Announcements and Events for Ostomates Around the World
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World Ostomy Day will be celebrated on 6 October 2012 and the theme will be “Let’s be heard!” World Ostomy Day will be celebrated on 6 October 2012 and the theme will be “Let’s be heard!” The aim of World Ostomy Day is to improve the rehabilitation of ostomates worldwide
Czech Republic WOD 2012 Let’s be heard ? that is motto of international ostomy day, that was announced by International Ostomy Association for October 06, 2012. This project is welcome very warmly by Czech ILCO as the thought of having an ostomy comes with fear and anxiety in sufferers. This
Colima Mexico Ostomy Association affiliated to the IOA through the NCACOA Region participated in the last two celebrations of World Ostomy day:In 2006 and in 2009 (represented Mexico and received first place in the region of the Americas. Now in celebration of this year 2012 in order to engage and
Polish Ostomy Association POL-ILKO was founded in 1987. With 1500 members in 20 chapters we represent approximately 35000 ostomy patients in Poland. One of very important activities of our association is popularizing volunteers’ assistance to ostomates. Another aspect of our work is education and prevention: we participate in various initiatives
Dear Matilda Hope you had a safe travel back to Sweden and had a great time in South Africa.Our container arrived in Zimbabwe on the 11 of May . It was our first time to receive osteomyelitis appliances in for of a container and the paperwork took a little more
The 6th of October ILCO Sweden Ostomy Association will arrange a conference at hotel Scandic Crown in Gothenburg. There will be several lectures held by doctors, surgeons and ostomates. There will also be Workshops concerning international cooperation, national healthcare, children/parents arrangements and the project for youth with IBS (Irritable Bowel
In late February I was invited by Song Yanli from Coloplast to attend the above symposium.On Thursday 22nd March, on the way to this WOD symposium, the opportunity was taken to visit Hong Kong Stoma Association (HKSA) and the Coloplast Regional Office. I am grateful to Jackie Lam who organized
Kleinwächter, Vladimir was born on April 24, 1933 in Brno, Czechoslovakia. Son of Antonin and Arnostka (Krulová) Kleinwächter. He finished his medicine as Doctor rerum naturalium, Masaryk University, Brno, 1956. Computer Sciences Corporation, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Brno, 1960. Rechr. Institute Biophysics Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 1956-1999, deputy director Institute
Dato John Cardosa passed away in the morning of October 6, 2011 due to lingering illness. He is survived by his wife and children. The story of Dato John David Cardosa goes a long way as he has touched a lot of peoples lives merely by the energy and passion
Background:The AtH (Access to Healthcare) project was begun in September 2009 at a meeting arranged by Coloplast and IOA in Guangzhou where it was agreed that IOA and WCET would work together to help establish Stoma Clubs in Guangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing, Hangzhou and Nanjing.In September 2010 Dr Buch and Barry
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