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Elitour
Elitour is the Greek Medical Tourism Council. It is associated with the Greek National Tourism Organization. Dr Giorgos Patoulis is the President of the council. He is also President of the Athens Medical Association and the Central Union of Municipalities of Greece. He is a proponent of Greece's thermal natural resources, and says that "Thermal tourism is a dominant lever in the National Health Tourism Strategic Plan." Mr. Petros Mamalakis is the General Secretary. It organised a Health Tourism Day in March 2018. It assisted in organising the International Medical Travel Journal Medical Travel Summit in Athens in May 2018. and a Medical Tourism Symposium in November 2018 which was addressed by Giorgos Tzilalas, the General Secretary of Tourism Policy and Development and Mr. G. Giannopoulos the Secretary General of the Ministry of Health and was intended to facilitate collective effort with the formulation of a national strategy. The board held a meeting in April 2018, shor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Medical Travel Journal
The International Medical Travel Journal was established in 2007 with a focus on medical tourism. It runs a biweekly newsletter. Keith Pollard is the Editor in Chief and features as a speaker at medical tourism conferences. He is also executive chairman of the health care research firm LaingBuisson International, and is featured at the Medical Travel Summits organised by LaingBuisson International. The conference in Athens in May 2018 was organised in conjunction with Elitour, the Greek Medical Tourism Council. It runs annual Medical Travel Awards. Mahathir Mohamad, Prime Minister of Malaysia cited them in 2018 among the "global accolades" National Heart Institute The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) is the third largest Institute of the National Institutes of Health, located in Bethesda, Maryland, United States. It is tasked with allocating about $3.6 billion in FY 2020 in tax revenue t ... had received. Subsequently Malaysia was awarded "Destination of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek National Tourism Organization
The Greek National Tourism Organisation ( el, Εθνικός Οργανισμός Τουρισμού, ''Ethnikos Organismos Tourismou''), often abbreviated as GNTO ( el, EOT) is the governmental Board for the promotion of tourism in Greece. It functions under the supervision of the Ministry of Tourism. History The Greek National Tourism Organisation (GNTO), that was founded in 1929 and was re-established in 1950, is a Public Entity (PE) under the supervision of the Ministry of Tourism. Its main mission nowadays is to develop and promote the Greek tourism product through the implementation of promotional tourism campaigns both in Greece and abroad utilizing as well its extensive network of overseas offices. Moreover, with its vast experience and expertise and its large network of associates and stakeholders both in Greece and abroad, the GNTO has been and continues to be fundamental in the national effort of promoting "Greece", this truly unique and amazing destination, both cost- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athens Medical Association
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh List of urban areas in the European Union, largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates and is the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years and its earliest human presence beginning somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennia BC. Classical Athens was a powerful Greek city-state, city-state. It was a centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, and the home of Plato's Platonic Academy, Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum (classical), Lyceum. It is widely referred to as the cradle of civilization, cradle of Western culture, Western civilization and the democracy#History, birthplace of democracy, larg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Health (Greece)
The Ministry of Health ( el, Υπουργείο Υγείας), is the government department responsible for managing the health system of Greece. The incumbent minister is Thanos Plevris of New Democracy. The Alternate Minister for Health Services is , and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health is Zoi Rapti. Ministers for Health and Social Solidarity (2004–2012) Ministers for Health (2012–2015) Ministers for Health, Social Security and Social Solidarity (January 2015–September 2015) Ministers of Health (since September 2015) See also * Health care in Greece *List of hospitals in Greece External links * {{authority control Health Health Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders wit ... 1982 establishments in Greece Ministries established in 1982 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Kountoura
Elena Kountoura ( el, Έλενα Κουντουρά, also romanized as ''Elena Koundoura''; born 2 November 1962), is a Greek politician, Member of the European Parliament, ex-Minister of Tourism (resigned on 3 May 2019 in order to participate in the European Parliament's elections) in the Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras, and Member of Parliament for Athens A, for the Independent Greeks, and earlier for New Democracy. Before her entrance into politics, she was an international model, director of a women's magazine and a track-and-field athlete. Biographical sketch Early life and education She was born in Athens and is the daughter of the former Hellenic Army officer and monarchist Alexandros Kountouras. Her father is co-founder and ongoing leader of BEO (Βυζαντινή Εθνική Οργάνωση, ''Vyzantini Ethniki Organosi'', "National Byzantine Organisation", earlier ''Vasiliki Ethniki Organosi'', "National Royal Organisation"), the title of which was changed in the ''Metap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Institute Of Greek Doctors
In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the world as unique while others talk of a "plurality of worlds". Some treat the world as #Monism and pluralism, one simple object while others analyze the world as a complex made up of many parts. In ''#Scientific cosmology, scientific cosmology'' the world or universe is commonly defined as "[t]he totality of all space and time; all that is, has been, and will be". ''#Theories of modality, Theories of modality'', on the other hand, talk of possible worlds as complete and consistent ways how things could have been. ''#Phenomenology, Phenomenology'', starting from the horizon of co-given objects present in the periphery of every experience, defines the world as the biggest horizon or the "horizon of all horizons". In ''#Philosophy of mind, philosop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athens International Airport
Athens International Airport ''Eleftherios Venizelos'' ( el, Διεθνής Αερολιμένας Αθηνών «Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος», ''Diethnís Aeroliménas Athinón "Elefthérios Venizélos"''), commonly initialised as AIA , is the largest international airport in Greece, serving the city of Athens and region of Attica. It began operation on 28 March 2001 (in time for the 2004 Summer Olympics) and is the main base of Aegean Airlines, as well as other smaller Greek airlines. It replaced the old Ellinikon International Airport. Athens International is currently a member of Group 1 of Airports Council International (over 25 million passengers) as of 2021, it is the 15th-busiest airport in Europe and the busiest and largest in the Balkans. History Development and ownership AIA is located between the towns of Markopoulo, Koropi, Spata and Loutsa, about to the east of central Athens ( by road, due to intervening hills). The airport is named afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medical Tourism
Medical tourism refers to people traveling abroad to obtain medical treatment. In the past, this usually referred to those who traveled from less-developed countries to major medical centers in highly developed countries for treatment unavailable at home. However, in recent years it may equally refer to those from developed countries who travel to developing countries for lower-priced medical treatments. The motivation may be also for medical services unavailable or non-licensed in the home country: There are differences between the medical agencies ( FDA, EMA etc.) world-wide which decide whether a drug is approved in their country or not. Even within Europe, although therapy protocols might be approved by the European Medical Agency (EMA), several countries have their own review organizations in order to evaluate whether the same therapy protocol would be "cost-effective", so that patients face differences in the therapy protocols, particularly in the access of these drugs, which m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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