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April 2011

 

 

"Together to Health"

THIRD INTERNATIONAL ARMENIAN MEDICAL CONGRESS

Yerevan, Armenia

July 7 – July 9, 2011

 

 

 

 

Third International Medical Congress of Armenia,

July 7 to July 9, 2011.

Yerevan

 

Work in progress

 

 

Yerevan – The Third International Medical Congress of Armenia, a three-day, comprehensive forum for healthcare professionals and experts from around the world, will be held in Yerevan from July 7 to July 9, 2011.

Organized under the auspices of the Ministry of Health of Armenia, the Medical Congress will convene at the Yerevan State Medical University. In addition to plenary sessions dedicated to key health issues affecting Armenia and Karabagh/Artsakh, the event will include scientific presentations in some 24 areas of specialty, as well as satellite symposia linking regional healthcare professionals with the international Armenian medical community attending the Congress.

The event will also feature lectures by renowned specialists from Armenia and around the globe. They will be sharing with their attending colleagues, a significant number of new medical discoveries and advanced techniques, in addition to examining a number of health issues pertaining to the world at large, and Armenia and Karabakh/Artsakh in particular.

 

 -This Medical Congress will continue what has become a tradition that is "Building Bridges Partnership Program," an initiative which aimed at the beginning to bolster professional links and cross-country collaboration through guest-lectureship opportunities.

"The Armenian medical establishment has come a long way in the past decade or so, but there’s still much to be done for achieving the optimal healthcare standards that we envision," said Professor Derenik Doumanyan President of the Medical Congress.

Professor Ara Babloyan the chairmen of Scientific Committee said "The Medical Congress is critically important in that it provides an all-encompassing platform for improving the healthcare sphere on the one hand, and enhancing public awareness of medical issues on the other. Specifically, the event provides an extraordinary conduit for discussing major healthcare issues, sharing know-how and experience, and fostering collaboration."

Haroutioun Koushkyan, MD, PhD, Minister of Health of the Republic of Armenia, emphasized the significance of synergies and partnerships that he hopes the Medical Congress will facilitate. "In essence, the Congress will serve to help Armenian healthcare workers gain fresh insights and understanding, and strengthen their professional skills," he said. "As importantly, the event is meant to widen the impact of these benefits through a host of collaborative projects and experience-sharing programs."

Dr. Koushkyan explained that the Medical Congress’ three-day plenary sessions will be devoted entirely to Diaspora-Armenia projects and strategies for future collaboration. He added that the goal of sharing medical experience, developments, and ideas among Armenian healthcare professionals continues to be realized across the globe, thanks both to the International Medical Congress of Armenia and the biennial Armenian Medical World Congress, organized in the Diaspora by the Armenian Medical International Committee (AMIC).

Dr. Avedis Bogosyan, AMIC’s president thanks the Organizing Committee of  the "Third International Medical Congress of Armenia" for hosting a meeting which seems to be promising and useful not only for our colleagues of Armenia, but also for those attending from the Diaspora. "I particularly appreciate the organization of satellite symposia linking the colleagues living and working in Armenia’s regions with those attending the Congress. Reaching regional healthcare professionals and therefore upgrading the health of Armenia’s rural population have been one of the objectives of AMIC’s member associations."

Some of the Medical Congress’ main plenary-session topics necessitate the discussion of certain cultural, sociological, and socio-psychological factors, "making for a broad and extremely rewarding examination of these issues," according to a representative of the Medical Congress.

More information on the Third International Medical Congress of Armenia, including participation details, may be obtained online at www.3imca.am.

 

 

II- The Armenian American Medical Society of California’s camp for Forty Diabetic children

 

The following announcement was sent to AMIC’s Info-Flash by Dr. Mariam Manoukian from San Francisco. Its interest lies not only in the health benefit that 40 children of Armenia will be getting, which is in itself wonderful, but also in the initiative itself. This is an emblematic example of similar initiatives which will be taking place this year organized by other associations and other groups. We hope we will be able to announce them soon.

The Congresses held in Armenia are giving way to in situ actions by the Diaspora associations, and that will gradually bring direct health care benefits to the population. If you can help, please write to Drs. Mariam Manoukian and Vicken Sepilian. You will find their email addresses at the end of the message.

 

"During the 3rd International Medical Congress of Armenia, the Armenian-American Medical Society of California (AAMSC) is sponsoring a camp for about 40 children with Type 1 diabetes from ages 10-14;"Camp Aragatz" will take place at the Children's Camp in Abaran from July 6 to July 12, 2011.


During the camp, children will be offered classes on insulin injections, carbohydrate counting, hypoglycaemia  and its treatment, oral care and other important issues related to life with diabetes. An extensive cultural and sports programs are also planned.

Children and youth with diabetes are a special group that requires significant medical attention as well as constant supply of insulin and test strips which can be a major financial burden for families and the society.


There are currently about 350 children with diabetes in Armenia and  Karabagh/Artsakh. As they become adults, these children add to the pool of many adults suffering from a chronic disease that continuously requires treatment and monitoring.


In developed countries, children and adults with diabetes have the same life expectancy, and healthy life, like their counterparts without diabetes.

 

Unfortunately, that is not the case in Armenia. The types of insulin supply is intermittent, children do not regularly perform home glucose monitoring and as a result they have very poor blood sugar control which halts their growth, and causes complications like chronic kidney disease and blindness, creating a much larger burden to the society.

We will need to ensure that children in Armenia have a continuous supply of insulin as well as blood sugar meters and strips, working in conjunction with the Armenian diabetologists and the Health Ministry of Armenia.

 

Diabetes camps have been shown to improve diabetes care as well as children's psychology, which is often traumatized from the onset of the disease."

 

If you have any thoughts or would like to help with the camp please email Dr. Mariam Manoukian manoukian@aol.com or Dr. Vicken Sepilian vsepilian@chaivf.com "

 

 

 

AMIC’s Executive members and President, Dr. Avedis Bogosyan, hope to see as many as possible of the Info-Flash readers in Yerevan in July.