ELPIDA Cancer Foundation Commends Azerbaijan's Efforts

ELPIDA Association President and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Marianna Vardinoyannis discussed the two nation's stellar collaborations in a Trend Agency interview.

Vardinoyannis described the ELPIDA "Affiliations Program", that has collaborated with Azerbaijan and the Baku Thalassemia Center. She stated: "Azerbaijan was one of the first countries that responded immediately to our call in 2013. We have a very high percentage of success on treatments of thalassemia".

The leading Greek humanitarian added, "In 2009, we were honoured to welcome the First Lady of Azerbaijan, Mrs. Mehriban Aliyeva, with whom I share a very close friendship through our missions at UNESCO as Goodwill Ambassadors, to our ELPIDA Guest House. She was the first person from Azerbaijan who visited us and since then she is one of our great supporters".

Vardinoyiannis described the EPLIDA foundation's efforts,
"Children and their families from all over Greece and from neighbour countries are coming to Athens, and they are supported as much as possible. They stay in our Guest House and they have access in the best possible facilities for their therapy. Wishing to achieve the most advanced conditions of treatment, we co-operate with many important hospitals from abroad."