International Medical Help
Carli Caplina
38
11000 Belgrade,Yugoslavia
Tel/fax: +381 11 756 708
| A. MEDICAL RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN KOSOVO | |
| Problem | INSUFFICIENT TO COVER ACTUAL NEEDS |
| KFOR medical centers | N ALL MAJOR TOWNS |
| Problems | * INADEQUATE COMMUNICATION (language problems) |
| INSUFFICIENT TRUST AMONG THE LOCAL SERB POPULATION | |
| TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS | |
| ALBANIAN MEDICAL STAFF | |
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B. ACTIVITIES TO DATE IN KOSOVO
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| IMH HAVE ESTABLISHED A PERMANENT SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES IN THE REGION. THIS PROGRAM IS ACTIVE | |
| IN KEEPING WITH THE GOALS OF THE ORGANIZATION |
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| ORIGIN OF REQUIRED RESOURCES | |
| DRUGS | SUPPLIED BY DONORS |
| FINANCIAL SUPPORT | FROM DONORS (per submitted projects) |
| DONORS TO DATE | * IRC, FORD FOUNDATION |
| * STICHTING MARA FOUNDATION (Amsterdam) | |
| Problems | LACK OF VEHICLES (ambulances and cargo vehicles) |
| LACK OF DIAGNOSTIC DEVICES |
| C. | DOMINANT DISORDERS IN KOSOVO |
| PSYCHOLOGICALLY ENDANGERED PATIENTS (numerous - as a consequence of local conditions and recent events) | |
| CONTAGIOUS DISEASES | |
| * SCABIES | |
| * LICE | |
| * MEASLES | |
| * ASTHMA (frequent) | |
| * OTHER |
| D. | CONCLUSIONS PERTAINING TO KOSOVO |
| ACCORDING TO EXAMINATIONS CARRIED OUT TO DATE THE DOMINANT TYPES OF DISEASES ARE THOSE CAUSED BY PROLONGED STRESS - NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISEASES | |
| LEADING DISEASES ARE REACTIVE NEUROSES (DEPRESSION, HYSTERICAL EPILEPTIC SEIZURES, NOCTURNAL MATURATION IN CHILDREN), NEWLY ACQUIRED PSYCHOSES, AS WELL AS PSYCHOSOMATIC DISEASES (INCREASED NUMBERS OF ASTHMA ATTACKS, DIGESTIVE DISORDERS SUCH AS CONSTIPATION, GASTRITIS AND ULCERS, INCREASE IN THE INCIDENCE OF GLYCOREGULATION DISORDERS - DIABETES) | |
| FOLLOWING BY RANK ARE DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE TRACT (CAUSED BY LACK OF COMMUNAL HYGIENE, ABOVE ALL THE USE OF INADEQUATE DRINKING WATER, SUCH AS INFECTIOUS JAUNDICE, DYSENTERY AND GASTRITIS) | |
| THE NEXT CATEGORY BY RANK ARE MUSCULOSKELETAL
DISORDERS (RHEUMATISM) RESULTING FROM INADEQUATE LIVING CONDITIONS
IN HOUSING FACILITIES IS ALSO RISING |
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| THERE IS A VISIBLETENDENCY FOR THE WORSENING OF ALREADY EXISTING CHRONIC DISEASES, PRIMARILY CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS (ANGINA PECTORIS, MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION) | |
| IN MOST CASES, DISEASES AND DISORDERS BELONGING TO SEVERAL OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED GROUPS ARE DIAGNOSED IN ONE PATIENT |
| E. | SUGGESTIONS PERTAINING TO KOSOVO |
| IN KEEPING WITH ABOVE CONCLUSIONS THE FOLLOWING IS SUGGESTED: | |
| FORMING GROUPS OF PATIENTS FOR PSYCHOTHERAPY AND EDUCATION WITH SOCIALIZATION | |
| EDUCATION OF THE POPULATION (ESPECIALLY ROMA) IN THE CONTEXT OF PREVENTING DISEASES CAUSED BY LACK OF COMMUNAL HYGIENE | |
| PRESENCE OF MOBILE TEAMS OF HEALTHCARE PERSONNEL | |
| MONITORING THE HEALTH STATUSOF THE POPULATION | |
| REGULAR VACCINATION OF CHILDREN |
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| IMPERATIVE | |
| CONTINUOUS VISITS TO AND MONITORING OF REGISTERED PATIENTS, TREATMENT AND WORK ON PREVENTION |