Presentations

Presentations

Welcome and Introduction

  • Dr. Arben Vitia (Minister of Health)

Opening Remarks

  • Prof. Dr. Naser Ramadani (Director of NIPHK)

Opening Remarks

  • Laurent Torche (Deputy Head of Cooperation, First Secretary Embassy of Switzerland Swiss Opening remarks Cooperation Office Kosovo)

Opening Remarks

  • Oleksandr Martynenko (Liaison Officer and Head of WHO office, Prishtina)

Opening Remarks

  • Mr.ph. Elvir Azizi (Director of Kosovo Hospital University Clinical Services-KHUCS)

Opening Remarks

  • Dr. Pleurat Sejdiu (President, Chamber of Doctors of Kosovo)

Opening Remarks

  • Nexhmije Gori (President, Chamber of Nurses of Kosovo)

Opening Remarks

Keynote speakers

  • Alison Cox (Policy & Advocacy Director NCD Alliance) Online Presentation

Global NCD Policy: how integrated people-centred services contribute to Universal Health Coverage

  • Dr. Fatmire Mullhaxha- Kollçaku (The Chairman of the Commission for Health and Social Welfare)

The importance of inter-institutional cooperation for an informed decision-making, based on evidence

  • Dr. Rushit Ismaili (Family physician)

Why is family medicine important for the prevention and treatment of NCDs

Day 1: Session 1: Introduction to the NCDs situation in Europe and the Western Balkan (Research)

  • Dr. Ivo Rakovac(WHO Regional Advisor on NCD Surveillance)

NCD Surveillance

  • Dr. Ha Thi Hong Nguyen(Senior Health Economist, World Bank) and Mrika Aliu, MPH (Human Development Specialist, World Bank)

The state of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Kosovo – a Situational Analysis

  • Prof. Ass. Sanije Hoxha Gashi(NIPHK)

Kosovo: STEPS results

  • Dr. Ariana Bytyci Katanolli(AQH project)

Kosovo Non-Communicable Disease Cohort (KOSCO) study

Day 1: Session 2: Presentations on Policy/Strategy

  • Dr. Evan Harold Blecher(Economist, Global Tax Program, World Bank) Online Presentation

Health Tax Window: Overview of Western Balkans

  • Dr. Dafina Gexha Bunjaku(Deputy Minister of Health in Kosovo)

Government Strategies to Sustainable Development

  • Dr. Tanja Mate(Ministry of Health in Slovenia)

Life course approach to NCDs from the Region, Experience from Slovenia

  • Dr. Marius Filip (Healthcare Expert and Consultant on East European Institute for Reproductive Health, Quality Manager at Buftea Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital in Romania)

Importance of complying to Clinical Practice Guidelines, Legal liabilities

  • Dr. Florie Miftari Basholli (NIPHK)

Action Plan on NCDs in Kosovo

  • Dr. Anastasiya Dumcheva (WHO Consultant)

Effective interventions to decrease the burden of non-communicable diseases

Day 1: Session 3: Patient-centred approaches

  • Dr. Penilla Gunther (President, EUPSF-European Patient Safety Foundation & Former member of the Swedish Parliament) Online presentation

“Patient- or person-centered care, is there any difference?” – To create trust between patients and healthcare for better outcomes

  • Prof. Dr. Ilir Hoxha (The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice)

Results of the Social Inclusion Study of AQH and IHS projects

  • Mr. Agron Bytyci(PRAK) and Mr. Alush Bikliqi (Representative from Patient Council Lipjan)

Establishing patient councils (Challenges of forming councils in primary, secondary, and tertiary care)

  • Dr. Giorgio Tamburlini (UNICEF) Online presentation

The importance of quality mother and child health services in the early prevention of NCDs

Day 1: Session 4: Health Education and Health Promotion

  • Prof. Oliver Groene (OptiMedis, Germany)

Health Promoting Hospitals

  • Prof. Dr. Maria Botica and and Prof. Dr. Ivana Renar (University of Zagreb)

International Interdisciplinary Association for Chronic Diseases, Experience from Croatia

  • Dr. Shukrije Statovci (Psychiatrist)

The importance of mental health in the prevention and management of NCDs

  • Dr. Faik Hoti (NIPH)

Anti-tobacco legislation and its effects in Kosovo

  • Nora Namani, MSc (Nurse in MFMC, Fushe Kosova)

The role of nurses in interdisciplinary NCD case management

Welcome and Keynote speeches

  • Sean Taylor, MSc (Director of Science and Public Health at World Heart Federation)

State of the World Heart Report 2022

  • Mette Skar, MSc (Senior Programme Manager at World Diabetes Foundation) Online presentation

Translating global NCD commitments into action at country level: Lessons learnt from two decades of partnerships

  • Richard Price (Head of Policy, European Cancer Organisation) Online presentation

Action on NCDs across borders: the European Cancer Organisation perspective

Day 2: Session 1: Presentations on regional achievements on tackling NCDs

  • Prof. Kaspar Wyss (Swiss TPH, Switzerland)

