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SOCIAL CONTRIBUTION

included internationally recognised scientists
such as Dr Jo Anne Zujewski, Head of Breast
Cancer Therapeutics in the US National Cancer
Institute and Ms Nancy Carter Foster, Senior
Advisor for Global Health to the United States
Secretary of State. Participants serving vulner-
able populations have come from Albania, Bos-
nia, the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Eritrea, Estonia,
Hungary, Latvia, Kenya, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia,
Syria, and Ukraine. To date, more than 360 med-
ical practitioners have participated.
The American College of Radiology and the The Panagia
United States Department of State have spon- Philanthropini
sored the travel and accommodation of several Centre has
prominent experts. screened more
The Center fully adheres to the EU and the than 26,000
US’s Quality Control Guidelines on early cancer women and per-
detection. The high-quality medical services pro- formed 120,000
vided by the Centre have been attested through screening tests
inspections by USA FDA officials and leading EU and approxi-
experts. Indicative of this is the support officially mately 600,000
offered by the European Free Trade Association mammograms.
to the Ormylia Centre’s early molecular cancer
detection, chemoprevention, and supportive
Infrastructures. This project’s signing ceremony
took place at the Centre with the participa-
tion of Their Royal Majesties, King Harald and
Queen Sonja of Norway, and high-level officials
of the EFTA and the governments of Norway
and Greece.
Thus, in these momentously challenging times,
the Center of Panagia Philanthropini humbly con-
tinues its journey of love and hope, providing
care to women and children in need.

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