Rome race for cancer awareness
Annual Komen Race for the Cure begins and ends at Circus Maximus
The 16th edition of Rome’s Komen Italia Race for the Cure takes place on the streets of the capital on Sunday 17 May to raise funds...
Organ donation on Rome ID cards
Consent to organ donation to appear on Rome's carte d'identità
Rome residents can now give their consent to organ donation when obtaining or renewing their carte d'identità....
Free HIV screening at Roman hospital
On the occasion of World AIDS Day on 1 December, the Italian ministry of health launches its annual AIDS awareness campaign.
In Rome the S. Gallicano hospit...
Ebola victim flown to Rome hospital
First confirmed Italian case of ebola
An Italian doctor who tested positive for ebola in Sierra Leone is being flown to Rome's infectious diseases clinic at the Lazzaro Spallanzani hospital on 24...
Rome's Peter Pan charity celebrates 20 years
Association holds Christmas market on 23 November
The Rome-based Peter Pan Onlus association, which provides support for families with children suffering from cancer, is celebrating its 20th annive...
Caritas meets in Rome to discuss ebola response
Catholic organisations coordinate plans to tackle epidemic
A meeting was held at the Vatican to discuss how the Catholic church is coping in its response to ebola in countries in west Africa, wher...
Proposal to zone prostitution in Rome's EUR district
Plan would see prostitution tolerated and monitored in certain areas of EUR
The city parliament and residents of south Rome district EUR are being presented with a so-called "zoning" plan which wou...
Annual event to raise awareness of prostate cancer
Rugby players in Rome are supporting Movember, the global, month-long initiative aimed at raising awareness and funds for the cure and treatment...
Rome installs cameras to combat drugs
Project to concentrate on Pigneto and S. Lorenzo
Rome is to install surveillance cameras in a bid to combat drug dealing in Pigneto and S. Lorenzo, districts which have seen growing protests by re...
Komen Race for cancer awareness in Rome
Annual event begins and ends at Baths of Caracalla
The 15th edition of Rome’s Komen Italia Race for the Cure takes place on the streets of the capital on Sunday 18 May to raise funds and awa...
Andrea Bocelli gives charity concert in Rome
Popular Italian singer raising funds for Rome childrens' hospital Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli is performing a charity concert to raise funds for the cardiac intensive care unit at Rome's Bambino Ges...
Free HIV screening at two Roman hospitals
On the occasion of World AIDS Day on 1 December, the Italian ministry of health has launched an AIDS awareness campaign Uniti contro l’Aids (United a...
Blood drive being organised by Marsha De Salvatore
Marsha De Salvatore, known to many expats as the co-founder of Rome's Comedy Club, is organising a blood drive at S. Eugenio hospital in EUR on 1...
Rugby players in Rome are supporting Movember, the global, month-long initiative aimed at raising awareness and funds for the cure and treatment of prostate cancer and other diseases that affect men....
Blood donors given free entry to Rome's museums
Rome residents who give blood up to 15 October will have free entry for two to the city's museums, as part of a drive to increase the city hospitals' blood supply.
All of Rome's civic musems are pa...
Health care: service or sufferance?
A guide to the ins and outs of the Italian health system.
In the World Health Organization’s last health care ranking in 2000, Italy’s health care system was regarded as the second best...
The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office has launched a campaign under the slogan “On holiday, don't let drink do your talking”. The idea is to encourage young holiday makers to think b...
Rome charity run for children’s hospital
A 5-km charity run will be held at Villa Pamphilj park on Sunday 12 May to promote healthier lifestyles in children and to raise funds to build the "Bimbi in Movimento" green area at the Bambino Ges&u...
Komen Race for cancer awareness in Rome
The 14th edition of Rome’s Komen Italia Race for the Cure takes place on the streets of the capital on Sunday 19 May to raise funds and awareness for breast cancer.
The annual event is divide...
Rome’s Peter Pan charity saved from eviction
There is no longer any risk of eviction for the Rome-based Peter Pan Onlus association, the centre that provides support for families with children suffering from cancer, according to the newly-electe...
