The pharmacovigilance of vaccines is defined as the science and activities relating to the detection, assessment, understanding, prevention and communication of adverse events of immunization, or any other vaccine, or issues related with immunization. The strengthening of pharmacovigilance is very important in every country because it helps professional health care workers to avoid the problems...

AIM OF THE STUDY Gastric adenocarcinoma is among most frequent among cancers in Albania. Early detection and staging is helped by imaging methods, including CT and MRI. This study provides evidence on the CT and MRI accuracy in detecting and pre-operative staging of gastric adenocarcinoma in 62 patients in a diagnostic clinic in Albania. The correct staging of the gastric adenocarcinoma helps d...

INTRODUCTION This study was carried out at nine (9) special schools for disabled children in Albania. The aim of the study is to determine the caries prevalence and oral hygiene status of children with different disabilities attending different schools for disabled at Albania. METHODS Participants are grouped according disability Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Down syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, Ment...

BACKGROUND Informal payments for health care are common in most former communist countries. This paper explores the demand side of these payments in Albania. By using data from the Living Standard Measurement Survey 2005 we control for individual determinants of informal payments in inpatient and outpatient health care. We use these results to explain the main factors contributing to the occurr...

The atmospheric deposition of As, Cd, Cu, Cr, Fe, Ni, V, and Zn in Albania was investigated by using the carpet-forming moss species (Hypnum cupressiforme) as bioindicators. This research is a part of the international program (International Cooperative Programme (ICP) Vegetation, UNECE) that had carried out in the most of European countries since 1987, by investigating the impacts of air pollu...