First ISHH Workshop

Dear colleagues and friends,

At the 10th Conference of the Association of Hirudologists (Kharkiv, October 2012) it was made the decision to organize the International Society of Hirudotherapeutists and Hirudologists (ISHH). In June 2013 this Society was registered in Sofia (Bulgaria). This work was carried out by our Bulgarian colleagues leading by Dr. Farida Kalbahany. Articles and the other documents of the International Society are available at http://hirudo.ucoz.com/. Official languages of the ISHH are English, Bulgarian and Russian. The documents necessary for entering into the ISHH are below.

Registered members of the ISHH

The First Workshop of ISHH

(Only for registered members of ISHH).

The ISHH Workshop will take place in Sofia (Bulgaria) on 4-8th October 2013.

The program includes:

1. Election of the ISHH President and some organizational matters.

2. Reports of invited speakers concerning medicinal leech ecology, leech breeding, using of medicinal leech in the framework of evidence-based medicine, scientific fundamentals of hirudotherapy.

3. The final part is discussions about problems of hirudotherapy and hirudology.

In September the registered members of IAHH will receive special invitations for urgent processing a visa in Bulgarian consulates.

Please, before September 15 inform Farida Kalbahany about your intention to take part in the ISHH Workshop (e-mail: mihael12av@abv.bg , Skipe: farikal60).

HOW TO JOIN the ISHH

It is necessary to send scanned documents (in any of official languages) to Dr. Farida Kalbahany (e-mail: mihael12av@abv.bg):

1. The statement with your signature confirming that you agree with goals and objectives of ISHH. Your name, last name, country.

2. For individual members: Diploma copy, copy of a document about hirudotherapy specialization, copy of your passport.

3. For institutional members: copy of a document about registration and about the right to attend to hirudotherapy or to medicine. It is necessary to submit full legal data, stamp, signature, full name of registration authority, legal address, data of director and number of registration.

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