• The AASMC worked diligently to respond to Armenia and Artsakh’s health care needs after the 4-Day (2016) and 44-Day (2020) wars in Artsakh.
  • After the 4-Day War, our team conducted several outreach trips to provide continuing education on various topics beneficial to Armenia and Artsakh’s rehabilitation workforce. In addition, teams provided clinical support through clinical skills training and direct patient care in settings providing rehabilitative services to patients suffering combat-related trauma, including the Central Military Hospital, the Wounded Soldier Rehabilitation Ward at the Mikaelyan Institute of Surgery, and the Homeland Defender’s Rehabilitation Center.
  • During the 44-Day War, the AASMC began support efforts immediately, working directly with the Armenian Medical International Committee, the Republic of Armenia’s (RA) Ministry of Health, and the RA Office of the High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs to recruit and coordinate diaspora health professionals seeking to provide clinical support to Armenia and Artsakh’s hospitals serving the wounded. Our team held weekly meetings with the clinical directors of each of the major rehabilitation centers in Armenia and Artsakh, through which diasporan rehabilitation professionals were able to help solve problems in real-time. The AASMC, in partnership with Therapists for Armenia, quickly began to coordinate all rehabilitation support during and after the war, including the development of remote multidisciplinary clinical support teams, a digital resource library (which can be found at therapistsforarmenia.org), weekly bilingual webinars providing evidence-based assessment and intervention, and an open channel through which volunteer rehabilitation professionals could provide direct care and education in both Armenia and Artsakh. Additionally, the AASMC and Therapists for Armenia, in partnership with the International Center for Professional Development (ICPD), developed and hosted the 2021 Post-Conflict Rehabilitation Virtual Symposium, a 2-day event that welcomed over 430 participants from 8 different countries.
    • See the following article published by The Armenian Mirror-Spectator summarizing the joint efforts of diaspora rehabilitation organizations and what the future holds:
      • Advancing Armenian Rehabilitation Through Education and Partnership by Paul Vartan Sookiasian
    • The AASMC and Therapists for Armenia partnership in post-conflict rehabilitation continue through our development of the Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation Fellowship. Read more about our current projects HERE (Link).

NickPost-Conflict Rehabilitation06.24.2022