Celebrating the 5th World Awareness Day for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (WDAD), MDA HELLAS, Association for the Care and Welfare of those Afflicted with Neuromuscular Disorders, and the Parent Project MDA HELLAS (Parents of children with NMD) are organizing an event at Technopolis City of Athens.
The event will start at 5pm with lectures by scientists, caregivers, patients and parents, while at 7:30pm 500 red balloons will be released in the sky, as symbols of each of the 500 boys and men living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy in Greece.
The aim of the event is to inform and raise awareness about this rare and incurable form of muscular dystrophy that affects boys.
For further information and “surprises!”: https://www.facebook.com/events/271260563678618/