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• Strengthening the capacity of mental health professionals and user associations in South-eastern Europe
  08-03-2012
  The WHO/Europe Mental Health programme will participate in the Regional Meeting of South-eastern Europe (SEE) Health Network Mental Health Counterparts, to be held in Belgrade, Serbia on 22-23 March.
• Scaling up action for Roma health in Serbia and beyond
  02-03-2012
  The Ministry of Health and the Ministry for Human and Minority Rights, Public Administration and Local Self-government of Serbia, supported by WHO and other international partners, held a Roma health forum in Belgrade on 28–29 February 2012, and adopted a national declaration on Roma health.
• WHO response to concerns in Serbia over its actions during the influenza A (H1N1) 2009 pandemic
  01-11-2011
  The IHR Review Committee, constituted in January 2010 of external experts, assessed the global response to the influenza A (H1N1) 2009 pandemic, including the role of WHO. Its key conclusion was that WHO performed well in many ways during the pandemic, confronted systemic difficulties and demonstrated some shortcomings. The committee found no evidence of malfeasance, including attempted or actual influence by commercial interests on advice given to or decisions made by WHO.
• Minister of Health of Serbia visits WHO/Europe
  05-10-2011
  On 4 October 2011, Professor Zoran Stankovic, Minister of Health, and Dr Elizabet Paunovic, State Secretary at the Ministry, met with Ms Zsuzsanna Jakab, WHO Regional Director for Europe, to learn more about WHO/Europe’s work and discuss health priorities in Serbia.
• Strengthening capacity in Balkan countries to improve engagement in Codex Alimentarius activities. Durres, Albania, 6-8 September 2011
  02-09-2011
  Food safety officials from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia will be trained by WHO and FAO experts to stimulate a more effective participation in the Codex process by Balkan countries, who joined the Codex in recent years. The course will provide an in-depth knowledge of Codex and of how countries participate and can influence its work. The training will also focus on the use of Codex Alimentarius standards, guidelines and recommendations on food safety standards. Related issues, such as coordinating Codex work at the national level and linking it to other food safety country activities, will also be discussed.
• Day 2 of World Health Assembly: International Health Regulations and WHO reform in focus
  18-05-2011
  Countries agreed that the International Health Regulations have been valuable and effective so far, and many pledged strong support for the Director-General’s proposal to reform WHO, at the World Health Assembly yesterday.
• Measles outbreaks across Europe show no sign of slowing
  12-04-2011
  Countries in the WHO European Region continue to battle large measles outbreaks that are spreading between countries and to other regions of the world. To date, 24 countries in the Region have reported measles cases in 2011.
• Easier access to health, education and employment for informal waste collectors in Serbia
  16-12-2010
  Easier access to health, education and employment for informal waste collectors in Serbia
• World Health Day 2010
  30-04-2010
  "1000 cities – 1000 lives" – 14 cities joined the campaign
• World TB Day in Serbia, 24 March 2010
  26-04-2010
  The latest WHO-European Centre for Disease prevention and Control (ECDC) report on tuberculosis (TB) control in Europe presented data showing the achievements of the Serbian TB programme over the past 7 years.
• National campaign for increasing organ donation in Serbia – national transplant programme
  14-04-2010
  Today in Serbia there are 1144 persons waiting for kidney transplants, 50 waiting for liver transplants and 5 waiting for heart transplants. Fourteen children are waiting for organs from cadaver donors.
• Roma health
  08-04-2010
  The Roma are widely acknowledged to be a population group particularly vulnerable to deep and persistent poverty and ill health. There are estimated to be 12–15 million Roma in the world, with the majority living in the WHO/European Region.