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National Vitiligo Foundation
This site was created to serve as a clearinghouse for information about vitiligo, for both people with vitiligo and the general public. Through research, the National Vitiligo Foundation hopes to find a cause, and eventually, a cure.
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American Vitiligo Research Foundation
This website was created to help vitiligo patients and their families. The AVRF strives to raise awareness, educate, and help patients live with a greater understanding and acceptance of vitiligo. The AVRF encourages higher ethical standards in research, and therefore supports finding a cure through alternatives to animal testing.
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Vitiligo Support International
Vitiligo Support International is the largest vitiligo organization in the world. Originally created as a grassroots approach to the skin disorder known as vitiligo, Vitiligo Support now promotes awareness and education about vitiligo, provides information and interaction to people living with vitiligo, and works to encourage and support medical research to find better treatments and a cure for vitiligo.
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National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
The mission of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases is to support research into the causes, treatment, and prevention of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases, the training of basic and clinical scientists to carry out this research, and the dissemination of information on research progress in these diseases.
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American Osteopathic College of Dermatology
The Purpose of the AOCD is to improve the standards of the practice of dermatology, to stimulate the study and extend knowledge in the field of dermatology, to promote a more general understanding of the nature and scope of services rendered to other divisions of practice, hospitals, clinics and the public by osteopathic dermatologists.
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Vitiligo Society
The Vitiligo Society is the organisation which offers support and understanding to people with vitiligo and their families in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. It also supports people anywhere in the world who contact them for help.
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Vitiligo - From Mayo Clinic
The mission of the Mayo Clinic is to empower people to manage their health. This link provides useful, up-to-date information on vitiligo.
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New Zealand Dermatological Society
The aim of this website is to provide authoritative information about the skin diseases for patients, to collect and disseminate medical knowledge on dermatology, to promote dermatological research and to provide an authoritative body of opinion on matters concerning the skin. This link is to the Society's section related to vitiligo information.
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Medline Plus - Vitiligo Information
MedlinePlus aims to direct visitors to information to help answer health questions. This site presents authoritative vitiligo information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations.
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