TAIEX Multi-Country Workshop on NCDs’ population based registries in the SEEHN Member States

News, RHDC Montenegro

 

Over 50 participants’ health professionals from South East Europe Health Network (SEEHN) Member States, guests and EU experts, convened at a specialized workshop to compare, standardize, and enhance health data monitoring systems.
The Multi-Country TAIEX Workshop on NCDs’ population based registries in the SEEHN Member States (Western Balkans and beyond), is organized during 29-30 November 2023, in Podgorica, Montenegro.
The event aims to foster discussions on methodology, data quality control, and the establishment of registries. Participants will delve into the challenges and successes of SEEHN Member States both individually and as a regional network.
EC is supporting the SEEHN Member States (ALB, BIH, MNE, MKD, MDA, SRB) along with guests form Kosovo* and Turkiye through the TAIEX Multi Country Workshop on NCDs’ population based registries, prepared in collaboration with IPH MNE and the SEEHN RHDC on NCDs hosted by Montenegro.
Key themes of the workshop include the presentation of the current health data monitoring landscape in SEEHN Member States, sharing best practices from leading EU countries in developing and upgrading monitoring systems, particularly in the area of non-communicable diseases’ population-based registries. The agenda will also feature activities geared towards harmonizing monitoring systems across SEEHN Member States, aligning them with EU standards and fostering cohesion among the states.
The workshop is anticipated to serve as a valuable platform for knowledge exchange, collaborative problem-solving, and the advancement of health data monitoring practices within the SEEHN region.

Round table on patients rights in SEEHN member states

News, RHDC Serbia

SEEHN Secretariat jointly with the SEEHN RHDC on Accreditation and Continuous Quality Improvement of Health Care (ACQIHC) organized the Round table on “Patients’ Rights – Tool for Long-Term Improvements on Safety and Quality in the Health Systems in the SEEHN Member States”. The event is taking place, today, 23 November in Belgrade.
The event was addressed by Dr Mira Dasic, SEEHN Secretariat Director, Dr Danijela Urosevic, Assistant Minister, MoH SRB, SEEHN NHC, member of the ExCom, Mr Vladimir Arsenovic, Director of the Agency for Accreditation of HealthCare Institutions of Serbia (also Director of RHDC ACQIHC), the WHO representative in Serbia and Special Envoy of the Regional Director for the Western Balkans Dr Fabio Scano and Dr Maja Vuckovic-Krcmar, Programme Officer, Delegation of the European Union to Serbia.
The main goal of the round table is to discuss multi-lateral interventions aimed to increase the highest possible quality of care in the SEE region. Another aspect is to learn the EU countries invaluable experiences in the realm of Patient Rights, particularly in cross-border healthcare. These two objectives are especially relevant to the focus and mandate of SEEHN facilitating inter-country and regional cooperation beyond borders.
Every country faces challenges in implementing Patient Rights. This round table, featuring representatives from each SEEHN member state, presents a unique opportunity for an in-depth examination of Patient Rights implementation practices. It provides a platform for sharing experiences among participating countries, where each nation can acknowledge its strengths and weaknesses in relation to Patient Rights.

Dr Mira Jovanovski Dasic, Director of the SEE Health Network Secretariat participated in the Third Regional Influenza Vaccination Meeting: The Progress of Influenza Vaccination and Lessons Learned from COVID-19 in SEE

News, RHDC Albania

For the last two decades, the Southeast European (SEE) Member States have been working together on pandemic preparedness, influenza surveillance, and immunization. These efforts are led by SECID SEEHN RHDC on communicable diseases surveillance and control.

This Regional Influenza Vaccination Meeting was the third in a row. It was held in Belgrade, on 23-24 October 25, 2023. Its aim was to discuss programs implementation, identify the COVID-19 pandemic impact on influenza vaccination, challenges, possible solutions, recommendations.

Previous meetings back in 2017, and 2019, were focused on operational issues related to the implementation of seasonal influenza vaccination programs, to improve the current strategies, and to overcome challenges by looking into opportunities to ensure affordable prices by improving the process for procuring vaccines and cross-border cooperation.

The Meeting gathered participants from the SEEHN Member States and beyond, joined by representatives of the Task Force for Global Health, US CDC, WHO Europe, Balkan hub, the WHO office in Belgrade and RCC.

The main outcomes of the two days’ discussions are expected to:

▪ identify strategies to foster short-term influenza and COVID-19 vaccine program improvement and increase uptake especially among key target risk groups.

▪ Identify strategies for integration of influenza and COVID-19 vaccination and other immunization or program platforms following a whole life-course approach.

▪ Exchange country experiences and identify country and cross border actions to address possible gaps and challenges related to improve the access to influenza and COVID-19 or other epidemic or pandemic vaccines timely and with affordable prices and also to explore the possibilities for joint vaccine procurement in the SEE Region.

Finally, the Regional Influenza Vaccination Meeting proved the importance of joint work, harnessing regional particularities to strive for higher standards that will affect the livelihoods in the South Eastern Europe.

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