24 March – World TB day

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SEEHN joined the celebration of the World TB Day marked each year on March 24, with the Institute of Pulmonology and Tuberculosis, Ministry of Health in Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia, and the WHO Country Office.
This year’s World TB Day theme, Yes! We can end TB! reminds leaders that without adequate financial resources to fight TB, it is not possible to reverse the severe impact of COVID-19, nor it is possible to decrease the burden of this devastating disease.
Although Europe has a low incidence of TB, SEE remains one of the largest regions with high incidence of TB and in some settings high prevalence of drug resistant TB.
SEEHN and partners, are working together to support the Member States efforts to eliminate this deadly disease.
In line with the END TB Strategy, there is a need to develop patient-centred integrated services, with a special focus on prevention, early diagnosis and treatment. This can be achieved only with the involvement of all sectors of society, with the adequate engagement of not only, political advisors and health structures but also by actively integrating the community, non-governmental sector and private care providers.
In this line, the development of multidisciplinary intervention is able to provide the necessary social protection along with the health system efforts. In long term this can help mitigate the rise in TB incidence, standing as a crucial mechanism for high incidence TB countries.
Finally, the main message is that steady, consistent and multi-sectorial efforts over the years are needed to end TB.

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Link to the video address

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Dr. Mira Dasic, Head of SEEHN Secretariat, is participating at the WHO Europe Chief Nursing and Midwifery Hub meeting, on March 24, 2023, in Bucharest, Romania

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The meeting discussions built upon the results of the WHO EURO High-Level Meeting on Health and Care Workforce, held on March 22-23 in Bucharest.

The sessions focused on addressing the surging challenges faced in a rapidly changing political environment (workforce shortages and imbalances), migration and its impact on regulation alongside maximizing new opportunities for health offered by powerful enablers, like research and digitalization.

Dr Dasic participated in the first session 1: “Managing Recruitment and Retention of Nurses and Midwives in the WHO European Region” and reflected on the different strategies currently followed to prevent burnout among the workforce in the SEE Region.

For over a decade, SEEHN has ranked high mental health, placing it upfront on the agenda of the health ministries across the SEE region. Among other highlights Dr Dasic underlined  the need for prioritizing healthcare workers well-being, through fostering teamwork and communication, and promoting resilience, for a better quality of care.

SEE Health Network remains committed to assisting its member states  in this transformative process!

Congratulations to Romanian order of nurses and midwifes and Ministry of Health of Romania for the excellent organization of this event.

Address by Dr Dasic at the Training Program: Partnering with media to communicate science in health emergencies. Saving lives together!

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Dr Mira J.Dasic had an opening video address during the training workshop for public health professionals and SEE journalists on public health partnership with media to communicate science during health emergencies, that took place in Vienna, Austria on 21-23 March 2023. The Workshop is organized by the Southeast European Center for Surveillance and Control of Infectious Diseases (SECID), designated as SEEHN Regional Health Development Center on communicable diseases, under the framework of the project “Improving influenza program and enhancing influenza and other viral respiratory pathogens through integration of all existing surveillance systems and using one health surveillance approach”.

The main aim of the training workshop was to introduce SEE journalists and public health specialists to different approaches to risk and science communication and partnerships using examples such as the emergency challenges faced during the COVID-19 pandemic and others.
The workshop brought together journalists and public health professionals from SEE countries to reinforce the role that media can play in a public health emergency response through accurate, ethical and responsible reporting.

Link to the video address