Eastern Europe’s medical systems are changing in an attempt to match increasing health demands with limited resources. New methods of delivery and financing are being introduced, and the World Health Organization’s regional office for Europe has been active in helping develop primary health care. We describe the evolution of primary care in Kosovo and the lessons for other post-communist countr...

BACKGROUND One of the challenges to implementing clinical practice guidelines is the need to adapt guidelines to the local context and identify barriers to their uptake. Several models of framework are available to consider for use in guideline adaptation. METHODS We completed a multiphase study to explore the implementation of maternal health guidelines in Kosovo, focusing on determinants of...

where between ethnocentrism and literalism, especially in the case of Islam, have brought little distinctive anthropological analysis to bear successfully on the practical realities and political ideologies of religions. In addition, the popular assertion that certain ethnic groups that have had conflicts over centuries will continue to fight with one another is but an idea fuelled by numerous ...

INTRODUCTION Pancreatic cancer is the 10(th)most common malignancy and the 4(th)largest cancer killer in adults. AIM The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the number of cases presented with pancreatic carcinoma during the years 2011-2015, our experience of the imaging characteristics of pancreatic carcinoma. We evaluated prevalence of the pancreatic cancers, distant metastases and other lo...

Kosovo er hverken objektet eller målet for russiske påvirkningsoperationer. Formålet med at delegitimere i stedet styrke alliancen mellem Rusland og Serbien de serbiske minoriteter på tværs af Balkanregionen. Russiske påvirkningsoperationer støtter den politiske elite ved bruge diplomatiske løftestænger forbindelser. Andre retter sig mod befolkningen, specifikt indflydelsesrige grupper højreori...

STUDY OBJECTIVE The long-term psychological effects of war are under appreciated in clinical settings. Describing the postwar psychosocial burden on medical care can help direct public health interventions. We performed an emergency department (ED)-based assessment of the mental health status of ethnic Albanian patients 2 years after the North Atlantic Treaty Organization-led bombing of Serbia ...

Abstract This paper investigates the reconstruction of Albanian identity in Kosovo after region's transformation to state independence 2008. The cultural environment emerged as a site ethnic appropriation and contestation longstanding interethnic struggles between Albanians Serbs. study examines socio-symbolic linguistic manifestations national Pristina, capital city Kosovo, through lens Lingui...