Meeting between SEEHN Secretariat Director Dr Mira Dasic and H.E. Ms. Nevena Jovanovic, Serbian Ambassador to the Republic of North Macedonia

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H.E. Ms. Nevena Jovanovic, Ambassador of Republic of Serbia to the Republic of North Macedonia hosted a fruitful meeting on 07 July 2021.
The meeting was organized under the auspices of the Serbian Presidency of the SEE Health Network (January-December 2021). During the meeting Dr. Dasic presented the current and future activities of the Network with focus on the celebration of the anniversary “20 years of SEEHN”.

Management of Covid-19 Vaccination Process – Challenges, Threats and Best Practices

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On 30 June 2021 a joint SEEHN and SECID meeting, dedicated to the “Management of Covid-19 Vaccination Process – Challenges, Threats & Best Practices” was organized

Address by Dr Mira Dasic, Director of SEEHN Secretariat

Dear colleagues,

Ladies and gentlemen,

I have the pleasure to greet you, today, on behalf of the SEEHN Secretariat at this joint Meeting organized by SECID, SEEHN RHDC on Communicable Diseases Surveillance and Control, hosted by Albania. The meeting is dedicated to the “Management of Covid-19 Vaccination Process – Challenges, Threats & Best Practices”. This topic is of extreme importance for the SEE region.

We witness a complicated and sensitive situation related to COVID-19 vaccination in terms of availability, distribution, access, vaccine hesitance etc. I will deliberately leave details aside and emphasize that the aim of this meeting is to bring together SEE countries to identify key challenges of the COVID -19 vaccination process management, threats they bring for the mass vaccination and share good practices and lessons learned during the rollout.

I am very keen to hear the already acquired experience so far, the challenges, along with the countries’ presentations.

By sharing and exchanging openly successes and failures, we can accelerate progress and prevent or improve the situation effectively.

I am grateful to you all for the time you will dedicate to this Regional discussion, yet again; I believe this will prove that solidarity can bring benefit that no money can buy. 

Wishing us all health and a successful webinar, thank you for your attention.

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ToT COVID-19 Vaccine Training for Frontline Health Workers Closing ceremony

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Dr Mira Dasic, the head of the Secretariat of the South-Eastern Europe Health Network co-hosted the ToT COVID-19 Vaccine Training for Frontline Health Workers Closing ceremony that was held on the 29th of June in a virtual format.

More than120 participants ranging from health professionals to hospital administrators and policy-makers from 9 Member States of the Network completed the training process and were conferred certificates of attendance.

The participants extended their appreciation and congratulations for the excellent organization and content of the training and shared their hope to be involved to further initiatives of the SEEHN Network.

This initiative was launched back in the first quarter of this year by the SEEHN, in partnership with Project Hope and the Brown University to support the SEEHN Member States in their fight to contain the spread of the virus, to ensure better preparedness and to promote large-scale vaccination on evidence-based scientific grounds.

The specific aim of the training was to provide health workers involved in the implementation of COVID-19 vaccination with adequate knowledge and skills for a rapid, safe and efficient response.

The package consisted of 3 modules, which included lectures, quizzes, success stories and downloadable presentations with the available information.

The ToT COVID-19 Vaccine Training for Frontline Health Workers has shown itself to be an outstanding example of the huge commitment and mobilization efforts. The training roll-out within the SEEHN Member States, estimated at more than 1200 end beneficiaries, stands proof of the effectiveness of the  initiative.