14.7.2010
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Berglind Ásgeirsdóttir, permanent secretary at the Icelandic Ministry of Health, delivers to Szuszanna Jakab, WHO regional director for Europe, a disc containing the ISCI advertisment "The paralyzed puppet".
The advertisment has been translated and narrated into 29 languages by ISCI.
The ISCI´s mission is to raise global awareness to the gravity of spinal cord injuries and to urge the nations of the world to join hands in the search for cure. |
6.5.2010
International campaign to raise awarness to spinal cord injuries
On april 30th the European Broadcasting Union introduced a 15 minutes News World Feed for TV stations in Europe, Asia, South and North America. See below.
The following organisations have already taken the ISCI Worlds News Feed provided by the European Broadcasting Union:
Andorra, RTVA
Algeria, Télédiffusion d'Algérie
Spain, Television Espanola
Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting
Iceland, Rikisutvarpid (Icelandic National Broadcasting Service)
Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation
Lithuania, Lietuvos Radijas Ir Televizija - TV
Malta, GO plc
Poland, Tv Nova Poland
Portugal, Radiotelevisao Portuguesa Ep
Switzerland, European Broadcasting Union
See here: A fighter in a land of volcano´s
30.4.2010
International campaign to raise awarness to spinal cord injuries
On april 30th the European Broadcasting Union introduced a 15 minutes News World Feed for TV stations in Europe, Asia, South and North America.
The News Feed includes an announcement regarding the translation of the ISCI infomercial “paralyzed puppet” into 29 languages. The infomercial was offered free of charge for usage by TV stations, individuals and organizations.
Additionally the News Feed includes an interview with Auður Guðjónsdóttir, chairman of ISCI. The main purpose of ISCI is to raise global awarness to SCI and to urge the nations of the world to join hands in the search for cure of SCI.
See here: A fighter in a land of volcano´s
18.3.2010
5000 signatures handed over to WHO executive
- Iceland´s initiative praised
Auður Guðjónsdóttir, OR nurse and chairman of the Institute of Spinal Cord Injury Iceland – ISCI met WHO Regional Director for Europe Mrs Zsuzsanna Jakab and handed over 5000 signatures from residents in the nordic countries challenging the World Health Organisation to make every effort to ensure the launch of international efforts to seek a cure for spinal cord injuries.
Last december during the TV campaign “the paralyzed puppet” which was broadcasted concurrently in Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Faroe Islands, Finland and Norway and lasted over a 3 weeks period about 5000 signatures were collected in a nordic petition challenging WHO to launch international efforts in the field of spinal cord injuries.
Mrs Jakab praised the icelandic initiative and assured Mrs Guðjónsdóttir that all propositions will be carefully reviewed.
The Institute of Spinal Cord Injury Iceland – ISCI operates an international database of innovations in spinal cord injury treatments. The web based database is in English, Spanish, Arabic, Russian and Chinese.
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The picture was taken at the Head Offices of WHO Regional Office for Europe in Copenhagen of Zsuzsanna Jakab (Regional Director) left and Auður Guðjónsdóttir (Chairman ISCI).
See here:http://isl.isci.is/English
january 2010
Nordic challenge to raise awarness on spinal cord injuries
Last december ISCI started a nordic challenge to raise awareness on spinal cord injuries by broadcasting the infomercial “the paralyzed puppet”. The campaign lasted three weeks and the infomercial was shown simultanously in TV stations in each nordic country, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Danmark, Finnland and Faroe Island. At the same time people in these countries were urged to sign a petition to the World Health Organization WHO to make every effort to ensure the launch of international cooperation in the search for cure of spinal injuries.
About 5000 people answered ISCI´s call and signed the petition and would we like to use this opportunity to thank everybody for this assistance!
The campaign was financed by the icelandic nation and again, ISCI wants to express its gratitude.
See here: http://isl.isci.is/English
december 2009
