Links to other AAPI Chronic Diseases Programs and Websites
LANtern (Lupus Asian Network)
http://www.hss.edu/Conditions/Lupus/Lantern-(Lupus-Asian-Network)
LANtern is a bi-lingual peer health education program with trained volunteers - people who have lupus or are family members- who can offer free telephone support and education. You can talk to counselors in Cantonese or Mandarin. You can ask any questions that you may have about lupus. LANtern hopes to be a guiding light for Asian-Americans with lupus and their families. We want to support, empower, and enhance your quality of life. We seek to create networks of hope and understanding.
Communities of Color Network, Christopher Reeve Paralysis Resource Center (PRC)
www.paralysis.org
The Christopher & Dana Reeve Paralysis Resource Center (PRC), a program of the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation (CRPF) and formed through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has established the PRC Communities of Color Network to promote informed health care decisions and active and independent living among those in the Hispanic, African-American, Asian-American/Pacific Islander and Native American communities living with paralysis.
Asian American Donor Program (AADP)
www.aadp.org
The Asian American Donor Program (AADP) is a community non-profit organization
geared towards saving lives. Asians are desperately needed to register as potential marrow/stem cell donors. Many Asian children and adults with life threatening blood diseases need a stem cell transplant in order to survive. Their best hope for matched donors are those within their Asian community. You could be a "miracle match" and save a life by registering as a potential donor. A3M has several Asian American Task Forces (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Pilipino, South Asian, Thai and Vietnamese) to assist in registering donors from these communities.
Asians for Miracle Marrow Matches (A3M)
www.asianmarrow.org
Asians for Miracle Marrow Matches is committed to the improvement of the health and welfare of all people by providing education, assistance, and facilitating prompt access to potential marrow/stem cell donors. We are dedicated to offering hope to the thousands suffering from diseases, which are treatable by stem cell transplant.
