Context In recent years, there have been efforts to upscale HIV treatment and prevention in the Western Balkans, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, including conducting studies among men who have sex with men (MSM). One commonly used method to recruit participants for these studies has been respondent-driven sampling. However, this…
Context The COVID-19 pandemic put a heavy strain on many public health systems, which had to deal with high numbers of severely ill people and deaths and with challenges regarding vaccination and medical supplies. The Balkan region was seriously affected by the pandemic, highlighting the importance of strengthening preparedness and…
Short Description GET PrepaReD helps partner countries prepare for and respond to outbreaks of infectious diseases. Depending on the partner country’s requirements and commitments, this project can address all stages in the crisis management cycle. GET PrepaReD supports partner countries with the following objectives: Advancement of surveillance systems for the…
In November 2021, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) together with the World Health Organization (WHO), organized a joint workshop with the scope to develop an operational plan for a well-coordinated response to public health emergencies for North Macedonia. Within this plan, strengthening North Macedonia’s central PHEOC capacity and establishing a…
Background and Objectives The RKI has actively cooperated with the national Institute of Public Health in Montenegro (IPH) within the GETPrepaReD project since 2016. In this context, a kick-off workshop was held in March 2019, in which the need for the development of outbreak investigation guidelines was identified, their framework…