September 16 is marked World Bone Marrow Donor Day. Since 2015, this day has been celebrated every third Saturday in September to remind of the importance of registering in the registers of voluntary donors of hematopoietic stem cells, donating cord blood stem cells, and to thank all the wonderful people who took the time to donate a part of themselves […]

Today, September 15, we celebrate World Lymphoma Awareness Day. Lymphomas are malignant diseases whose tumor cells originate from the lymphatic system. It is a disease related to leukemia, and it is also caused by a malignant change of lymphocytes and their uncontrolled multiplication. Lymphoma can develop slowly (indolent) or it can be aggressive. According to the type of tumor cells, […]

The Ana Rukavina Foundation announces a Public Tender for the allocation of funds for professional training for one resident physician or internal hematology specialist aged up to 35 years at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Health Institute (NHI), Bethesda, Maryland, USA in duration of twelve (12) months. The working title of the educational program is “visiting doctor – clinical […]

The Ana Rukavina Foundation invites all those interested to visit the Annual Multidisciplinary Conference ACAP from 06-08. July 2023, Hotel Sheraton, Zagreb. The Association of Croatian-American Experts (ACAP) is organizing the Annual Multidisciplinary Conference ACAP for the first time in Zagreb. The first day, on Thursday, July 6, 2023. this multidisciplinary conference is dedicated to healthcare. The program consists of […]

The people of Rijeka once again showed their humane side and responded in large numbers to the Campaign to register in the Croatian Register of Voluntary Donors of Blood-forming Stem Cells. We held the action in Rijeka’s National Reading Room to help a twelve-year-old girl, Rita, who is being treated at KBC Rijeka for relapse of leukemia. Despite the heat, […]

We invite all citizens of Rijeka between the ages of 18 and 40 to respond to the Campaign. On Wednesday, June 21, 2023, in the area of ​​the National Reading Room, Korzo 24, from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., the Ana Rukavina Foundation is organizing an event to register in the Croatian Register of Voluntary Blood Donors. This Action is […]

For the eleventh year in a row, organized by the SDP Women’s Forum, on April 15, the humanitarian action “Ana Rukavina’s Favorite Flower” was held at about a hundred locations in more than 90 cities and municipalities across Croatia. The amount collected at this year’s humanitarian campaign was paid by the SDP Women’s Forum to the giro account of the […]