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During the workshop the discussions will be focused on the challenges as: health promotion and prevention throughout life-course, workforce shortages, aging population, patient commitment to treatment and continuity of care and high quality and cost-effective care and services, working in shifts and working hours.
SEEHN Member States and Turkey participants will be introduced with the EU experience and in particular, Directive 2003/88/EC and Directive 2000/34/EC, lessons learned and policy options for nursing; the role of competent authorities and professional organizations in the legislation adjustment on working time and nursing and the implications for the SEEHN member states.
The expected outcome of the technical meeting is to identify common challenges, threats for health and safety of nurses in the SEE region and to propose a set of recommendations with clear commitments on how to harmonize with the EU requirements with the ultimate goal to unlock nurses’ potential and empower them to excel within the Health Systems.
This TAIEX event is supported by the EC with joint effort of the SEEHN Secretariat, the technical expertise of the SEEHN Regional Health Development Center (RHDC) in Human Resources in Health, hosted by Republic of Modlova and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Social Protection of the Republic of Moldova.
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nSEEHN Representation at the Meeting
nnnn9-10 May 2019, in Cluj-Napoca, Romania
nnnnUnder European Council Mandate Romania is holding a Meetingnon Vaccination: From Public Health Achievements to Challenges and Obstacles, innCluj-Napoca.
nnnnThe meeting is an excellent opportunity for commonndiscussions, exchange of information and data sharing, with variety ofnstakeholders as government representatives, academia, UN Agencies, WHO, EC,nECDC, etc., since, decrease of vaccination coverage over years and re-emergencenof vaccine preventable diseases has become a global, regional and nationalnchallenge.
nnnnVaccine hesitance is identified as one of the most importantnreasons for decrease in vaccination coverage and this topic needs to be tacklednin a complex and comprehensive way, at all levels and translated into languageneveryone understands.
nnnnTailored Immunization programs are one of the solutionsnproposed by WHO.
nnnnSEEHN is promoting alliances and partnerships by connectingncountries, as another solution, at the SEE Regional level.
nnnnIt is evident that national authorities need support innorder to best address vaccination issues to keep its population safe.
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