Held under the auspices of Prof. Hatem El Gabaly, The Minister of Health and Population, Egypt
Welcome
The
first World Parkinson's Disease Day was held on 11 April 1997, and
commemorated the birthday of Dr James Parkinson. That occasion marked
the launch of the Charter for People with Parkinson’s and was the first of successive annual World PD Day celebrations
held to raise the profile and enhance the public's awareness of Parkinson's disease.
In 2003, the Global Declaration for Parkinson’s Disease ‘Moving and Shaping’, developed by the WHO Working Group on Parkinson’s Disease was launched in India
and has received the support and signatures of many from around the
world including: Prime Ministers Tony Blair, UK, John Howard,
Australia, Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourg, Swiss federal president
Samuel Schmid, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Muhammed Ali, Rasheda
Ali-Walsh, Michael J Fox, The Rt. Hon Paul Boateng, UK High
Commissioner for South Africa and Yukta Mookhey, Former Miss World.
REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED
2008 World Parkinson’s Disease Day celebrations
The
Working Group is delighted to announce that their international
conference will be held in Cairo, Egypt on Thursday 10 April 2008 at
the Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at Nile Plaza to celebrate World
Parkinson’s Disease Day, to launch the Global Declaration and to
enhance the profile of Parkinson’s in Egypt and the WHO Eastern
Mediterranean region.
Healthcare professionals and
people with Parkinson’s are invited to participate in this very special
celebration to listen to presentations from international opinion
leaders and specialists in Parkinson’s management:
- Hany Aref, Egypt
- Mary G Baker, MBE, UK
- Saeed Bohlega, Saudi Arabia
- Tuna Burgut, Qatar
- Jonathan Carr, Africa
- Leslie Findley, UK
- Oscar Gershanik, Argentina
- Alla Guekht, Russia
- Nael Hasan, Saudi Arabia
- Saher Hashem, Egypt
- Ashraf Kurdi, Jordan
- Yoshikuno Mizuno, Japan
- Ossama Morsi, Spain
- Ahmed Shakal, Egypt
- M.Taghi Yasamy, Egypt (WHO)
