160 NKR citizens, including government members join Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry

January 12, 2010 - 13:10 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net -
Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry (ABMDR) Charity Fund marks the decade in 2010. A number of commemorative events launched on 8 January in the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Stepanakert. A festive concert, "Save a Life" and other events were organized by the Ministry of Health, Culture and Youth Affairs of NKR and ABMDR.



Concert, which lasted 6 hours, was aimed at increasing the number of donors. 160 people between18 and 50 became bone marrow donors. Chairman of the NKR National Assembly Ashot Gulyan, leader of the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan, NKR Minister of Health Armen Khachatryan, Minister of Culture Narine Aghabalyan were among them.



Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry

Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry Charity Fund was officially established in Armenia on 8 January 2000. The Registry is aimed to search appropriate bone marrow donors for patients with leukemia and other blood diseases in Armenia and the Diaspora. Armenian Registry cooperates with other existing registries in the world, promote development of transplantation in Armenia and seek to open the Center for collection and transplantation of stem cells in Armenia.

 Top stories
17 bridges collapse as a result of floods in Armenia17 bridges collapse as a result of floods in Armenia
As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed.
Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son saysEx-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says
David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan.
Armenia's planned Academic City discussed with architecturesArmenia's planned Academic City discussed with architectures
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners.
By 2023, Armenia will reduce number of state universities to eightBy 2023, Armenia will reduce number of state universities to eight
The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said.
Partner news
 Articles
The growing trend of human microchipping

Means of control or convenience?

 Most popular in the section
Wine-filled days of DILIJAN WINE FEST 2024 set for August 3 and 4
Christmas Miracle in Shirak: Ameriabank Santas visit children from Artsakh
Idram, IDBank and Hayordi team up to benefit children of Artsakh
Armenia ex-President’s corruption trial ends without verdict
Home
All news
Overview: Society
Archive for January 12, 2010
Other news in this section
  Related sections
World
 Latest news
Viva sees growing demand for cloud services In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud services
Turkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.
Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.
Balance of attached cards in the Idram&IDBank app From now on, users will be able to view the online balances of cards issued by ArCa system banks and attached to the app.
---