“I will never give up!” I’m Gerald Fischer, the founder of the Lungenkinder Forschungsverein (Lung Children Research Association), President of PH Austria – Initiative Lungenhochdruck and managing director of PHAEUROPE & Global.

My name is Danijela and I wanted to tell this story to you in the form of an interview which I gave for a one health portal. All I want is for this story is to inspire you that your hardest times often lead to the greatest moments of your life.

For everything that I have in my life now, I am grateful to God … I was born in a small Belarusian town. It happened so that fate brought me face to face with a rare, incurable diagnosis – congenital heart disease with PAH.

My name is Sabina. I was born in Zenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina, small country in Europe. Now, I teach children physics and I dedicated my whole life to these fields of science.

An unplanned long journey full of surprises, which turns you into a wise giraffe.

Times are very challenging for today’s modern man because the whirlwind of life is fast and the obligations that society imposes on us are hard to grasp even when you are healthy, “the healthiest in the world”.

My name is Eszter Csabuda, I am Economist, 67 years old, I live in Hungary For years I have felt exhausted, I was breathless, could not climb montains or run, like I could before.

My name is Aryeh Copperman, I live in Israel and run the PH Association. My main hobby is to help people!

My name is Rima (35 y.). I am from Lithuania. I am married with two wonderful kids. Daughter is 7, and son is 9 years old. I have been diagnosed genetic pulmonary arterial hypertension (GPAH).

I’m Roman Balmush, live in Chisinau and I got my Applied Math degree at Moldavian State university. I’m a Bachelor of Fine Arts and have a degree in Informational Law.

I am Liliya YARULLINA and I’m from Russia. I suffer from a rare cardiovascular disease that is known by not many people. This disorder is called Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH).

My name is Peter Makovník, I live in Slovakia and I work in software development.

The disease took a lot from me, yet, it also gave me a lot My name is Tadeja. I come from Slovenia, the country where we have great medical experts on pulmonary hypertension as well as all the necessary medicines.

Hello, my name is Irene Delgado. I was born in Madrid and I´m Social Worker. 21 years ago, I was diagnosed with Pulmonary Hypertension after a year and a half of medical test.

I am first and foremost a mother. However, I am also a PH patient and I try to improve the situation for patients like myself in Ukraine.