North Macedonia’s Parliament adopted Thursday the Law on Termination of Pregnancy. Under the new abortion law, several administrative procedures hindering the execution of the right to abortion, including a mandatory three-day waiting period, are scrapped. Amendments to the law envisage that women should be provided with full, objective and accurate information about the medical intervention […]
Bulgaria’s Health Minister Kiril Ananiev and his counterpart from Macedonia, Venko Filipce, signed a co-operation plan on January 22, setting out areas where the two ministries will work together over three years, the Health Ministry in Sofia said. The cooperation plan arises from a Cabinet decision in December 2018, which also sets out the objectives, […]
The tender for the procurement of medicines for rare diseases has been postponed for so long that caused many patients with various diseases to be left without therapy and this endangers the lives of those patients, stated civil society associations. In contrast, Minister of Health Venko Filipce reassures that the tender is completed and that […]
Under pressure, accompanied by demands for the resignation of Minister Venko Filipce, the Ministry of Health terminated the tender for the procurement of tests and reagents for blood analyzes worth 35 million euros. The tender is canceled because there are flaws in the submitted documents from the only company that gave a bid for the […]
The Ministry of Health has terminated a tender for the procurement of tests and reagents for biochemical, immunological hematological and gas analyzes, Venko Filipce announced on Monday. According to the Health Minister, the €35-million tender was suspended after an initial evaluation detected ‘some irregularities in the documentation.’ Only one company applied for the tender, said […]
Representatives of the Project Hope Foundation will make an assessment of the existing capacities of several maternity hospitals in Macedonia, towards their enhancement, especially equipment-wise, Health Minister Venko Filipce said on Wednesday. The Health Ministry and Project Hope are organizing a workshop that focuses on lowering maternal and infant mortality in the country. Project Hope […]
Health Minister Venko Filipce said Friday discussions would be held with representatives of the Council of Europe Development Bank by the end of June over the construction of a new city hospital in Skopje. “We are planning a new hospital at the site of the current orthopedic clinic Majcin Dom (Mother’s Home) in Aerodrom municipality,” Minister Filipce told […]
The immunization calendar is enhanced by two new vaccines (pneumococcus and rotavirus), making Macedonia a regional leader in the immunization field. These vaccines will be mandatory for babies as of 2019, said Health Minister Venko Filipce on Friday. Filipce said two other vaccines would also be introduced, replacing older ones in the immunization calendar. He announced […]
– “Health Insurance Fund of Macedonia decided to increase quotas of prescribed medications for all insured persons in the country for month of March at amount to MKD 15 million which will be evenly distributed in pharmacies”, Health Insurance Fund Director Den Doncev told Friday’s press conference emphasizing that the measure comes into force immediately. […]
Short-term up to 3 months and long-term up to 6 months measures are planned to be carried out for reduction of newborns and maternal mortality rate in Macedonia. The package of measures is prepared in cooperation with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and presented at Sunday’s press conference by Health Minister Venko Filipce, who […]
Anxiety symptoms could be a warning sign of Alzheimer’s disease years before any symptoms of impairment are noticed, according to new research published in the American Journal of Psychiatry. Scientists have long studied risk factors — like depression — that could lead to Alzheimer’s. But a recent study took a more specific approach and looked […]
By the election of a new health minister and the decision of the Alliance of Albanians (AA) to quit the administration, the government has lost morale, party leader Zijadin Sela said late Thursday in the TV Telma ‘Top Theme’ program. Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has gotten yet another ministerial post, but lost a rather serious […]
62 MPs voted Monday in favor of electing Venko Filipce as the new health minister. There were no votes against and only one was in abstention. Speaking in Parliament, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said the government proposed the neurosurgeon to take up the post of minister of health. “I hope that today the Parliament will […]
