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The SEEHN Fourth Ministerial Forum “Health, well-being and prosperity in South-Eastern Europe (SEE) by 2030 in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” concluded with the signing and approval of the Chisinau Pledge.
In this framework, SEE Network on Workers’ Health (SEENWH), WHO Collaborating Center expressed their commitment, through signing the Chisinau Pledge during a bilateral meeting held on 09 of May 2017 in the premises of SEEHN Secretariat between Dr. Mira Jovanovski Dasic, Head of SEEHN Secretariat and Prof. Dr. Jovanka Karadžinska-Bislimovska, Coordinator of SEENWH.
This opportunity was used to discuss possible areas for cooperation for the future period.
In addition, upon the request of the SEEHN director, Dr. Dragan Miakoski from Institute of occupational health of the Republic of Macedonia (IOHRM) delivered his presentation prepared for the World Health Day on “Occupational diseases associated with depression”. The presentation included data from a research conducted among health workers in the Republic of Macedonia, which showed shortages at different levels.
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The Fourth Forum, under the theme “Health, well-being and prosperity in South-Eastern Europe by 2030 in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” was held in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova on 3-4 April 20017.
The Forum was hosted by The Government of the Republic of Moldova and organized jointly by the South-eastern Europe Health Network in collaboration with the WHO Regional Office for Europe.
The high-level representatives of governments in the SEE region and beyond, discussed in an open and constructive atmosphere and identified common challenges, strategic achievements and priorities of the SEE regional cooperation in public health. They mutually introduced joint subregional and national actions in the SEE region, for implementing and achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with the objective of better health, equity and accountability, as high priority for underpinning political cooperation and economic development in the SEE region.
More than 15 years of SEE cooperation (2001–2016) is streamlining towards the global and European efforts, for achieving improved health, equity and accountability, building on major European resolutions, charters, communiqués, treaties, frameworks and action plans, including the new European policy framework for health and well-being, Health 2020.
The endorsement of the Chisinau pledge, by nine south-eastern European countries – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Israel, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Moldova, Romania and Serbia, on April 4th 2017, established the basis for the continuation of the cooperation in public health, in the forthcoming period.
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News, News from the SEEHN Member States
The prevalence of depression in the SEEHN is growing, relatively following the pulse of the rest of the countries in Europe, which register an increase of more than 18% between the year 2015 and 2015.
Depression affects people of all ages, from all walks of life and it impacts on people’s ability to carry out even the simplest everyday tasks, with sometimes devastating consequences for relationships with family and friends and the ability to earn a living.
At worst, depression can lead to suicide, now the second leading cause of death among 15-29-year olds.
It is difficult to get precise data on the number of people suffering from depression in the SEE Countries because the reporting of depression disorders is underestimated.
It is affirmative that the perception of depression in the SEE Countries is changing and the knowledge that depression can be prevented and treated is creating better condition for undertaking measurements.
Today, on April 7th the World Health Organization, marked the World Health Day with the campaign theme Depression, aiming to better inform the general population about depression: its causes and possible consequences, including suicide, and what help is or can be available for prevention and treatment.
On this occasion, many events have been organized within the SEEHN Member Countries. Among them, we would like to highlight the press conference that has been held at the premises of the World Health Organization in Sarajevo, with the participation of representatives of the Federal Ministry of Health, the Swiss Agency for Development, a representative of the University Clinical Center in Sarajevo, a representative of user associations Phoenix and the Acting Director of the Regional Health Development Center (RHDC) on Mental Health, Dr. Dunja Smitran.
Since 2011 activities related to Mental Health have been widely covered by the RHDC on MH in Sarajevo
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The Director of the SEEHN Secretariat, Dr. Mira Jovanovski Dasic, on April 6th attended the expert meeting on the theme Depression and Mental Health, organized by the Institute for Occupational Health – WHO Collaborating Center in Skopje and Partner of the SEEHN, in line with the campaign of the World Health Organization (WHO) to emphasize the importance of talking about depression as a vital component of recovery.
Dr. Dasic, together with the WHO and other UN representatives, took part at the Celebration of the World Health Day organized by the Macedonian Doctors Association, supported by the Minister of Health of the RM, Mr. Nikola Todorov and the President of the Doctors Association, Dr. Goran Dimitrov.
Depression can be prevented and can be treated. A better understanding of depression will contribute to reducing the stigma attached to this condition and encourage people who are faced with the problem to seek professional help. The campaign slogan is: Depression: let’s talk.
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