NCD control in a global health perspective: Public health and health systems strengthening approaches

  • Dr. Ala Curteanu (Swiss TPH, Switzerland)

Moldova: Healthy Life: Self-help groups on long-term care

  • Dr. Besim Nuri (HAP project, Albania)

Albania: Improving quality and accessibility of PHC services for people living with NCDs in Albania

  • Nicu Fota, MPH (AQH project, Kosovo)

Kosovo: Essential non-communicable disease interventions in Kosovo PHC

  • Prof. Asoc. Fabian Cenko (IHS project, Kosovo)

Kosovo: Empowering hospitals by integrating Health Promotion and Education on NCDs. Bridging the gap with PHC

  • Dr Anastasiya Dumcheva (WHO Consultant)

Ukraine: Major achievements in tackling NCDs challenged by war

Day 2: Session 2: Respiratory Diseases

  • Prof. Asoc. Antigona Ukehaxhaj (NIPHK)

Indoor air pollution

  • Zana Shabani Isenaj, PhD Candidate (University of Prishtina)

Particulate Air Pollution and Primary Care Visits in Kosovo: A Time-Series Approach

  • Prof. Dr. Gazmend Zhuri (Pulmonologist)

Impact of air pollution in Kosovo population, correlation with smoking habit

  • Dr. Rukije Mehmeti (Pulmonologist)

Asthma

  • Ass. Dr. Besim Morina (Pulmonologist)

COPD

Day 2: Session 3: Hypertention

  • Prof. Stanislav Groppa (President of the Moldavian Society of Neurology)

Network for stroke care improvement in the European Union

  • Prof. Dr. Florim Cuculi (Head of Cardiology, Heart Centre Luzern, Switzerland)

New trends in the interventional treatment of coronary artery disease

  • Ass. Dr. Edmond Haliti (Cardiologist)

Sudden Cardiac Death

  • Dr. Elfete Kutllovci (Family Doctor)

The importance of the Guideline and Clinical Protocol for the treatment of patients with Hypertension in PHC

  • Dr. Edis Demiri (Cardiologist)

What is new in the 2023 European Society of Hypertension. Arterial Hypertension Guidelines

Day 2: Session 4: Diabetes

  • Prof. Florian Toti (Endocrinologist, Medical University, Tirana)

Diabetic retinopathy

  • Dr. Mimoza Ramadani Piraj (Endocrinologist)

Diabetes and novel treatments

  • Dr. Linda Qarkagjiu, PhD (Family Physician, Diabetes specialist)

Diabetic foot

  • Mr.ph. Granit Çeku (Pharmacist, Chamber of Pharmacists)

Role of pharmacists in managing type 2 diabetes

  • Prof. Ass. Dr. Zana Sllamniku Dalipi (Specialist of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, Chamber of Dentists of Kosovo)

The Bidirectional Association between Periodontal Disease and Diabetes Mellitus

Day 2: Session 5: Malignant Diseases

  • Dr. Marilys Anne Corbex (WHO Senior Technical Officer)

Prevention of breast and cervical cancers in PHC and beyond

  • Prof. Ass. Dr. Rina Hoxha and Dr. Mirlinda Hatashi (NIPHK)

Reporting/Prevalence of malignant diseases in Kosovo: Cancer Registry

  • Dr. Ernesa Xhafa-Hamiti (Medical Oncologist, London)

Acute Oncology service (AOS) – UK experience

  • Dr. Ilir Kurtishi (Oncologist)

Malignant diseases

  • Dr. Bujar Gashi (Director, MFMC Prishtina) and Dr. Sehadete Kelmendi (Family Doctor, MFMC Prishtina)

Chronic and palliative care -current situation

Day 2: Session 6: Gender in NCD service delivery

  • Dr. Joelle Schwarz (University of Lausanne) Online presentation

Why are men and women not equally at risk of developing chronic diseases?

  • Dr. Visare Mujko Ninami (UNFPA)

Gender sensitivity in service delivery

  • Dr. Ibadete Bytyci (Cardiologist)

Men and women: how their hearts differ and what it means for cardiologists

  • Dr. Basri Kastrati(Deputy Ombudsperson in Kosovo)

The connection between health and human rights

Day 2: Session 7: IT and digital solutions for health service delivery

  • Afërdita Hoxha, MSc(MoH)

Digital health: Legal implications

  • Zenel Hisenaj, MSc(MoH)

E-Kosovo (status of: HIS, telehealth, etc.)

  • Dr. Dardan Asllani (Digital Clinic)

Digital health solutions and Non-communicable Diseases

  • Dr. Taavi Lai (WHO Consultant)

Estonia: E-health Development (Successes and failures)

  • Talia Salzman, MSc (Swiss TPH)

Digital clinical decision support systems

  • Dr. Aferdita Ademi Osmani (Lux-Development)

Innovative and quality health services in Kosovo

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