Moldova: helping create an MS organization

Special Edition on JurnalTV on September 16th

Ludmila, 18, with MS since she was 16

The full TV show:

http://www.jurnaltv.md/ro/news/zboruri-caritabile-154471/

Moldova is unique among the 30 countries we will visit as the country is the only one without an MS organization.

Press conference at the Hospital of Neurology, attended by the Minister of Health (standing)

However, our visit was the catalyst for discussions between local MS doctors, people with MS, and the government for the creation on an MS Society in Moldova. All parties asked us to remain involved in helping them through the process of establishing this organization, and we will facilitate knowledge transfer from other European MS organizations to the MS community in Moldova.

Octavian Grama, vice-minister o health, Dr. Andrei Uncuta, Vice-Director of the Neuology Hospital, Keith and I

Before arriving in Moldova, we were not sure that our stop here will lead to much, given that the country did not even have an MS organization. However, our visit may well be the journey’s most impactfull.

At the Neurology Hospital

Ludmila, 18, with MS since she was 16, before her flight with us

The media coverage for our stop was also very intense. We were met by a TV crew on our arrival on September 15th, had a press conference at the Hospital for Neurology with MS doctors, patients and the minister of health, organized flights with all of them, and participated in live TV shows on September 16th and 17th.