The AHEPA Famiy of Athens has long been a supporter of the Evangelismos Hospital and the “Ahepa Wing” of the Hospital. During the past few year we have made significant donations in the form of renovating and furnathing the cancer research faciolity, providing an opthamogy testing devise, the
AHEPA Cooley's Anemia Foundation
Cooley's Anemia, also known as Thalassemia, is a fatal genetic blood disorder which affects mainly people in the Mediterranean area. Today, in order to survive, children must receive blood transfusions every two weeks and receive painful drug injections via an infusion pump every night of their lives.
In its major form Cooley's Anemia is fatal. Over two million people in the United States are carriers of the minor form and do not even know it. The bad news is that these people are at risk in passing along the major form if they have children. The good news is that finally a cure is in sight.
For the past twenty years the AHEPA Cooley's Anemia Foundation has been working on a three-pronged attack to fight this fatal disorder. Monies have been raised to conduct screenings, to print and distribute educational materials and to support the research of leading hematologists and geneticists in our country.
Deborah Hospital
Deborah Hospital and Lung Center is located in New Jersey and specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of heart, lung and vascular diseases in adults and acquired and congenital heart conditions in newborns, infants and children.
Since 1972, the Children of the World Program has made it possible for thousands of children from around the world to benefit from the medical and surgical expertise at Deborah. Greece is one of the countries participating in the program.
The program covers all costs associated with a child's medical and surgical care and hospital stay. It also provides one accompanying parent, preferably the mother, with lodgings and meals on the Deborah campus, so that they can be with their child and become familiar with his or her treatment and, if necessary, their aftercare.
The program, while providing unsurpassed healthcare, does not provide transportation or transportation costs from point of origin to Deborah.
AHEPA University Hospital of Thessaloniki (AHP)
The AHEPA University Hospital of Thessaloniki was founded in 1953 and is funded by the AHEPA Organization (American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association). It is a University Hospital related to the School of Medicine of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. The hospital comprises 16 clinics and 40 laboratories and receives 28000 inpatients and 107000 outpatients per year