Southeastern European health network (SEEHN) communicable diseases surveillance: A decade of bridging trust and collaboration

Emerging Health Threats Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Bino, Silvia ^a   Cavaljuga, Semra ^b   Kunchev, Angel ^c   Lausevic, Dragan ^d   Kaic, Bernard ^e   Pistol, Adriana ^f   Kon, Predrag ^g   Karadjovski, Zarko ^h   Georghita, Stela ⁱ   Cicevalieva, Snezana ^j  

^a Institute of Public Health   (Albania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^c Ministry of Health Sofia   (Bulgaria)

^d Institute of Public Health   (Montenegro)

^e School of Public Health   (Croatia)

^f Public Health Institute   (Romania)

^g Institute of Public Health   (Serbia)

^h Republic Institute for Health Protection   (Macedonia)

ⁱ National Scientific and App Ce for Preventive Medicine Ministry of Health Republic of Moldova   (Moldova)

^j Ministry of Health   (Macedonia)

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Author keywords

Communicable diseases surveillance network; SEE; SEEHN; South eastern Europe

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ACHIEVEMENT; ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LABORATORY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE; TRUST; COMMUNITY CARE; EASTERN EUROPE; HEALTH SURVEY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EUROPE, EASTERN; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TRUST;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84881140781     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17528550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ehtj.v6i0.19950     Document Type: Article

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