PRESENTED BY PROF ERNST THEODOR RIPPMANN Originator

PRESENTED BY PROF. ERNST THEODOR RIPPMANN

Originator of Project OGASH 34 years after the founding of the Organisation Gestosis, i. e. 2003 His Royal Highness Prince Avtandil, Prof. A. R. Chkheidze started with his spectacular idea. He was then already a welknown, arrived scientist at the University of Tbilisi Research Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Georgia. Since the early eighties he had been working on the problems of EPH Gestosis. He also had introduced the nomenclature, i. e. "Gestosis" in the USSR. Together with V. V. Abramchenko from Leningrad, now Petersburg again, he published 1988 No. 28 of the monographs of the Organisation Gestosis Press, entitled

Founding of OGASH "The Pregnancy and Labor Management of Atypical Forms of late Gestosis (EPH-Gestosis) He recognized that the parameters of the OG needed world wide spreading and application in every day practice of Obstetrics. He therefore founded the Organisation Gestosis Affiliated and Sponsored Hospitals OGASH

Creation of OGASH He had come to the conclusion that without mutual understanding, without the acceptance und application of a common Name Classification Definiton i. e. a common language no comparison of results of research in the fight against EPH - Gestosis would be possible. Teaching starts as a rule in hospitals and beside the university Centers also in smaller hospitals where the young doctors get their training. These hospitals, University teaching and training centers would agree to the obligation to apply the parameters of the OG doing their work with pregnant patients suffering from EPH - Gestosis in prenatal care in the outpatient departments, in their delivery rooms, laboratories and in their scientific publications. To support these efforts the Library of the Organisation Gestosis and all books published by the Organisation Gestosis Press were being transferred to the Medical Library of the Republic of Georgia.

Creation of OGASH, OG home page and logo of OGASH 1. The World OGASH Board, An Intercontinental OGASH presidency of the Academy of Medical - Social Sciences The IAMSS correspondence and collecting data of etiology prevention and therapy by the best leaders of OGASH

2. Promoting OGASH workshops world wide 3. Promoting and supporting Growth of Science and Education Access to pertinent literature A Web site bulletin of IAMSS Publishing "OGASHSeries" Monographs

4. Proposing guidelines and standards worked out by International experts on diagnostics Methods of pregnancy surveillance for everybody concerned, including laboratories research programs 5. Supporting national and regional EPH - Gestosis centers e. g. International Center for Study of Pathophysiology of pregnancy and fetus (ICPPF) in Cairo, Egypt

Creation of OG home page and logo of OGASH 6. With updating of the Home Page, created 2004 in Tbilisi, which includes all important details of OGASH to spread the information more widely, open for professional readers, collegues, investors, sponsors and patients (www. gestosis. ge). His Royal Highness also created the logo of OGASH.

Logos In the Greek mythology HERA was the sister and the wife of Zeus, the over all Lord of the Greek Universe. She was the protector of marriages, of the conjugal life, blessing the mothers during birth and helper during pathology of pregnancy. This ancient logo will be transferred on an enamel shield and dedicated to OGASH hospitals to be fixed to the main door of the OGASH Academy, Hospital or of the OB/ GYN Department. It also might be printed as stamp to be fixed to every letter of this department, to every publication which comes from this department und nobody else would be permitted to use these special stamps.

Creation of Boards, Awards and the Academic Titles To enforce these his ideas he created National Boards. In Egypt it is The EGYPT OGASH Regional Subcommittee and its Chairman is Prof. Mohammed Nabegh El - Mahallawi, MD. , Ph. D. , FRCOG He also has deserved the highest OGASH Award. He has been honored by the title of an Honorary Academician of OGASH As corresponding members of the World OGASH Board of Intercontinental Academy of Medical-Social Sciences IAMSS here in Egypt have been named: Prof. Hany Helal Prof. Mahmoud El-Tayed Prof. Hatem El-Gabaly Prof. Mounir M. F. El-Hao Prof. Ali El-Abd Ass. Prof. Khaled Saiid Prof. Amr El-Shalakani

BULLETIN "OGASH-Series" Collection of scientific works Intercontinental Academy of Medical-Social Sciences (IAMSS) Further plans concern a bulletin published by OGASH, also Congresses realized by OGASH Hospitals. They will discuss certain circumscript problems. The result will be made available through the OGASH Series. These books will cover the many interrelationships in EPH - Gestosis. It is being expected to make these information also available on Compact Discs, easy to be stored. OGASH owns no funds. Therefore no financial support can be given. No monetary awards are being offered. The support of the cooperating hospitals consists in the possibilities to obtain the information on the running research programs and of the most successful procedures in prophylaxis and therapy in EPH - Gestosis There will also be a "Roll of Honor" to underline the competence of the Member hospitals of OGASH. And of course to be able to fix the logo of OGASH to your hospital is a great merit and honor. OGASH is a great effort to foster mutual understanding in EPH - Gestosis It aims at world wide progress in this field, at reducing fetal and maternal morbidity and mortality, creating a healthy population in every country where hospitals are joining OGASH. It is a worthy project which deserves world wide recognition, acclaim and support. So urge your hospitals to apply for membership of the OGASH.

We have prepared a request form with which you will get in touch with His Royal Highness Prince Avtandil. Professor Avtandil Revaz Chkheidze will get in touch with you and inform you about the condition under which your hospital will be accepted in this prestigeous association. CH- Basel, May 12* 2007