On 25th of April in the Institute of Public Health of Montenegro took place the workshop on guidelines for improving SARI. In the workshop participated 20 epidemiologists, virologists, infectious disease specialists etc., representing IPH, Hospitals, Clinical Centre etc.
The workshop agenda was as follows:
A visit to sentinel site in Kukes took place on 16th April 2014 in the framework of “Surveillance and Response to Avian and Pandemic Influenza by National Health Authorities of Countries of South East Europe” Project.
During the visit, epidemiologists of IPH have supervised the registers in order to verify suspected cases of flu influenza or other respiratory viruses.
The US Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists in partnership with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention organized a Data Management Training Course for influenza surveillance data managers/epidemiologists in the European Region.
The course, held on April 7-11, 2014 in Athens, Greece, was designed to help data managers establish, maintain, and improve influenza surveillance systems by teaching Influenza data managers and staff on various data management & analysis topics.
From 18th to 20th of March 2014 a study visit on influenza surveillance took place in Romania. This was an activity planned in the framework of “Surveillance and Response to Avian and pandemic Influenza by National Health Authorities of Countries of South East Europe” Project.
On 18th and 19th of March 2014 in the National Institute of Public Health of Kosovo* in Pristina, took place the Sentinel ILI/SARI Training Workshop, within the framework of the “Surveillance and Response to Avian and pandemic Influenza by National Health Authorities of Countries of South East Europe” Project.
On 14th and 15th March 2014 a country workshop to discuss influenza surveillance was carried out in Hissar, Bulgaria. In the workshop participated representatives from all 28 Regional Health Inspectorates (Bulgarian Public Health Centers) – one microbiologist and one epidemiologist; Dr. Boyko Penkov – Deputy Minister of Health; Prof. Mira Kojouharova – national consultant on epidemiology and Deputy Director of National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases; Dr.
On 12th and 13th of March 2014 in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, took place a mission of WHO & SECID, as well as the Country Workshop to discuss Influenza Surveillance, in the framework of implementation of the “Surveillance and Response to Avian and pandemic Influenza by National Health Authorities of Countries of South East Europe” Project.
On 10th and 11th of March 2014 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, took place a mission of WHO & SECID, as well as the Country Workshop to discuss Influenza Surveillance, in the framework of implementation of the “Surveillance and Response to Avian and pandemic Influenza by National Health Authorities of Countries of South East Europe” Project.
