European Federation for Immunogenetics opens regional conference in Yerevan

Upon the initiative of the Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry, the European Federation for Immunogenetics launched today its first ever regional conference in Yerevan.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, the participants attached a major importance to the event, considering it a great contribution to the development of the country's healthcare sector.

They highly praised the recent years' legislative reforms allowing for the transplantation of organs through a medical intervention.

"We must be able to use all the resources to save and prolong human life," said Ara Babloyan, the head of the National Assembly's Standing Committee on Healthcare, Maternity and Childhood.

Babloyan, who is also the head of Arabkir Joint Medical Center, expressed belief that the meeting would enable numerous healthcare institutions across Armenia to follow their clinic's example of transplanting organs and choosing appropriate methods for treating blood diseases, cancer and genetic disorders.

"I am sure that this meeting will open doors to our future," he said.

The Bone Marrow Donor registry is a charitable trust founded in 1999. Its beneficiaries are patients suffering from leukemia and various blood diseases, as well as blood donors. Over the 11 years of its existence, it has registered over 20,000 donors (5,576 being from the Diaspora).