Autore: Administrator

Scritta il 25-04-2007

Lexicon has contributed this week to the diffusion of news for the Fondazione Paracelso:

http://www.associazioneparacelso.it/
traduzione dall'italiano all'inglese (it>en)
Extract of translation by Ivor Coward

THE PARACELSO FOUNDATION
Founded in February 2004, the Fondazione Paracelso ONLUS (Italian "Socially Responsible Non-Profit Organisation") flanks the Federazione delle Associazioni Emofilici (Italian Federation of Hemophiliacs Associations), a voluntary organisation operating in Italy designated the role of identifying and managing member-assistance projects in favour of hemophiliac patients and their families. The Paracelso Foundation finds funds for supporting projects including scientific programmes of the Italian Association of Hemophilia Centres, and of all other istitutions working towards improving the condition of those affected by hemophilia or other congenital coagulation problems.
The first concrete project for the community was the financial help to those who had contracted the HIV virus in the 1980s from receiving treatments with blood-derivate products, which the only therapeutic option for combating the illness in those years. That project was achieved through a solidarity Fund in the 2-year period 2005-2006. About 500 people contributed to it.
The Foundation was member of the organising committee of the 12th Three-Yearly Conference on the Clinical andSocial Problems of Hemophilia, held in Milan in November 2005.
translation from Italian to English