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Arepa Day - 22 nonprofits including Factor-H unite in supporting Venezuelan families

Arepa Day - 22 nonprofits including Factor-H unite in supporting Venezuelan families

22 humanitarian organizations = 1 common purpose: to help families in Venezuela Arepa Day is a campaign aimed at improving access to health and nutritional services for Venezuelan families. Global Giving, the non-profit organization that supports other foundations, has selected 22 US-based non-profit foundations focused on helping Venezuelan causes, to…
Seminario del Dr. Muñoz-Sanjuán en la reunión de la sociedad de Neurología venezolana

Seminario del Dr. Muñoz-Sanjuán en la reunión de la sociedad de Neurología venezolana

Seminario del Dr. Ignacio Muñoz-Sanjuan, fundador de Factor-h, en la reunión anual de la sociedad venezolana de neurología, el 3 de junio 2023. Ignacio habla sobre programas terapéuticos actuales para la enfermedad de Huntington, comentando información actual de todos los programas sintomáticos y aquellos dirigidos a disminuir la expresión de…
In Memoriam, Dilia Oviedo

In Memoriam, Dilia Oviedo

Dilia was born in San Martin of Loba, a municipality located north of the department of Cesar, Colombia. Her parents were Florentino and Ernestina. She met her husband, Valentin, who was also her cousin, at a dance when she was young, and they felt immediately in love. They had twelve…
Mayor of Juan de Acosta in Colombia meets Factor-H's president to discuss the availability of a space for HD patients and their community

Mayor of Juan de Acosta in Colombia meets Factor-H's president to discuss the availability of a space for HD patients and their community

On April 10, 2023, the President of Factor-H, Ignacio Muñoz-Sanjuan, and members of the management team in Colombia, met with Carlos Manuel Higgins Villanueva, mayor of Juan de Acosta, to discuss the management of a municipal space by Factor-H, which aims to serve as an operations center for the services…
2022HDLatam Conferences Day 2-C5: Marina González de Kaufman

2022HDLatam Conferences Day 2-C5: Marina González de Kaufman

From October 19 to 21, Factor-h organized in Barranquilla, Colombia, the 2022 Huntington Latin American Conference with the presence of 35 speakers, among them scientists, researchers, experts in different health fields, HD associations, patients, and families. In her conference on October 20th, architect Marina González de Kaufman, President of Fundación…
2022HDLatam Conferences Day 2-C4: Vladimir Marcano

2022HDLatam Conferences Day 2-C4: Vladimir Marcano

(Conference below) From October 19 to 21, Factor-h organized in Barranquilla, Colombia, the 2022 Huntington Latin American Conference with the presence of 35 speakers, among them scientists, researchers, experts in different health fields, HD associations, patients, and families. In his conference on October 20h, Vladimir Marcano, a Venezuelan documentary photographer…
Farewell to Maria Antonia Infante Martínez

Farewell to Maria Antonia Infante Martínez

All of us at Factor-h are honoring the memory of Maria Antonia Infante Martínez, from Soledad, Barranquilla, who left us yesterday, January 18. Our thoughts are, more now than ever, with her family. Rest in peace.
Farewell to Alcides José Ariza Barraza

Farewell to Alcides José Ariza Barraza

Just a few hours of the pass away of Maria Antonia Infante Martínez from Puerto, Barranquilla, we got the news that a second member of our community, Alcides José Ariza Barraza, de Puerto Colombia, also in Barranquilla, has left us. We would like to let his family to know that…
Testimonial - Lawyer Brayan: "Thank you for bringing back the child that dwells within me."

Testimonial - Lawyer Brayan: "Thank you for bringing back the child that dwells within me."

I want to start by writing a little about myself and about whom, through these lines, speaks to you. My name is Brayan Hernández, a lawyer who is passionate about social work and the defense of human rights. A native of Tunja, Boyacá, in Colombia. Because of some labor decisions,…
Venezuela: 2022 Holidays

Venezuela: 2022 Holidays

Today, Monday December 26, 2022, was a beautiful day in San Luis, in Maracaibo. Everything started early today … the work of shopping for the Christmas events, packing, and ordering everything to get it organized for all the children we sponsor. Then, we packed our truck, filled to the brim…
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