Ministry of Health

EUCOM makes donation to maternity wards in Serbia

CUPRIJA -- A valuable donation of the United States European Command (EUCOM) has been presented to maternity wards in Cuprija, Kladovo and Negotin.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Health Zlatibor Loncar and representatives of three representative trade unions in the health-care sector Tuesday signed a new collective agreement with the aim of improving the health-care system.

BELGRADE - In Serbia, most children without parental care live in foster families, with fewer than 1,000 boys and girls living in relevant institutions, which makes Serbia the best in Europe in this regard, Serbian Minister of Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs Aleksandar Vulin said on Monday.

Thanks to a newly developed mobile app, tourists traveling to Turkey will soon have the opportunity to locate nearby health professionals who speak their language.

Software traces for hidden carcinoma

Detection of primary carcinoma is now possible with software called DECIM, which was developed by doctor Jelena Vasiljević, science advisor on "Mihajlo Pupin" Institute.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Health Minister Zlatibor Loncar met his Croatian counterpart in Zagreb on Wednesday to discuss cooperation in healthcare and various projects, like joint purchase of medications by healthcare institutions from the two countries.

Serbia sets up joint teams for Ebola prevention

NOVI PAZAR -- Minister of Health Zlatibor Lončar announced on Monday that all preventive measures have been implemented to stop the Ebola virus from spreading to Serbia.

Joint expert teams have also been set up to this end, he explained.

NOVI PAZAR - Serbian Minister of Health Zlatibor Loncar announced on Monday that all preventive measures have been implemented to stop the Ebola virus from spreading to Serbia and added that joint expert teams have also been set up to this end.

BELGRADE - A variety of new psychoactive substances and new forms of addiction demand that their treatment and prevention are regarded not only as a psychiatric, but also as a public health and social issue, said the participants of the symposium on 'Addiction Disorders - Trends and Challenges' in Belgrade on Saturday.

Zlatibor Loncar, Serbia's Minister of health, has admitted that use of cannabis can produce good results in medicine and has said that the government may legalise its use for medical treatment.

"The Ministry of Health will not object to the introduction into medicine of anything that gives results in treatment, including marijuana," he said.