World Antibiotic Awareness Week: “Antibiotics: Handle with Care”
Striving to advocate for prudent use of antibiotics in the global arena and thus contribute to one of the key objectives of the global action plan endorsed at the Sixty-eighth World Health Assembly in May 2015, the first World Antibiotic Awareness Week (WAAW) will be organized from 16 to 22 November 2015. Titled “Antibiotics: Handle […]
EUthyroid Project successfully launched
EUthyroid Kick-off Meeting was held on 7-9 September 2015 in Vienna, Austria The EUthyroid Kick-off Meeting took place in Vienna, Austria, and was attended by representatives of 32 partners from 27 countries. The meeting was dedicated to the launch of the project and discussions on partners’ responsibilities and relationships in the project, the Work Programmes […]
Memorandum of Understanding with the Swiss Refugee Council
The Centre for Regional Policy Research and Cooperation ‘Studiorum’ and the Swiss Refugee Council signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 31 July 2015. This MoU establishes a framework for collaboration between the organizations to share knowledge and experience and to develop and implement joint activities. Studiorum will contribute to the Swiss Refugee Council’s research on […]
WHO EURO published the Report of the Multi-Country Antimicrobial Resistance Workshop
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has become one of the major health threats of our time, both in health care settings and in the community. Recognizing the need of inter-sectoral, interdisciplinary but also of international approach to address this complex public health challenge and further delivering on the objectives of the 2011 European strategic action plan on […]
Successfully organized online course in antimicrobial stewardship in Macedonia
On 30 June 2015 the Medical Faculty Dean’s Building in Skopje hosted an open dialogue regarding the online course titled Antimicrobial Stewardship: Optimization of Antibiotic Practices that the Medical Faculty – Skopje and CRIS Studiorum organized for the first time in Macedonia in collaboration with the Stanford University, USA, the Ministry of Health, WHO Country […]
Macedonia marked the World Hand Hygiene Day
Aiming at awareness-raising about the effectiveness of hand hygiene which in the long run contributes to reducing both antibiotic use and antimicrobial resistance, Macedonia has joined, for the second year in a row, the global celebration of the World Hand Hygiene Day (5 May). Organized under the auspices of the Multisectoral Committee for Antimicrobial Resistance […]
“E-Health policy implementation in Macedonia” presented at E-Health Law Conference in Rotterdam
The paper “E-Health policy implementation in Macedonia” was presented at E-Health Law Conference “E-Health: Grand Challenges and Legal Concerns”, which discussed the policy and management issues in health care, as well as the E-Health local and country experiences.