The National Fibromyalgia Partnership (NFP), has been in existence since June 1992. Originally known as the Fibromyalgia Association of Northern Virginia, Inc. (FMANV) and then the Fibromyalgia Association of Greater Washington, Inc. (FMAGW), the organization has quickly evolved into a large non-profit association offering a wide array of services and activities to patients and professionals. The NFP is an incorporated 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with a Board of Directors and a distinguished Medical Advisory Board.          

Thanks to the generous support of a number of medical experts and the National Institutes of Health, the NFP has been able to offer quality educational materials and speaker presentations on fibromyalgia and related conditions since its inception. Its best known publications are its FM Monograph and its quarterly journal,  Fibromyalgia Frontiers. The organization has distinguished itself through the comprehensive, medically accurate information it offers and the unique vision with which it conceives new programs, products, and services to meet public needs. Today, the NFP has members across the United States and Canada and on nearly every continent. In addition, it has served many thousands of patients, medical professionals, and members of the public through its publications, services, and website.

MISSION STATEMENT

Our Mission is to make medically-accurate, quality resource information on fibromyalgia (FM) available to our membership, health care professionals, and the community-at-large.  

Our Goal is to provide informational tools so as to promote the timely and appropriate diagnosis and treatment of fibromyalgia.

Our Objectives:

v     To disseminate up-to-date, accurate information concerning the etiology, pathophysiology, and management of FM;

v     To foster public awareness about FM and its legitimacy as a verifiable and treatable condition;

v     To track and report on new medical research related to FM and associated conditions;

v     To provide informational materials, technical support, and other appropriate assistance to health organizations which are concerned, either directly or indirectly, with FM education, treatment, or research;

v     To furnish adjunct resource information (i.e., availability of self-help, legal, or financial  assistance organizations) which can assist patients and caregivers with FM management; and      

v     To monitor and support legislative activities which have a bearing on FM research and treatment as permitted by our designation as a charitable organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.