{"id":14528,"date":"2018-02-22T12:19:10","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T12:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/?p=14528"},"modified":"2018-02-22T12:19:10","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T12:19:10","slug":"anca-backers-rally-to-re-elect-rep-valadao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/?p=14528","title":{"rendered":"ANCA Backers Rally to Re-Elect Rep. Valadao"},"content":{"rendered":"

— Fresno Legislator Visits LA for Discussion of his Work in Support of Artsakh De-Mining and the Baroness Cox Rehabilitation Center<\/p>\n

LOS ANGELES, CA – Friends, supporters, and leaders of the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) joined together Tuesday to honor Congressional Armenian Caucus Republican Co-Chair David Valadao’s (R-CA) exemplary legislative leadership in advancing the health and safety of the citizens of the Artsakh Republic (Nagorno Karabakh).
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The gathering \u2013 chaired by Adour and Arsho Aghjayan – featured remarks by Dr. Alina Dorian regarding the life-transforming work of the Baroness Cox Rehabilitation Center in Stepanakert, Artsakh’s capital. Dr. Dorian serves as the Principal of the Rose and Alex Pilibos Armenian School and is Assistant Professor at the UCLA Department of Community Health Sciences. She is an internationally respected public health expert who authored Artsakh’s first National Health Plan in the mid-1990s and has extensive experience in the Republic. <\/p>\n

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Congressman David Valadao (center) with Arsho Aghjayan, Adour Aghjayan and ANCA Chairman Raffi Hamparian. Mr. and Mrs. Aghjayan chaired the gathering honoring the Congressman.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe are proud of Congressman Valadao’s principled leadership in support of the Republic of Artsakh,\u201d said ANCA Chairman Raffi Hamparian, who was joined by his wife Dr. Mireille Hamparian in hosting the gathering. \u201cThe ANCA is doing all we can – during what promises to be a highly competitive election season – to ensure that Representative Valadao returns to Congress as a senior appropriator, ready to engage effectively with his House colleagues on issues of concern to his numerous Armenian American constituents.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe National Organization of Republican Armenians (NORA) has no higher electoral priority this cycle than helping to re-elect Congressman Valadao,” said NORA leader Aram Gaboudian. “David Valadao has always been there for our community, and we’re proud to stand with David, today and in the months and years to come.”<\/p>\n

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Congressman Valadao with Dr. Alina Dorian, principal of the Rose and Alex Pilibos Armenian School and an internationally respected public health expert with extensive experience in the Artsakh Republic.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dr. Dorian shared insights about the invaluable work of the Lady Cox Rehabilitation Center, first established in 2000 through a partnership of local health officials and then-Speaker of United Kingdom’s House of Lords, Baroness Caroline Cox (a trained nurse). <\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s not just a Center,\u201d said Dr. Dorian. \u201cA center connotes walls and a building – a box. The Lady Cox Rehabilitation program thinks outside of the box – actually it’s created an environment where there is no box \u2013 serving the people in their homes and villages throughout Artsakh.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Baroness Cox Rehabilitation Center provides high-quality, specialized medical care each year to approximately 1,000 local and regional patients, and has treated over 15,000 to date. Among those receiving treatment – both at the Center and in their homes – are patients with spinal cord injuries, elderly stroke victims, and infants and children born with disabilities, such as cerebral palsy and spina bifida. The Lady Cox Center sends trained rehabilitation nurses to communities across Artsakh, serving those who do not have access to the Stepanakert location. The Center strives to dispel cultural stigmas, many rooted in the Soviet-era, associated with disabilities, and works – via speech, occupational and other therapies – to ensure that its patients are given the opportunity to live happy and fulfilling lives.<\/p>\n

A brief video of the daily workings of the Lady Cox Rehabilitation Center is available at:
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