National Donor Day in Russia 19.04.2013

20 April 2013, Russia has one of the most important social events - the National Donor Day. First of all this day is dedicated to donors themselves - people who give blood donated for the benefit of the health and lives of complete strangers.

This day is also dedicated to doctors who conduct blood sampling, control the sanitary condition of blood transfusion stations, develop techniques and equipment. The reason for the holiday was the very humane event - April 20, 1832 a young Petersburg obstetrician Andrew Wolf Martynovych first successfully conducted a blood transfusion maternity obstetric hemorrhage. Woman's life was saved thanks to the competent work of the doctor and patient's husband donated blood. Every year in Russia, more than half a million people are in need of blood transfusions.

Fertility Show exhibition completed in Moscow 17.04.2013

13-14 April 2013, Fertility Show exhibition and VESNA festival were held in Moscow. Within the exhibition the sixth national award "Crystal tube" was given to the winners. Two thousand people attended this event.

HDF took part in the Fertility Show international exhibition 15.04.2013

13-14 April 2013, in Moscow there was the Fertility Show international exhibition. The exhibition is a unique event in the Russian exhibition practice, designed for professionals in the medical field and the general public interested in family planning, reproduction, maternity and pediatrics.

The Second Festival of Family Health VESNA, conducted within Fertility Show this year, is a unique educational project for those who want to have a strong family and a healthy baby, maintain their health, overcome the problems of the transition states of different ages.

Visitors of this festival participated in the interesting event program including master classes, workshops and receiving advice from leading experts in the field of Obstetrics, Gynecology, Reproductive Health, Psychology, Sexology and Nutrition.

Visitors of all ages were able to get professional answers to the most complex and important issues of health: vaccination, IVF, surrogacy and related religious problems.

Future parents got useful information about how to properly care for the baby in the first days and weeks of its life.

Health and Development Foundation also presented three programs (SMSmame, IVF/ART School, Everything that concerns you) and held three program workshops.

HDF has announced the contest for the best screenplay for the second series of "Nastia’s Diary" 13.04.2013

Health and Development Foundation announced contest for best screenplay for the second series of the film "Nastia’s Diary" and invites all talented young people to take part in the continuing development of the legendary stories.

This is the open youth competition to create the script and the film adaptation of the game for teens on the topic of health promotion named " Nastia’s Diary - To be continued!"

HDF has launched the new information project 11.04.2013

HDF is glad to announce a new information project which highlights the main news, hot topics, announcements of events for all HDF projects, and informs about the amazing facts, findings, modern international and Russian mHealth trends, results of studies about many issues in the health field. HDF has more than 1000 partners from different government (such as Health Ministry, Education Ministry, Youth Policy Ministry, etc) and nonprofit, private organizations. This information delivery is also available for all visitors who wants to sign up this service on our site. All subscribers will get an information digest on their emails once in two weeks. To sign up please click here and register. Please join us and share your feedback/comments on our Facebook or Twitter.