Sri Lanka
Syrian Arab Republic

Tajikistan
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Tonga
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vietnam
West Bank and Gaza
Yemen, Rep.

Europe

Albania
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria
Croatia
Georgia
Kosovo
Latvia

Lithuania
Macedonia
Moldova
Montenegro
Romania

Russia
Serbia
Turkey
Ukraine

Pan America

American Samoa
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Belize
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia

Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Grenada
Guatemala

Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay

Peru
Puerto Rico
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela

 

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If you are not sure which membership category to apply under, please email the International Secretariat at membership@movementdisorders.org.

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