87, Str. Vasile LUPU, ap.44
2008/5 MD Chisinau,
MOLDAVIA
Tel. (+373) 22719777
eMail: s_aureliu
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| President | Aurel SARIVAN (AS patient, Lieutenant-Colonel in reserve; graduated from the «Defence College» of Paris), address given above |
| Vice-president | Iulia SARIVAN (graduated from the Azerbaijan Petrol Academy. works at the National Metrological Institute as metrology engineer |
| International contacts | Aurel SARIVAN (AS patient, speaks fluently French, Rumanian, Russian and moderately also English); address see above |
| Membership 1. Jan. 2010 | 32 members including 9 with ankylosing spondylitis |
| Local branches | 2 branches. |
| Newsletter | We distribute a Newsletter for AS patients, including news on current AS research and experiences of patients how they cope with medical and social problems |
| Period of appearance | 2 per year |
| Important events in 2010 | Meetings where patients can exchange experiences and can get news on current research on the disease. We consider patient education as essential in the disease management. |
| Annual membership fee | 60 lei |
| Remarks | Our mission is • To support patients with ankylosing spondylitis by giving them information about the disease; • To contribute to civic education, strengthening and promotion of civil society and democratic institutions in three selected villages. Our primordial project for patients with ankylosing spondylitis is to build a rehabilitation centre for AS patients in Siscani-Afumati, where AS patients can be treated with new approaches of the classical medicine and with physical exercises by using gymnastic balls, exercise mats, cycling machines, the sauna, and a warm hydrotherapy pool. We collect funds for this project, The cost is estimated at € 7 000. We collected already 18%. |
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