European Antibiotics Awareness Day Marked Sixth Year in a Row
This year, as in the past five years, the European Antibiotics Awareness Day will be celebrated. The main activities for this year are presentation of promotional materials for awareness raising and one day training session on microbiologists for compliance with EUCAST protocols and guidelinces.
Studiorum’s Representative Participated at the WHO Regional Committee Meeting
Studiorum’s representative participated at the World Health Organization’s 63rd Regional Committee, which discussed the progress on the Health 2020 Policy Framework on health and wellbeing of citizens and communities in the European region, as well as new ways for enhancing civil society involvement in Health 2020. 20 core Indicators for monitoring the implementation of Health 2020 were presented and adopted at this Regional Committee meeting.
A Memorandum of Understanding signed with the Union of Associations of Retired Persons in Macedonia
The successful cooperation between CRPRC Studiorum and the Union of Associations of Retired Persons in Macedonia (UARPM) that commenced through the pilot research on the current conditions and retired persons’ opinions about the active and healthy aging in Macedonia, has been further strengthened and defined through a Memorandum of Understanding, signed on February 15, 2013.
We are Celebrating the European Antibiotic Awareness Day for the Fifth Time
Having in mind the meaning of the rational use of antibiotics and the scope of the problem caused by the growing resistance of bacteria to antibiotics, Macedonia has been taking part in this initiative since its beginning in 2008, thus being one of the 32 European countries that promoted the rational use of antibiotics amongst the population and the health workers. This year, the European day is focused on the promotion of rational use of antibiotics amongst veterinary doctors.
Legal Analysis on HIV/AIDS Legislation in Macedonia from Human Gights Perspective Presented
This legal analysis shows how the current national legislation addresses the concerns of people living or vulnerable to HIV from a human rights perspective, including access to health care, social and health services, education, employment, legal protection as well as respect and protection of their privacy and confidentiality. It provides comparative analysis of the national legislation with the international standards in this area and recommends legal amendments to overcome the existing gaps.
Studiorum took part at a conference on research in social sciences in Macedonia
The conference “State of Social Sciences Research in the Republic of Macedonia” took place on April 14, 2011 in Skopje (Hotel Kontinental). The event managed to attract the attention and participation of many think-tanks from Macedonia, as well as of representatives from state and private universities, the Ministry of Education and Sciences, as well as independent researchers.
Second Fellowship Orientation Meeting was held in Istanbul
As part of the project “Monitoring and improvement of the implementation of the legislation regarding human rights in health care” the second Fellowship Orientation Meeting took place in Istanbul, Turkey from February, 15-19, 2011. The purpose of the meeting was to define and coordinate the project activities, as well as to engage the new partners and share the experience that some of the countries have in this project.