Results of the First Exhibition and Forum HEALTH FOR ALL - 2010

From May 19, 2010 till May 22, 2010 the International Exhibition Centre hosted in Kyiv the first International Exhibition and Forum Health for All represented by sections: folk and alternative medicine, health food, home improvement, Spa treatment, сommon topics related to the diseases prophylaxis and treatment.

The exhibition has served as an effective place for meetings and discussions both for scientists and business representatives. Conferences, round tables, lectures, reports, master-classes together with scientific and practical events of the program have joined the interests of scientific institutions and business companies engaged into medical industry, folk and alternative medicine, as well as of final users of their products and services. And due to the exhibition layout every participant and visitor could find his or her own ‘corner’ of comfort.

The exhibition has been held under the scientific and practical support of the Committee on Folk and Alternative Medicine of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine.

The scientific program of the exhibition has been prepared by Tetyana Garnyk, MD, professor, director of the State Enterprise Committee on Folk and Alternative Medicine of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine.The program was held by the staff members of the Department of Alternative Medicine of the S.I. Georgievsky Crimea State Medical University, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Pharmacognosy of the P.L. Shupik, National Medical Academy of Post-Graduate Education, of the Kyiv Medical University of the Ukrainian Academy of Alternative Medicine, of the PAVA Center, and of Rasayana Center, of the LLC Euro Lifecare, of the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, of the O.O. Bogomolets National Medical University.

Upon completion of the scientific program physicians who took part in it received personal Certificatescredits under the module and credit system of the Bologna Declaration, signed by T.P. Garnyk providing their holders with

Special attention among visitors and participants attracted speeches by N.P. Zemna (Zubytska), a phytotherapist and healer; N.V. Miroshnichenko, MD, professor, head of the Department of Alternative Medicine of the S.I. Georgievsky Crimea State Medical University; E.V. Gorova, candidate of medical sciences, associate professor of the Department of Alternative Medicine of the S.I. Georgievsky Crimea State Medical University; E.V. Nedilko, product manager of the LLC Euro Lifecare; I.S. Chekman, MD, professor, corresponding member of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine; T.P. Garnyk, MD, professor, director of the State Enterprise Committee on Folk and Alternative Medicine of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine; T.I. Gertsyuk, candidate of biological sciences, associate professor and the leading specialist of the State Enterprise Committee on Folk and Alternative Medicine of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine.

Activities on the main exhibition platform also drew attention and proved to serve as an extra promotional zone for exhibitors to present their companies, carry out public consultations, express tests, mini lectures, and practical demonstrations of the new technologies as well of as services and products.

Despite the fact that the exhibition took place rather untimely for beekeepers – they collected a new season’s honey – yet V.K. Dyachenko, V.N. Gromovoy and A.N. Kobtsev, members of the Guild of Honeymakers of Ukraine, presented their honey products.

Even though the time frame given to set up the exhibition was very short the organizers carried out a two-month intensive promotion campaign, involving the outdoor advertising, Internet resources, advertising in metro and print media, e-mail distribution of the event invitations, ran commercials on the screens in the International Exhibition Center and in Kyiv supermarkets, distributed entry tickets during conferences, seminars, meetings, subject-related exhibitions held in Kyiv since the beginning of 2010.

As a result the number of exhibitors who displayed their products at stands has reached 73 companies! The products and services were represented not only by the companies from Kyiv and regions but also from Russia, Poland, and the Czech Republic.

Exhibitors shared their experiences which developed into new practical ideas and provided a basis for fruitful business contacts and further mutual cooperation.

Raised visitor activity around exhibition stands always makes the organizers and exhibitors inspired since it means the goal has been achieved. Yet it turned to be quite uneasy to single out the most visited stand afterwards. The increased number of visitors was observed practically at every exhibition stand which once again revealed the high interest among people towards the issues of health preservation and care.

Services offered by the centers of folk and alternative medicine as well as original health care programs presented by the companies which applied such programs were met with unconcealed interest – visitors made their appointments for the medical examination long beforehand!

Charitable creative and health-giving classes in clay held under the original Lepota Program of P.Kornienko in Dzhey’rela Master Studio had a tremendous success: anyone could not only buy the thematic materials, souvenirs and order the individual items out of wet clay but also take active part in the process!

Exhibitors could be differentiated in many ways since health belongs to the sphere which is of interest for anyone. It is not therefore a surprise that most of the exhibits are directed to meet the needs of a final user. However, both professionals and wholesale buyers could find things to their liking at the stands of the producers and importers of goods and equipment.

During four working days over 1500 persons attended the exhibition, 38% out of them were medical workers, 15% – professionals directly interested in searching and expanding business contacts. We expect that the rest of the visitors have also realized their goals and got answers to the most important questions: how to preserve health, prevent a disease and what methods to apply for treatment.

We would like to express our sincere thanks for the warm and kind words our exhibitors and visitors revealed to the organizer, for their comments and wishes! Indeed, your opinion and critical remarks have a great value for us, and we will do our best to take them into account during preparation to the next exhibition. We greatly appreciate your concern and participation in this event.

Partners of the Exhibition: Subsidiary ‘Expo Line’, Medical Center ‘Endomed’, Club ‘Zdorov-Ya’, Esoteric Center of Kyiv, Center of the Alternative Medicine ‘Kashtan’ (Chestnut), accommodations have been provided by the hotel ‘Slavutych’.

Media partners of the Exhibition: Web portals: LIKAR.INFO – a general medical portal related to health care issues; Medicina.ua – medical portal. Print media: Publishing House ‘Zaslavsky’, ‘Ukrainian Media Corporation’ (represented by the newspapers ‘AiF’ (Arguments and facts) and ‘AiF-Health’), Publishing House ‘Healthy Way of Life’, Magazine ‘The Culture of Safety, Ecology and Health’, newspapers ‘Vanga’, ‘Narodny Doctor’ (People’s doctor), ‘Secrets of Healing’, ‘Magic of Health’, ‘Medical Letters’, ‘Petrovna’.