Reforms and Challenges of Post-conflict Kosovo Health System

Reforms and Challenges of Post-conflict Kosovo Health System

Before its collapse, Kosovo's healthcare system was an integrated part of the Former Yugoslav Republics System (known as relatively well advanced for its time). Standstill had begun in the last decade of the twentieth century as the result of political disintegration of the former state. The enthusiasm of the healthcare professionals and the people of Kosovo that at the end of the conflict heal...

Post-conflict health system recovery: the case of Kosovo.

The Environment Short of War The world now can claim that there are fewer declared wars for the first time in almost two decades. Is it a time for celebration or for further reflection on what might come next? I recently dusted off a never-shown slide presentation on post-conflict responsibilities written in 1992. It was put aside then because of a sudden eruption of internal wars in Africa, As...

Rebuilding a health care system: war, reconstruction and health care reforms in Kosovo.

This article explores the complexity of a health care system reforms in a post-conflict situation. It describes how the health care system was revamped immediately after the war, and then reorganized with Primary Health Care (PHC) as the fulcrum for change. It highlights the coordination problems, typical of a post-war situation when un-coordinated humanitarian assistance pours in. From the van...

Integrating staff well-being into the Primary Health Care system: a case study in post-conflict Kosovo

BACKGROUND Staff well-being including stress awareness and stress management skills is usually not a priority in (mental) health policies. In Kosovo, the level of stress amongst primary health care (PHC) professionals is high because health professionals are part of the population seriously affected by conflict. The need to support staff and look after their well-being was recognised by the Dir...

Public Financial ManageMent ReFoRMs in Post-conFlict countRies synthesis RePoRt