CLINIC FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES – SKOPJE R.MACEDONIA Prof.d-r Zvonko Milenkovic

CLINIC FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES TEACHING HOSPITAL AND HEALTH-SCIENCES RESEARCH CENTER – AFFILIATED WITH THE UNIVERSITY IN SKOPJE WITH 35 SPECIALISTS IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES – OUT OF TOTALLY 110 INFECTOLOGISTS IN THE COUNTRY - DISTRIBUTED IN 16 LOCAL AND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTERS, CID REPRESENT LEADING INSTITUTION IN R.MACEDONIA INVOLVED IN CONTINUOUS MEDICAL EDUCATION OF THIS MEDICAL DOCTOR PROFIL IN THE COUNTRY

WORKING UP TO THE NATIONAL STRATEGY IN ACCORDANCE WITH COCHREN COLLABORATION LIBRARY EVIDENCE-BASED-MEDICINE PRINCIPLES IMPLEMENTED IN DIAGNOSTICS AND TREATMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES INVOLVED AS LEADING INSTITUTION IN NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS CONTROL PROJECT – PROGRAM IN THE UNIVERSITY CLINICAL CENTER IN SKOPJE, AS WELL

STRUCTURE 10 DEPARTMENS FOR INPTS - WITH CAPACITY OF 130 pts BEDS IN 90 pts ROOMS, HALF OF THEM IN ONE BED ROOMS – FOR RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECT., GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTIONS, PROLONGED FEBRILE CONDITIONS AND FEBRILE DISEASES WITH UNKNOWN ORIGIN, HEPATITIS, AIDS, INFECTIONS IN OTHER IMMUNODEFICIENT pts, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS, URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS, URGENT INFECTOLOGY AND INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AMBULATORY-POLYCLINIC DPT DAILY HOSPITAL FOR OUTPTS – FOR SHORT DAILY TREATMENT OF FEW HOURS

STRUCTURE DISTINCT INSULATOR DPT – SPECIALY ISOLATORY MODERN EQUIPPED DPT, WITH SEPARATE ACCESS FOR HIGHLY TRANSMISSIBLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES, THAT IN SPECIAL SITUATION, IN CASE OF NEED COULD BE BLOCCKED COMPLETELY – AND ISOLATED FROM OTHER PARTS OF BUILDING (INSTITUTION) REFERRAL SERVICE – FOR HIV+ pts, HEPATITIS C, B, … MODERN BIOCHEMICAL-IMMUNOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY

STRUCTURE ADMINISTRATIVE SECTION MODERN POWERFUL RESEARCH COMPUTING CENTER

Let me show you few images of the Clinic for Infectious Diseases – Skopje … from outside

… few images of the Clinic for Infectious Diseases – Skopje … from inside

Clinic for Infectious Diseases – Skopje … Intensive Care Unit

Clinic for Infectious Diseases – Skopje … computing research center

Clinic for Infectious Diseases – Skopje … biochemical, immunological and molecular biological laboratory department

EXPECTATIONS FROM THE EPISOUTH MEETING NOT DIFFERENT FROM OTHER EPISOUTH COUNTRIES PRESENTERS BEFORE HEREIN TO MEET REPRESENTATIVES FROM COUNTRIES IN THE REGION, AND TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXCHANGE EXPERIENCES, PARTICULARLY IN MANDATORY REPORTING, DIAGNOSTICS AND TREATMENT TO FIND WAYS FOR BETTER EXCHANGE INFORMATIONS AT LOCAL AND REGIONAL LEVEL

EXPECTATIONS FROM THE EPISOUTH MEETING TO MEET REPRESENTATIVES FROM INSTITUTIONS IN EPISOUTH COUNTRIES SHAREING SIMILAR MEDICAL PROBLEMS IN PART OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, AND IMPROVE MUTUAL COMMUNICATIONS TO FOSTER INFORMATION EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE RELEVANT INSTITUTIONS IN THE REGION

EXPECTATIONS FROM THE EPISOUTH MEETING PROMOTE NEED TO IMPROVE NATIONAL COMMUNICABLE DISEASES SURVEILLANCE NETWORKS, AS A FIRST STEP FOR … CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MUTUAL COLLABORATION IMPROVE COMMUNICABLE DISEASES SURVEILLANCE AT REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVEL

EXPECTATIONS FROM THE EPISOUTH MEETING TO CREATE NETWORK OF PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTIONS IN THE REGION TO CREATE WEB-SITE AND AN ELECTRONIC BULLETIN FOR THE NEEDS OF PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES, WITH LINKS TO ALREADY EXISTING RELEVANT WEB-SITES FOR DATA SHAREING WITHOUT OVERLAPING

EXPECTATIONS FROM THE EPISOUTH MEETING TO PROMOTE ORGANISING SHORT- TERM TRAINING COURSES AND SEMINARS TO STRENGHT THE EARLY RESPONSE CAPACITY OF PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES TO HEALTH THREATS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES SPREAD